Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Ontario launches new plan to prepare for health emergencies, including new bill
TORONTO — Ontario plans to recruit more nurses for underserved communities, boost the pay of personal support workers and make it easier for foreign health professions to get a job. The measures are among several detailed in the province's plan to
Ontario to permanently set speed limits on some highway sections at 110 km/h
Ontario is keeping speed limits of 110 kilometres per hour on six sections of provincial highways. The province announced Tuesday that the boosted speed limits in some areas of highway, which had been introduced as a pilot project in 2019, would
Ontario’s child-care deal by the numbers
TORONTO — Ontario has reached a deal with the federal government to reduce licensed child-care fees to an average of $10 a day within five years. The province was the last jurisdiction to sign on to the national program. Here's
Quebec reports an increase in COVID-related hospitalizations, with one more death
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting one more death today attributed to COVID-19 and a 27-patient increase in hospitalizations. Health authorities say 1,115 people are hospitalized with the disease after 92 patients were admitted and 65 left hospital. There...
Some Ontario parents to get rebates in May under child-care deal with Ottawa
Ontario parents of children aged five and under will start getting rebates for licensed child-care fees in May and can expect to see costs cut in half by the end of the year now that the province has become the
Ontario MPP Randy Hillier released with conditions following arrest
OTTAWA — Randy Hillier, an independent member of Ontario's legislature, has been released with several conditions after he surrendered to Ottawa police Monday. He faces nine charges related to his involvement in the protest that seized the core of the ...
Ontario signs $10.2 billion child care deal with federal government
OTTAWA — Ontario signed a $10.2 billion child-care deal with the federal government Sunday that will cut child-care fees in the province in half by the end of the year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford will announce the
Construction begins on new Toronto subway line
TORONTO — The province broke ground Sunday on a long-awaited new subway line in Toronto, which Ontario Premier Doug Ford described as a "once-in-a-lifetime" project. Ford said the project is a key part of his government's plan to build transit and
Ontario Liberals promise $16 minimum wage, portable benefits package if elected
TORONTO — Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca is promising that his party will boost the minimum wage to $16, work to set regional living wages, and compensate businesses for legislating 10 paid sick days if they win the June
John Tory announces he will seek third term as Toronto’s mayor in October election
Toronto Mayor John Tory plans to seek a third term at the helm of Canada's most populous city, ending months of speculation about whether he'd run for re-election. Tory made the announcement in an early-morning press release on Friday, seven months