Doug Ford

Living in a clean environment and affordable housing should take precedence over buying beer and wine in Ontario's corner stores.

The premier has gone back to his roots in his latest tirade against bike lanes, which he’s been teasing for a while now but officially acted on earlier last week. His government recently proposed legislation that would ban all new bike lanes that take up space that could otherwise be used by cars — unless they receive special permission from the province.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has already decided to rip up the bike lanes on major thoroughfares in Toronto like Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue in an obvious attempt to win over traffic-addled voters before an increasingly imminent provincial election.

An Ontario appeal court ruling ordered a new hearing for a constitutional challenge of the province’s emissions reduction target.

The problem with the government’s plan to build more highways, though, is that it doesn’t actually solve anything. The money is wasted because traffic only gets worse.

Stephen Lecce took over the portfolio last week in a cabinet shuffle, when he was moved from the education file that he oversaw for five years.

In its decision, the court ruled that due to a law introduced by the Ford government a week after the challenge was filed, it would have no chance of success. The Rebuilding Ontario Place Act excludes the site from the Environmental Assessment Act and grants zoning powers to Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma.

Premier Doug Ford's decision to reappoint Steve Clark to a key government role has been met with significant criticism from other political leaders and environmental groups.

The Ford government has created new benzene regulations for a specific Sarnia, Ont., plastics plant currently under suspension for emitting high levels of the toxin. They set an emissions cap ten times higher than the provincial standard.

The use of personal emails and deletion of messages have both caught the attention of the province's information and privacy commissioner, who has now confirmed she is investigating both.

As tabled, the new Bill 185 — also known as the Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act — and changes to the Provincial Planning Statement will pose a significant threat to the province's dwindling supply of farmland and lead to further urban sprawl in its place, critics contend.

Federal Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks says she had "deep concerns" about the lack of limits Toronto put on its now-rejected pitch to decriminalize the possession of illegal drugs — and the city health agency's refusal to make any changes.

New documents obtained by the Ontario NDP prompt Bonnie Crombie to push for fresh investigation into the $8.3-billion scandal, as well as an update on the existing one.

Critics say the plan to redevelop Ontario Place's West Island will eradicate the ecosystem that has thrived there for five decades, removing about 840 trees, including over 600 mature ones. The project will also fill lagoons and waterways, destroying about 36,000 square meters of aquatic habitat to add roughly 12 acres to the island.

To help Enbridge lock gas customers in for decades to come, Premier Doug Ford's government on Wednesday overrode Ontario’s independent energy regulator and passed the Keeping Energy Costs Down Act.