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After complaints about costs, Ontario proposes weakening incoming recycling rules
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is proposing to weaken an impending slate of new recycling rules because producers of the materials said the system is getting too expensive.
Ford government used code words to make it 'unduly difficult' to search Greenbelt records: report
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government broke its legal, record-keeping obligations amid its now-reversed decision to open up parts of the protected Greenbelt lands for housing, the province's information and privacy commissioner has found.
U.S. doctors, nurses will be able to work in Ontario more easily through new fast-tracked process
Province is enabling qualified U.S.-licensed health-care workers to start working in Ontario before they register with the regulatory college. Health Minister Syliva Jones says the move will increase the number of health-care professionals working in the province.
Ford government to limit debate on controversial Bill 5, hundreds of First Nations members protest
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is moving to shut down debate on its most controversial piece of legislation this session, one of a plethora of bills getting the fast-track treatment before the legislature rises for a summer break.
Some Ontario grocery stores question selling booze over empties deposit program
Very few Ontario grocery stores that are required to accept empty alcohol containers are doing so, leaving the future of the deposit return program in question as The Beer Store closes locations across the province.
Ontario MPPs to get raises after 16-year freeze; bill to establish new pension plan
The base pay for Ontario's elected officials has been frozen since 2009 at $116,550. Under legislation introduced by Ontario's finance minister, the salary would be boosted to $157,350.
Ontario to give education minister power to more easily take over school boards
Ontario is set to give the minister of education power to more easily put school boards under supervision and require more boards to put police officers in schools.
Ford's former top staffer broke lobbying rules: integrity commissioner
Ontario's integrity commissioner says a former top staffer to Premier Doug Ford broke lobbying rules. Amin Massoudi now runs Atlas Strategic Advisors, but previously served as Ford's principal secretary until 2022.
Ontario electricity produced with rising percentage of greenhouse-gas-emitting power
Ontario's electricity is now being produced with the highest percentage of greenhouse-gas-emitting power since coal plants were operating in the province.
Ontario 2025 budget may not be balanced in face of U.S. tariffs, Ford suggests
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is signalling that his government's upcoming budget may not be balanced, as the province needs to support people in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.