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Inside Toronto's new drug withdrawal centre
The new 36-bed downtown centre is 1 of 4 operated by Unity Health Toronto, and is part of the province's shift to an abstinence-based approach to the toxic drug crisis.
Ontario tables bill to ban some supervised consumption sites
Ontario has tabled a bill that aims to shutter 10 supervised consumption sites the government deems are too close to schools and daycares.
Sex offenders will not be allowed to change their names in Ontario, solicitor general says
Ontario plans to ban registered sex offenders from changing their names. Solicitor General Michael Kerzner says those who are on the provincial sex offender registry will no longer be allowed to legally change their name once new legislation is passed.
Ontario Science Centre workers say goodbye as repairs continue
Workers said goodbye to the Ontario Science Centre on Oct. 31 after a furious few months of packing up and sending countless truckloads of stuff to storage facilities in numerous locations. Some are hopeful that they'll return after repairs are complete.
Another beluga whale dies at Marineland, Ontario says water quality is 'acceptable'
Three weeks after the death of another beluga whale at Marineland, the Ontario government is speaking publicly about its ongoing investigation of the park, saying water troubles are under control after a recent investment.
Hundreds will lose access to safe consumption when some Toronto sites close: study
Hundreds of people will lose access to supervised consumption sites in Toronto when the province closes five of them next year, which will likely mean more public drug use and more overdoses, a new study suggests.
Ontario lacks a health-care plan for alcohol harms as sales expand: health coalition
Premier Doug Ford's government has no strategy to mitigate problems that could result from the province's newly liberalized alcohol sales rules, a health coalition said Thursday, warning that more death, cancer diagnoses and emergency department strains are on the horizon.
Ontario vision of Niagara as Las Vegas north may not include Marineland, minister says
A major amusement park is part of Ontario's grand vision to turn the Niagara region into Las Vegas north, but Marineland may not fit the bill, the provincial tourism minister says.
Ontario invests $146M in hopes of becoming life sciences hub
Ontario is making what a key minister describes as a "hard pivot" to life sciences, as it looks to replicate its aggressive investment in the electric-vehicle sector in a bid to become a world leader in biomanufacturing and health sciences.
Ontario taxpayers fork over $4.3M to settle legal costs in Bill 124 cases
Ontario taxpayers have forked over $4.3 million in legal fees after the province lost two court cases defending a wage-cap law that was struck down as unconstitutional, The Canadian Press has learned.