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Education Minister appoints supervisor for Near North school board
12+ hour, 25+ min ago (350+ words) Ontario's Minister of Education, Paul Calandra, has handed the reigns to the Near North District School Board to Rebecca Bell, who will now serve as board supervisor. Calandra made the announcement today. In a letter to parents and guardians, he…...
Northern Ontario NDP MPPs say rail return doesn't replace need for safer roads
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (445+ words) Northern NDP representatives are pressing Queen's Park to pair transit announcements with road-safety measures, saying thousands of drivers face heightened risk on key corridors such as Highway 11 Northern Ontario NDP MPPs say rail return doesn't replace need for safer roads…...
Wake and bake? Ontario may soon let weed stores open at 7 a. m.
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (406+ words) EDITOR'S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen's Park. Weed stores in Ontario may soon be allowed to open at 7 a. m. , a couple of hours earlier than they're…...
Lawyers for Quebec government tell Supreme Court that Bill 21 is legitimate
3+ week, 1+ day ago (553+ words) OTTAWA " The Quebec government is urging the Supreme Court of Canada to uphold a controversial secularism law, arguing that the Constitution allows the province to override the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The case revolves around the law, adopted…...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticizes World Series ticket 'gouging"
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (346+ words) TORONTO " Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is looking at the issue of ticket sales, after Blue Jays fans complained of sky-high resale prices not long after World Series tickets went on sale. Game 1 comes to Toronto on Friday and…...
Ontario government targets ticket scalping with amendments to the Ticket Sales Act
3+ week, 5+ day ago (340+ words) Paying sky-high'prices for concert tickets on the resale market may soon be a thing of the past, as'Ontario plans tougher enforcement on ticket resellers and platforms. The province is proposing a sweeping overhaul of its ticketing rules, including a resale…...
LETTER: Is there something rotten in the Legislature of Ontario?
4+ week, 1+ day ago (281+ words) Editor's note: Mr. Kaszab writes in response to the Bay Today story Ford government to restrict public access to politicians" documents. The Conservative Ford Government has plans to exempt the premier and cabinet from Freedom of Information requests, which would…...
Ontario NDP leader kicked off Tim Hortons property
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (539+ words) It probably wasn't the order Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles had in mind when she stopped at a Tim Hortons in Sault Ste. Marie today. Stiles and a group of northern Ontario MPPs were about to hold a media availability…...
Environment Canada calling for significant rainfall across Ontario
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (154+ words) TORONTO " Environment Canada is calling for 15 to 40 millimetres of rain and thunderstorms across Ontario, leading to potential flooding. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement calling for 15 to 40 millimetres of rainfall, with locally higher totals possible due to thunderstorms....
Parti Qu'b'cois surges with 4th byelection win, as Conservatives see path to growth
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (758+ words) MONTR'AL " The Parti Qu'b'cois' fourth consecutive byelection win shows Quebecers are ready for profound change, leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said Tuesday, even as he sought to calm worries over his promise to hold a sovereignty referendum by 2030 if he becomes…...