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New provincial appointee with PC connections invokes NDP ire
New provincial appointee with PC connections invokes NDP ire
An appointment to Metrolinx's board is the latest appointment to raise opposition eyebrows
Municipalities, Transit and Infrastructure
Aidan Chamandy Aidan Chamandy
What would you do with 4.4-billion health-care dollars?
What would you do with 4.4-billion health-care dollars?
The government has more than adequately budgeted for its projected health-care needs, according to the Financial Accountability Office
Health Trillium Insiders
Jessica Smith Cross Jessica Smith Cross
Question Period Highlight: Pride cometh before the fall
Question Period Highlight: Pride cometh before the fall
It comes in the spring
Question Period Highlights Trillium Insiders
Jack Hauen Jack Hauen
Housing minister, auditor had 'quick conversation' for Greenbelt probe
Housing minister, auditor had 'quick conversation' for Greenbelt probe
Parallel investigations by two of Ontario's oversight authorities on the Ford government's Greenbelt changes are expected to be published in the next few months
Energy and the Environment
Charlie Pinkerton Charlie Pinkerton
Trillium Today: access denied
Trillium Today: access denied
Your Ontario politics agenda for Wednesday, May 31
Trillium Today Trillium Insiders
Jack Hauen Jack Hauen
Ford government backtracks on one of two controversies roiling the PC heartland
Ford government backtracks on one of two controversies roiling the PC heartland
The Ford government has backed off a plan that was roiling rural Ontario. Will it change course on another?
Politics
Jessica Smith Cross Jessica Smith Cross
As PC insiders bandy about a looming cabinet shuffle, Ford's office says one is 'not planned'
As PC insiders bandy about a looming cabinet shuffle, Ford's office says one is 'not planned'
With the exception of 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ford has changed his cabinet every June since being elected
Politics
Charlie Pinkerton Charlie Pinkerton
Bill to oust city councillors over workplace harassment likely heading for defeat
Bill to oust city councillors over workplace harassment likely heading for defeat
Liberal MPP Stephen Blais has introduced the same bill three times
Municipalities, Transit and Infrastructure Trillium Insiders
Aidan Chamandy Aidan Chamandy
Question Period Highlight: Bingo was the game-O
Question Period Highlight: Bingo was the game-O
B-I-N-G-O!
Question Period Highlights Trillium Insiders
Jessica Smith Cross Jessica Smith Cross
Trillium Today: Pickering up the pace
Trillium Today: Pickering up the pace
Your Ontario politics agenda for Tuesday, May 30
Trillium Today Trillium Insiders
Jack Hauen Jack Hauen
‘Concerns are real’: Wildland fire program feeling the staff burnout
‘Concerns are real’: Wildland fire program feeling the staff burnout
As forest fire season ramps up, union representing Ontario's wildland firefighters say staffing shortage worst it's ever been; 'Government is gambling with everyone's safety'
Energy and the Environment
Alex Flood Alex Flood
Question Period Highlight: how 'outrageous' exactly?
Question Period Highlight: how 'outrageous' exactly?
Watchers of Monday's question period at Queen's Park were treated to an out-outrageous-off over the Eglinton Crosstown
Question Period Highlights Trillium Insiders
Charlie Pinkerton Charlie Pinkerton
How often are special needs kids excluded from school? Ontario won't say
How often are special needs kids excluded from school? Ontario won't say
The Ontario Autism Coalition got 'the runaround' when it asked for data on the exclusion of special needs kids from school
Education and Training Trillium Insiders
Jessica Smith Cross Jessica Smith Cross
How much are landlords fined for illegal evictions? Ontario won't say
How much are landlords fined for illegal evictions? Ontario won't say
Fines can run up to $50,000 but haven't gone over $3,000 in the past three years, report finds
Housing
Jack Hauen Jack Hauen
Canadians can no longer afford to stay disconnected from farmers and their food sources
Canadians can no longer afford to stay disconnected from farmers and their food sources
Changes in Ontario being proposed to pave over some of the country’s most productive farmland is one recent example of blissful ignorance in practice
Opinion
Lindsay Campbell
 NDP leader endorses Chow for Toronto mayor
NDP leader endorses Chow for Toronto mayor
Interim Liberal Leader John Fraser declined to endorse anyone — including his former colleague
Politics Trillium Insiders
Jack Hauen Jack Hauen
Trillium Today: cutting hours
Trillium Today: cutting hours
Your Ontario politics agenda, for Monday, May 29
Trillium Today Trillium Insiders
Jack Hauen Jack Hauen
Hsu makes it two: Kingston MPP's launch turns OLP leadership race competitive
Hsu makes it two: Kingston MPP's launch turns OLP leadership race competitive
Ted Hsu and some 250 supporters celebrated the Kingston and the Islands MPP's official entry into the Ontario Liberal Party leadership contest on Sunday
Politics Trillium Insiders
Charlie Pinkerton Charlie Pinkerton
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