65 h. ago Ontario asks if ’moon shot’ projects should go ahead under special economic zones

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is moving ahead with its plan to create so-called special economic zones to push forward projects it deems important, and is considering including “moon shot” ideas to qualify. The power to designate parts of the province as special economic zones was created in the controversial Bill 5, a law the […]

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69 h. ago Ontario asks if ‘moon shot’ projects should go ahead under special economic zone law

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is moving ahead with its plan to create so-called special economic zones to push forward projects it deems important, and is considering including “moon shot” ideas to qualify. The power to designate parts of the province as special economic zones was created in the controversial Bill 5, a […]

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5 d. ago Doug Ford muses about repurposing speed cameras for surveillance

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is musing about repurposing the speed cameras he intends to soon ban and using them to track down stolen cars and home invasion suspects. Ford has announced his government will introduce legislation next month to prohibit the use of speed cameras across the province. Various regions that use the cameras, as […]

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7 d. ago 'Worst decision': Londoners unhappy with plan to ban speed cameras

Coun. Skylar Franke called Premier Doug Ford's proposal “bad policy.”  

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9 d. ago Speed cameras in London: A 'tax grab' or road safety success?

London's deputy mayor calls Premier Doug Ford's decision to ban speed cameras 'short-sighted'

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9 d. ago Two GTA mayors disagree with Ford’s decision to ban automated speed cameras

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says Ontario Premier Doug Ford has made “the wrong decision” when it comes to his proposed legislative ban on automated speed cameras when MPPs return to work in October. “Speed cameras work,” Chow told reporters Thursday following the Premier’s announcement. “They help save lives. And we know speeding kills. Today, the […]

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9 d. ago ‘It’s just terrible over there,’ Premier Doug Ford says of Marineland

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the situation at Marineland is "terrible" for the 30 belugas that remain there, the last captive whales in Canada.

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9 d. ago Doug Ford vs. speed cameras: Why Ontario’s premier is cracking down

'This is all about a cash grab off taxpayers,' Ford said while announcing legislation to eliminate automated speed enforcement province-wide

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9 d. ago Ottawa councillor says city should 'refine' but not remove speed cameras

Premier Doug Ford will introduce legislation next month that will ban municipal automated speed enforcement cameras across Ontario.

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1 week ago Premier Doug Ford under fire for plan to scrap speed cameras

Premier Doug Ford’s plan to scrap speed cameras on local roads has put him at odds with Toronto’s mayor and police chief. “Speed kills,” warned Mayor Olivia Chow. “Torontonians, especially those most vulnerable like children, need to be safe. And we know speed cameras work.  And that is why Toronto will always support having speed […]

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1 week ago Ontario minister picks up trade mission pace as tariffs heighten need to diversify

TORONTO — Tariff tensions with the United States and a more pressing need to diversify Ontario’s trading partners are prompting the province’s minister responsible for economic development to pick up the already robust pace of trade missions abroad. Vic Fedeli, who Premier Doug Ford has dubbed Ontario’s No. 1 salesperson, is in southeast Asia right […]

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1 week ago The Ford government legalized speed cameras in 2019. Now, it says they’re a ‘tax grab’

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government created the framework for cities to introduce automated speed cameras in 2019, but is now pushing to have them eliminated.

Politics

1 week ago Premier Ford joins Barrie mayor in visiting city’s homeless encampments

Premier Doug Ford made a weekend visit to Barrie, where he joined Mayor Alex Nuttall in touring the city’s homeless encampments. In a Facebook post shared by Nuttall on Saturday, the two can be seen visiting the sites. Nuttall called for provincial support earlier this month after declaring a state of emergency over the encampments, […]

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2 w. ago Automated speed cameras make roads safer, Ontario police chiefs say

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is trying to axe automated speed cameras in towns and cities, calling them a 'tax grab' and suggesting they don't make streets safer.

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2 w. ago Doug Ford calls them a ‘tax grab,’ but Ontario police chiefs say speed cameras work

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is trying to axe automated speed cameras in towns and cities, calling them a 'tax grab' and suggesting they don't make streets safer.

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2 w. ago Ontario premier urges Carney to maintain tariff on Chinese EVs despite canola levy

OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to maintain Canada’s 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, saying the measure is critical to securing a trade deal with the U.S. and protecting Canada’s auto sector. Carney met with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe yesterday to talk about China’s canola […]

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2 w. ago Ford believes Carney will designate Hwy. 401 tunnel as ’national interest’ project

Ontario Premier Doug Ford believes Prime Minister Mark Carney will back his idea for a tunnel under Hwy. 401 through the Greater Toronto Area, though it is unclear if he had received any such assurances from Ottawa. Carney recently named the first five projects in the national interest that will be fast-tracked, which is intended […]

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2 w. ago Will schools close in the London region? Officials voice concern

Premier Doug Ford said earlier this month school closures could happen in five supervised boards, including Thames Valley.

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3 w. ago New rift appears amid Ontario labour with union’s departure from federation

LiUNA says the OFL is engaging in “bad politics” and unfairly attacking Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government

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3 w. ago Dogs saved from testing lab at Ontario hospital will soon go up for adoption

A group of dogs recently saved from an animal testing facility that was secretly — and shockingly — housed in an Ontario hospital will soon be among the most eligible adoptable pets in the province.Citizens were appalled when news broke last month that scientists at St. Joseph's Health Care in London had been surreptitiously experimenting on pups, forcing them to undergo hours-long heart attacks and eventually killing them in the name of cardiac research.Staff from the medical facility's Lawson Research Institute did their best to hide evidence of the dogs, many of whom were under a year old, going as far as disguising discarded animal food bags and blasting music to cover the noise, according to an Investigative Journalism Bureau exposé that ran in the National Post in early August.Following condemnation from animal activist groups, Premier Doug Ford and the general public, the hospital announced on August 11 t...

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