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Ontario spent $3.5B less than planned in last fiscal year, watchdog says
TORONTO — The Ontario government spent $3.5 billion less than planned in the last fiscal year, the province's fiscal watchdog said Tuesday. In a new report, the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario compared the Progressive Conservative government...
Ford says there are no plans to roll back economic reopening despite new cases
TORONTO — Ontario has no plans to pull any regions back a step in the province's economic reopening process despite new outbreaks in some areas that have moved into Stage 3, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference in Aja...
Ford says there are no plans to roll back economic reopening despite new cases
TORONTO — Ontario has no plans to pull any regions back a step in the province's economic reopening process despite new outbreaks in some areas that have moved into Stage 3, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference in Aja...
Inconsistent funding delays daycare reopening in some areas, group says
Inconsistent funding for licensed child-care centres means facilities in some Ontario municipalities may not be able to reopen or expand capacity even as the province allows them to accept more children, an industry association said Monday. O...
Indoor visits to long-term care homes stymied by rules and enforcement
Though Ontario has allowed visitors inside long-term care homes for the better part of a week, Mary Oko is still seeing her mother outdoors. Rules enforced during the visits mean there's little benefit to going inside the home, Oko said, and at
Ban on conditional sentences for some offences unconstitutional, court rules
TORONTO — A law that bars a judge from imposing a conditional sentence for certain offences was struck down as unconstitutional on Friday in a decision likely to find its way to the country's top court. In a 2-1 ruling, the
Ontario considering mandatory farm worker testing, Ford says as Windsor-area cases surge
TORONTO — The Windsor-Essex area now has the highest rate of COVID-19 cases in Ontario, local health officials said Friday as Premier Doug Ford mulled ordering mandatory testing for farm workers in a bid to contain the spread of the surging v...
Bus driver with one eye wins discrimination case; judge nixes licence rule
TORONTO — A city bus driver whose licence was revoked after she lost her eye to cancer has won her battle to have the relevant provincial regulations declared unconstitutional. In her ruling this month, Ontario Superior Court Justice Jessica Kimme...
Get for-profits out of long-term care, unions say as they launch campaign
TORONTO — Several unions launched a campaign on Thursday calling on the Ontario government to phase out for-profit companies that operate long-term care homes. COVID-19 has hit for-profit homes harder than their non-profit or municipally run counterpar...
Ontario reporting 103 new cases of COVID-19, no new virus-related deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 103 new cases of COVID-19 today, and no new deaths related to the novel coronavirus. The total number of cases now stands at 38,210, which includes 2,755 deaths and 33,963 resolved cases. There were&nb...