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Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement Monday:   “Thousands of workers and their families have been devastated by the news that GM is leaving Oshawa, and my heart is with them on this difficult day. But I believe the Province of Ontario can, and must, do much more than extend sympathy. The province needs to fight like ...

The Ontario Government is taking action to protect communities and to address two critical issues in Ontario’s firefighting sector: fairness for professional firefighters; and the efficiency of the interest arbitration system. Minister of Labour Laurie Scott addressed the 66th Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs in Niagara Falls. Proposals developed by Minister Scott would protect “double-hatters” ...

Premier Doug Ford issued the following statement today on the swearing-in of Caroline Mulroney as the Minister of Francophone Affairs by the Lieutenant Governor: “Caroline Mulroney has proven herself time and time again to be a tireless champion for the Francophone community, and I am proud to have her serve as our new Minister of Francophone Affairs. She will be ...

On November 26, 2018, members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a male in relation to a credit card theft from a bank machine in the City of Elliot Lake, Ontario.   The complainant reported their credit card got stuck in the bank machine while trying to make an earlier transaction. The card was later stolen by the ...

Premier Doug Ford issued the following statement today on the closure of the General Motors Oshawa Assembly Plant: “Today is a difficult day for the workers at the General Motors Oshawa Assembly Plant. It is a difficult day for the thousands of workers at hundreds of Ontario auto part suppliers that depend on the GM Oshawa Assembly Plant for much ...

  Ontario’s Government for the People is connecting communities and creating opportunities for economic development by investing in the 2018-19 winter roads program. Today, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, and Minister of Indigenous Affairs Greg Rickford attended the Chiefs of Ontario Special Chiefs’ Assembly in Toronto to announce $5.7 million in funding for 29 First Nations and the ...

Chief Superintendent Fern Labelle, Regional Commander for the North East Region’s Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) announces the following changes within the North East Region (NER) Command team. Newly promoted Superintendent Mike Pilon has assumed command of the Regional Superintendent of Support portfolio. Superintendent Pilon has 24 years of policing experience. His career began at the Cochrane Detachment in 1994 before ...

MPP Bhutila Karpoche, Member for Parkdale-High Park and Official Opposition critic for Mental Health and Addictions, tabled a bill last week that would cap the wait time for children and youth accessing mental health and addiction services at 30 days.   Right now in Ontario, one in five young people are living with mental health disorders that significantly impact their ...

The NDP and its London-area MPPs blasted Doug Ford’s cuts to London-area schools today in the legislature, calling them callous, and a case of misplaced priorities.   Parents and guardians from the Thames Valley School District Board (TVSDB) have learned that new schools and child care spaces slated for their communities were being delayed indefinitely by Ford. The TVSDB made ...

The province’s first cable-stayed bridge, located east of Thunder Bay at the Nipigon River crossing on Highway 11/17, is open to four lanes as of November 23rd, 2018. All westbound and eastbound lanes open starting today, allowing traffic to flow in all four lanes. The $106-million project was funded through the province’s Northern Highways Program. The structure consists of three ...

On Friday, November 23rd, 2018, Jeff Yurek, Minister of Transportation, visited a maintenance facility to announce that Ontario’s Government for the People is making the winter commute easier by allowing drivers to track their plow and plan their route all at one stop — the Ontario 511 website. “Keeping Ontario’s highways as safe as possible during winter weather conditions is ...

Like so many others, I was deeply saddened to learn the details of Tori Stafford’s tragic demise ten years ago when news coverage of her disappearance, murder, and the subsequent trial of Terri-Lynne McClintic and her accomplice shook Canadians to their foundation.  This autumn, we learned that McClintic had been re-designated as a medium security threat and transferred to a ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Health Canada, as well as the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA), to investigate an outbreak of E. coli infections in Ontario and Quebec, and several U.S. states. ...

  On November 18, 2018, at approximately 1:45 p.m. an officer of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Manitouwadge detachment was on patrol on Highway 17 near Highway 614 when he observed a motor vehicle stuck in the snow on a service road on the south side of the highway. After speaking to the single male driver and further investigation, the ...

The NDP says new policies adopted by Doug Ford’s Conservatives at this weekend’s convention are dangerous. “The Ford Conservatives have opened up the debate and voted in favour of some very dangerous resolutions,” said NDP MPP Marit Stiles. “I don’t believe this stuff is what Ontarians voted for.” Stiles cited resolutions that open up Ontario to privatized health care, and ...