Doug Ford

Quebec Premier François Legault is warning that the new alliance between the federal Liberals and the NDP is going to trigger a confrontation with the provinces, particularly around health care.

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Stellantis N.V. are building the $5-billion facility, which is expected to employ 2,500 people and be in operation by 2025.

Beware the false prophets — and profits — of private health care, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The 53-page Critical Minerals Strategy lays out actions Ontario could take to “better connect mines in the north with the manufacturing sector in the south, in particular to Ontario-based electric vehicle (EV) and battery manufacturing” and “tap into new and growing markets.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was also on hand, announcing a matching $131.6-million contribution from Ottawa to go toward Honda’s $1.4-billion upgrade.

Steven Guilbeault's comments come a few months before a provincial election in Canada’s most populous province.

Doug Ford has clearly decided to throw whatever caution he might have left to the wind and hope for the best — or at the very least, that the worst doesn’t come until after the votes are counted in June, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The Toronto District School Board, Canada’s largest, will go along with the Ford government’s plan to make wearing a mask a personal choice in Ontario schools, but asked to delay dropping the COVID-19 classroom safety measure on return from March break.

Ontario plans to build four new highways, expand five existing ones and put in more than 40 kilometres of new subway, according to an expansive 30-year transportation plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe area announced Thursday.

With Sept. 10 picked as the date for when the Conservative Party of Canada will have a new leader, time is ticking for prospective candidates and their teams to get into place. Those running have until April 19 to throw their hat into the ring and until June 3 to sell memberships.

The Conservatives have turned themselves into a farm team version of American Republicans and in the process have made Premier Doug Ford look good by comparison.

Ontario will require its school boards to keep an online learning option for the upcoming 2022-23 academic year and any student who needs tutoring help will receive it, the provincial government said as it laid out its school spending plan ahead of a summer election.

One-third of the population seems to be driving the public discourse right now, making policy in provinces like Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Saskatchewan residents also started the day with relaxed measures as the province lifted its proof of vaccine or a negative test requirement to enter most businesses as of midnight.

The Ontario government says it has successfully petitioned a court to freeze access to millions of dollars donated through online fundraising platform GiveSendGo to the convoy protesting COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa and at several border crossings.