Doug Ford is marking his first 100 days as Ontario's premier with a rally at the heart of the so-called Ford Nation, the west Toronto area where he and his family cut their political teeth.

Protesters lingered overnight outside the Ontario legislature after they were barred from observing a rare midnight sitting meant to speed up the passage of a controversial bill to cut Toronto's city council nearly in half.

Steve Bannon, the controversial former strategist for U.S. President Donald Trump, is set to defend the issue of populism in a debate with conservative commentator David Frum in Toronto this fall.

Ontario launched its buck-a-beer plan on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, by offering "non-financial incentives" to brewers who sell their beer for $1, prompting critics to question the Progressive Conservative government's priorities and accuse the province of trying to deflect scrutiny on key issues such as education and the environment.

As anti-poverty advocates denounced the Ontario government's decision to scrap a basic income pilot project, the province defended the move on Wednesday, suggesting the program discouraged participants from finding work.

Though he officially takes up the premier's mantle on Friday, June 29, 2018, Doug Ford has already set the wheels in motion for several of his plans for Ontario — and one expert predicts the Progressive Conservative leader will move quickly on his agenda once he seizes the reins of the province.

A spokesman for Doug Ford says Ontario's incoming premier is determined to deliver on his campaign promise to scrap the "disastrous" cap-and-trade system and fight a federal carbon tax.

Scrapping Ontario's cap-and-trade system would make no sense, the governor of California said on Monday, April 16, 2018, as he weighed in on a key Ontario election issue.

Former Ontario Tory leadership hopeful Tanya Granic Allen, who is now seeking a party nomination ahead of a spring provincial election, is defending herself after coming under fire for comments made online years ago about Muslims and gay marriage.

Two months after their leader resigned amid sexual misconduct allegations, Ontario's Progressive Conservatives have turfed another legislator and barred him from running for re-election over sexual harassment allegations from a former intern.