4 h. ago Ontario’s Doug Ford urges more federal assistance to fight wildfires across Canada

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging the federal government to put more national resources toward fighting wildfires, as nearly every province battles them. Premiers raised the issue with Prime Minister Mark Carney last month when he met with them in Huntsville, Ont., he said. “We need resources, national resources across the country, because it happens...

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6 h. ago Ford urges more federal assistance to fight wildfires across Canada

PICKERING — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging the federal government to put more national resources toward fighting wildfires, as nearly every province battles them. He says the premiers raised the issue with Prime Minister Mark Carney last month when he met with them in Huntsville, Ont. Ford says provinces frequently share firefighting resources to […]

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38 h. ago Doug Ford teases new details of Ontario’s $5B tariff response plan

On Wednesday morning, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is scheduled to hold a news conference alongside Vic Fedeli, the trade minister.

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52 h. ago Ford heading to Ottawa to meet with Carney, urge lower taxes

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet Monday with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who says he plans to urge the prime minister to lower taxes to stimulate the economy. Ford says he’ll travel to Ottawa for what he calls a “heart-to-heart” meeting with Carney, who he says is doing a good job. The premier […]

Economics

56 h. ago Man charged in crash with Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s vehicle now accused in fatal collision

OPP say an 18-year-old who was recently charged in a collision that killed a father of three is the same person facing a dangerous driving charge in a crash involving Doug Ford.

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6 d. ago Laryssa Waler: Canadians like politicians they can see themselves having a beer with

There’s a reason Canada’s premiers schlepped their briefing binders to Deerhurst Resort instead of meeting in Toronto at Queen’s Park’s grey towers. Hosting this summer’s Council of the Federation — the annual gathering of Canada’s premiers — Ontario Premier Doug Ford wanted his colleagues, and surprise guest Prime Minister Mark Carney, to see him in […]

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7 d. ago LILLEY UNLEASHED: Doug Ford says we are getting a tunnel no matter what

WATCH: Sun political columnist Brian Lilley on the feasibility of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s bold plan for a tunnel under the 401. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for possible publication to torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca.  Letters must be 250 words or less […]

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8 d. ago WATCH: Premier Ford says the tunnel under the 401 is going to be built

WATCH: Ontario Premier Doug Ford explains how he is planning a highway to meet the capacity needs of the future. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for possible publication to torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca.  Letters must be 250 words or less and signed. […]

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8 d. ago Ford accuses judge in Toronto bike lanes case of ‘trampling on democratic rights’

At an event on Wednesday, Doug Ford was asked about an Ontario court decision which found his government's plan to remove bike lanes in Toronto was a 'breach' of the Charter.

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8 d. ago WATCH: Premier Ford blasts court’s “most ridiculous” decision on bike lanes in Toronto

WATCH: Ontario Premier Doug Ford talks about the worst case of trampling on people’s rights in the courts he has ever seen. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for possible publication to torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca.  Letters must be 250 words or less […]

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8 d. ago Major $5.6 billion Toronto subway extension just took a huge step forward

A significant extension planned for the TTC's Line 1-Yonge University subway just took a massive leap forward with the announcement of a contract procurement for the enormous infrastructure investment.Ontario Premier Doug Ford was at Langstaff GO Station in Thornhill on Wednesday, joined by Prabmeet Sarkaria, Minister of Transportation, and Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure, to reveal the latest update on the planned Yonge North Subway Extension project.Ford shared that the province has awarded a contract to design and build the twin tunnels for the planned extension of Line 1 north from Finch Station to Vaughan, Markham and Richmond Hill, set to add another five (and potentially as many as seven) stations to Line 1 across approximately eight kilometres of track.Metrolinx"The Yonge North Subway Extension is a critical part of our $70 billion investment to build public transit in communities across Ontario," said Premier Doug Ford. "As we get shovel...

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4 w. ago Bell: Doug Ford tells Conservatives — avoid the 'hardcore right', that's not Canada

'It can't be one extreme or the other extreme,' says Ontario Premier Doug Ford to federal Conservatives

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4 w. ago Bell: Doug Ford tells Poilievre Conservatives how they can get more votes

'It can't be one extreme or the other extreme,' says Ontario Premier Doug Ford to federal Conservatives

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