Ontario fast-tracking several bills with little or no debate
Ontario is pushing through several bills with little or no debate, which the government house leader says is due to a short legislative sitting.
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Group of Ontario mayors ask Premier Ford to use notwithstanding clause on encampments
Mayors from a dozen big cities across Ontario say they want the province to use the notwithstanding clause to pass legislation that would help them handle encampments and addiction in their communities to ensure their requested measures are 'implemented in a timely and effective way.'
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Ontario to create new offence aimed at vehicle identification number fraud
Ontario is planning to create a new provincial offence for fraudulent vehicle registrations as a way to tackle auto theft.
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Ontario plans to remove Toronto bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge and University
Ontario is planning to remove sections of bike lanes on three major roads in Toronto, as it considers whether to rip up more bike lanes elsewhere.
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Ontario lowers projections for how many new homes will be built
Ontario has lowered projections for how many new homes will get built in the province over the next few years, putting the government further off the pace needed to meet its target.
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Ontario deficit shrinks by $3.3 billion
Ontario’s deficit for 2024-25 has shrunk by $3.3 billion since the Ford government released the provincial budget earlier this year, and the province says it expects that deficit to flip to a larger-than-expected surplus within the next two years.
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Ontario proposes new tax credit that could cover up to 25 per cent of eligible fertility treatment expenses
The Ontario government is proposing a new tax credit that could cover up to 25 per cent of eligible fertility expenses for up to $5,000 each year.
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Toronto city staff dismissed idea of tracking work trucks ahead of damning parks audit
Toronto city staff opted not to install GPS devices on untracked parks maintenance vehicles even though they only cost $200 apiece, the audit committee heard Tuesday, in the fallout of a damning investigation that revealed field crews systemically parked at plazas and restaurants while logging on their timesheets that they were on the job.
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Ontario education minister issues warning against 'inflammatory' content in schools ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary
Ontario Education Minister Jill Dunlop is advising school boards to leave politics out of the classroom in the lead-up to the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attack which sparked the Israel-Hamas war.
Federal Politics
Donald Trump knows the Canada-U.S. relationship 'in a way he didn’t before': Ambassador
Canada's ambassador to the United States — and co-lead of the federal government's Team Canada war room — says U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has a different understanding of the bilateral relationship than he did during his first term in the White House.
Jagmeet Singh joins picket line demanding better rights and wages for Kal Tire employees
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has thrown his weight behind a campaign fighting for better work rights for Kal Tire employees, joining a picket line of workers in Burnaby Saturday morning.
Federal union warns government 'widening the net' to reduce spending
The Public Service Alliance of Canada says the government held a briefing with unions on Thursday to discuss the 'Refocusing Government Spending Initiative." PSAC says, "without prior consultation, the government unilaterally announced their plans to cut costs across the federal public service."
Supreme Court removes all unilingual decisions from its website
The Supreme Court may have succeeded in sidestepping the request from Droits collectifs Québec (DCQ), which had dragged its registrar before the Federal Court to compel the translation into French of some 6,000 decisions made before 1969 that were only available in English.
Federal government to apologize for Nunavik dog slaughter
Canada will apologize to Inuit in Nunavik for the killing of sled dogs between the mid-1950s until the late 1960s, minister Gary Anandasangaree said.
Freeland rallies a united front ahead of Trump’s return to White House
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is seeking to rally a united front and co-ordinate a plan to deal with threats posed by the Donald Trump presidency.
Supreme Court charts path for reviewing validity of government regulations
The Supreme Court of Canada has clarified the legal path when reviewing the validity of government regulations, guidelines or other such instruments.
Who should lead the Liberals? 'None of the above,' poll finds
As questions loom over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership, a new Nanos Research poll commissioned for CTV News says a quarter of Canadians say none of the potential candidates appeal to them.
Toronto Top Stories
Taylor Swift in Toronto: These are the concerts that rocked the city before The Eras Tour
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is coming to Toronto this month and will likely be the most commercially successful concert series the city has ever seen.
Woodside Square Cinema shot at in two separate incidents over weekend: TPS
Patrons were inside a movie theatre when a suspect fired bullets at the business’ doors on Saturday night, before the cinema was shot at again hours later in a second incident, police say.
Weapon of ‘serious concern’ confiscated from Hamilton encampment
A weapon that posed a “significant concern” for public safety, with photos allegedly shared across social media, has been confiscated from a Hamilton encampment.
Police looking to identify suspect in sex assault investigation
The Toronto police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect in a sex assault investigation.
Suspect image released in sex assault investigation
The Toronto Police are looking to identify a suspect wanted in a sex assault investigation.
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Donald Trump has said he wouldn’t be a dictator — 'except for Day 1.' According to his own statements, he's got a lot to do on that first day in the White House.
Paris to deploy 4,000 police officers for France-Israel soccer match following violence in Amsterdam
Paris police said Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security in and around the stadium and on public transportation a week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam.
Mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney beach were foul-smelling mini 'fatbergs'
The black balls – initially thought to be made of tar – were actually mini "fatbergs," made up of human feces, methamphetamine, human hair, fatty acids, and food waste, among hundreds of other vile and befuddling substances.
