Queen's Park

Ontario and Manitoba have signed a memorandum of understanding to reduce provincial trade barriers amid a trade war with the United States that continues to threaten Canada’s economy.

Ontario’s electricity is now being produced with the highest percentage of greenhouse-gas-emitting power since coal plants were operating in the province.

Local residents and a First Nation brought their fight against a large landfill to Queen’s Park, where they accused the premier of trampling over the community’s concerns to fast-track a project backed by his donors.

Premier Doug Ford says the province is making permanent a previous cut to the gas tax and will also be removing tolls from the provincially owned portion of Highway 407 East that spans from Pickering to Clarington.

The Ontario Liberals are asking the integrity commissioner to investigate the province’s decision to backtrack on an environmental assessment of a massive landfill expansion project backed by Progressive Conservative donors.

Three days before he unveils the provincial budget, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war should serve as a “wake-up call” for Ontario’s economy.

Ontario hospitals spent more than $9 billion on nurses and other staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period, a new study concludes.

Ontario’s housing minister introduced legislation Monday intended to speed up the construction of new homes, as he admitted the province isn’t currently on track to meet its goal of getting 1.5 million homes built over 10 years.

For the last 15 years, there’s been a lot of talk about the possibilities of small modular reactors – mini nuclear plants that could be factory built and power an industrial site or a small city. Now, Ontario is pressing ahead with a plan to build four of them – the first in the western world.

Construction on the first of four small modular reactors at a nuclear station east of Toronto is set to begin this year with the entire project costing $21 billion.

Several Ontario mayors have been calling on the province to ban financial incentives municipalities use to lure in doctors, saying the recruitment tactic is harming communities that can’t pony up the cash – especially those in rural and northern regions.

Premier Doug Ford says his government is doing everything it can to combat a measles outbreak that has seen case numbers sharply rise over the past few months, despite criticism to the contrary.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging her Ontario counterpart Doug Ford to mind his own business when it comes to talk of separating from Canada.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is signalling that his government’s upcoming budget may not be balanced, as the province needs to support people in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

First Nations, civil liberty groups and environmentalists are slamming Ontario for a proposed bill that would give cabinet the power to create “special economic zones” and allow the government to exempt itself from following laws on certain projects.