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The complaint: some developers have yet to put a shovel in the ground on some housing projects that have had all necessary approvals for years. The consequence: some cities face losing out on the province’s $1.2 billion housing infrastructure fund because they won’t meet the government’s targets for new home construction starts in 2023.
5 months ago
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Hospitals across Ontario have dramatically ramped up their use of nurses from private staffing agencies to the tune of tens of millions of dollars, but the Ministry of Health is not actually tracking the increase in spending, according to the province’s auditor general.
5 months ago
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Premier Doug Ford’s government will on Thursday reveal its plan for changing how alcohol is sold in Ontario, including allowing all supermarkets, convenience stores and gas stations to sell beer, wine and canned mixed drinks starting in 2026, industry sources told CBC News.
5 months ago
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The pace of home sales in Ontario in 2023 dropped to lows not seen this century, and with little evidence that mortgage rates will drop significantly any time soon, forecasts are predicting the sluggishness to continue into early 2024.
4 months ago
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The new year brings new opportunities for Premier Doug Ford to try to move past the controversies that plagued his government in 2023, but he’ll be facing a new political threat in the form of Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie.
4 months ago
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The western chorus frog is about as small as your thumb, but it could prove to be a large obstacle to Premier Doug Ford’s plans for building Highway 413.
4 months ago
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Canada is seeing a record number of cases of invasive Group A strep, a bacterial infection that kills roughly one in 10 people who contract it, according to data obtained by CBC News.
3 months ago
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Premier Doug Ford’s government faces a sharp reduction in what has been a lucrative source of funding for Ontario’s colleges and universities, now that Ottawa plans to slash the number of international students allowed into Canada.
3 months ago
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The Ontario government announced Tuesday that it plans to refurbish the half-century old Pickering nuclear generating station, keeping the plant operating for at least another 30 years.
3 months ago
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A new taxpayer-funded advertising campaign by Premier Doug Ford’s government touting the Ontario economy and provincial investments is facing criticism as a wasteful way to spend public money.
3 months ago
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A Canadian mining company will announce plans Thursday for two new processing facilities that its CEO says will provide the ‘missing link’ in Ontario’s plans for building a full-fledged electric vehicle industry.
3 months ago
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The Doug Ford government is poised to give independent clinics a greater role in performing surgeries and scans currently done in hospitals, and some Ontario doctors are speaking out in favour of the controversial plan.
2 months ago
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Ontario will see a spike in demand for home-care workers over the next few years as its population of seniors increases sharply, according to a new report by health economists.
2 months ago
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Premier Doug Ford’s government introduced a major new piece of legislation on Tuesday designed to speed up construction of new highways in Ontario by shortening their environmental assessments.
2 months ago
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Ontario announced plans Thursday to produce a nuclear medical isotope that forms the essential component in a life-saving treatment for liver cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer deaths.
about 2 months ago
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As the number of people across Ontario without a family doctor reaches a record high, there’s a fresh push on Premier Doug Ford’s government to make family practice more attractive to physicians by improving compensation.
about 2 months ago
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As legal sales of cannabis show signs of flattening in Canada, the industry is urging provinces to loosen rules that ban pot producers and retailers from collaborating on promotions.
about 1 month ago
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An advertising campaign by Premier Doug Ford’s government that has been criticized as partisan self-promotion is costing taxpayers about $8 million, CBC News has learned.
about 1 month ago
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government will make auto insurance changes a central feature of the budget it tables on Tuesday, CBC News has learned.
about 1 month ago
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Only one Ontario university will see its international student intake shrink this year while more than half of the province’s public colleges face a drop, under a plan announced Wednesday by Premier Doug Ford’s government.
about 1 month ago
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Some Ontario academics are waging a campaign against new legislation from Premier Doug Ford’s government that they say would pave the way for political interference on campus.
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