Terrible news. Toronto City Councillor Jaye Robinson passed away last night.

NEW: The Ford government is planning to move more ServiceOntario locations into retail stores, months after suffering sustained criticism from its opponents over a deal that gave stationery giant Staples the right to run some kiosks.

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Sexual assault survivors blast the Ford government for delaying a transparency-related bill.

Lydia’s Law would have forced the Attorney General to report to show how much progress has been made on recommendations by the auditor general

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NEW: Ontario is planning to bring in a series of new measures for those found guilty of impaired driving in the province, including ignition interlock devices and lifetime driving bans.

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NEW: The Ford government is introducing legislation that would hand out a lifetime licence ban for anyone convicted of impaired driving causing death.

The new law 'would also increase immediate roadside licence suspensions for 1st and 2nd-time alcohol and drug-related

The federal and Ontario governments announced Canada’s first lithium ion separator plant will be built in Port Colborne. The facility is part of Honda’s broader electric vehicle supply chain

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A heavy police presence at Queen's Park as the flag of Israel is raised at the Ontario Legislature.

Apart from a few words exchanged between attendees and protesters, it's been peaceful.

NEW: Severe License suspensions for car thieves could be coming to Ontario, as the Ford government looks to introduce mandatory minimum consequences for those found guilty.

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Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles says the province’s access to information system is “broken” after two Ford government ministries made contradictory decisions over the release of health-care staffing information to two media outlets.

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ICYMI: The episode in which the quiet part was said out loud.

A town council hires a Ford-connected lobbyist and lays bare the reasons behind the contract: access over expertise.

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NEW: Ind. MPP Sarah Jama has been ejected from the Ontario Legislature, again, for wearing the keffiyeh inside the legislative chamber.

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Ontario healthcare need:

By 2027 the province is expected to need 20,700 additional nurses, growing to 33,200 by 2032.

When it comes to personal support workers, this year the need was expected to be 37,700, which was projected to rise to 48,977 in 2027 and 50,853 in 2032.

NEW: On the broken FOI system.

The Ministry of Health won a battle with Global News to keep a healthcare staffing document redacted, citing economic harms.

Turns out the Canadian Press received a similar document thru FOI - unredacted.

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ICYMI: 'Does someone in the MO want to give us the courtesy of a call?'

Behind the scenes of the Ford government's near reversal of the Peel Region split.

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Several years as a journalist, today is a first. The suspect of a triple stabbing first approaching me admitting he did it before turning himself into police. Globalnews.ca Globalnews.cato got it all on camera #Toronto #Toronto News

NEW: The cost of reorganizing the Region of Peelhas grown to $4.4 million, according to public documents, raising new questions about whether the Ford government will step in to relieve local taxpayers of the burgeoning price tag

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'Let's axe the tax,' Premier Doug Ford says of the federal price on carbon that was imposed on Ontario after the cancellation of Cap and Trade.

That's the first time Premier Ford has used the phrase mostly used by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.

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NEW: The Ford government launched audits to find ‘waste’ at city halls across Ontario.

Exactly what was uncovered remains a closely guarded secret.

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NEW: Ontario’s housing minister says it was “always” his plan to find a new mandate for the Peel Region transition board despite internal communications that revealed key members of the team were left in the dark as the Ford government considered a full reversal of the region’s