As the Ford government throws recruitment bonuses at its struggling forest fire program ahead of a potentially difficult season in the north, Global News can reveal one in five of its crews are unstaffed while several aircraft key to the province’s operations are weeks behind schedule. Ontario’s fire season officially began on April 1, after … Read more
The Ford government is set to increase the speed limit on hundreds of kilometres of its highway network, including large portions of the 401. Beginning on July 12, Ontario will permanently boost the speed limit to 110 km/h on 10 sections of provincial highway in both the north and south of the province. More than … Read more
The Ford government is telling the province’s largest school board it has to work out a solution to its financial hole, as trustees threaten wide-ranging cuts to key services will be necessary without help. As it plans its annual financial plan, the Toronto District School Board has said it is facing a deficit of roughly … Read more
Opponents of Highway 413 say the “battle is not over” after a deal between the federal and provincial governments was reached to allow construction of the project to get underway. On Monday, the Trudeau and Ford governments announced they had come to an agreement that means work on the 52-kilometre highway on the western edge … Read more
Municipalities across the province are calling on the Ford government to replicate Toronto’s ‘new deal’ and negotiate fresh financial agreements with them as they struggle with growing costs and accuse Queen’s Park of underfunding them. The premier said municipalities “really are the backbone of this province” but doesn’t seem to be humouring the request. The … Read more
This article is the fourth in Global News’ Spring Housing Buzz series, where we will investigate a number of different areas related to the spring real estate market in Ontario. You can read Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here. On paper, Kingston, Ont., is doing everything the provincial government has asked … Read more
It took less than four hours for the first vehicle of the year to be stolen in the Region of Peel. Around 3:10 a.m. on Jan. 1, police believe a truck was stolen from Heathbrook Avenue in Brampton, Ont. Officers haven’t closed the case, which is still ongoing. The theft is one of 1,433 cars … Read more
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province has reached a tentative contract deal with the province’s Catholic teachers. He says it means no province-wide job action or strikes for the next three years. Officials say the structure of the tentative deal for the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association is similar to those agreed to … Read more