Ontario

Steven Del Duca has come up with a series of ambitious plans to rebuild and modernize the Ontario Liberal Party. He wants to create a 124-member caucus that has at least 30 candidates under the age of 30, and half of whom are women. He wants to find a way to respect taxpayer's money while also investing in Ontario — something he believes his government lost track off in their last days in office.

An Ontario firefighter alleges his human rights were violated when he was not provided sufficient vegan food while battling a massive blaze in British Columbia.

Ontario researchers say they've come up with a way to store vaccines at higher temperatures for weeks at a time.

The authors of a report that found $47 billion was laundered across Canada last year debated whether to include a graph that indicated Alberta, Ontario and the Prairies were hotspots for dirty money, says the lead writer.

Premier Doug Ford's Ontario government has cut 70 per cent of provincial funding to a non-profit organization that helps more than three dozen Indigenous communities protect endangered wildlife and natural resources, National Observer has learned. 

Canada's annual inflation rate picked up its pace in April for a third-straight month due in part to stronger gasoline prices in provinces with new carbon-pricing systems.

Things are going to get worse for Ontario’s workers, due to decisions by Doug Ford’s government to cut funding to workers’ health and safety programs. The Progressive Conservative government is cutting the number of proactive inspections and safety inspectors and support for injured workers.

A report that estimates $5 billion was laundered through British Columbia's real estate market last year also lifts the lid on the extent of illegal cash moving across Canada.

The NDP wants Ontario to declare a climate change emergency but Premier Doug Ford's response is to rail against the federal carbon tax as "one of the biggest climate crises right now."

Four days after Doug Ford's government spelled out 20-pages of weakened protections for Ontario's endangered species in an omnibus housing bill, an 18,000-page report by over 450 scientists culminated in one shocking fact: over one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction.

Ontario's government plans to launch a review of speed limits on provincial highways, with the transportation minister musing that some of those roads can safely handle traffic at 120 kilometres per hour.

The Saskatchewan government will appeal the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling Friday that said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's carbon tax is constitutional. The ruling is the first in a series of court challenges launched by conservative-leaning premiers who have declined to impose a price on carbon pollution.

Doug Ford was all smiles as he welcomed his "great ally" Jason Kenney, four days into his mandate as Alberta's newly-elected premier, and committed to continue their fight against the federal carbon tax. 

On Thursday, the leader of the Ontario Greens is giving gas stations an alternative sticker that is free and reveals the costs of climate change to counter Ford's "tax-payer funded partisan stickers." Mike Schreiner's stickers display the fact that climate costs in Canada could reach as high as $91 billion per year by 2050.

Robert Pepin's mobile home sits crookedly on its foundation, the front door is broken, the insulation and deck are damaged beyond repair.