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• Raptors’ Barnes named East player of the week

  Toronto Raptors guard/forward Scottie Barnes was named the Eastern Conference player of the week by the NBA on Monday.

  Sports

  6 hours
• Ford government announces funding for primary care plan on eve of election call

  On Tuesday afternoon, Doug Ford plans to visit the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the legislature and trigger an early election campaign officially beginning on Wednesday. 

  Health

  6 hours
• Charter challenge fails for law that forces Ontario patients into long-term care beds

  Superior Court Justice Robert Centa says Bill 7 is making more hospital beds available faster and is not coercive or interfering with patients' liberty, dignity and autonomy. 

  Politics

  7 hours
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• Ontario election: NDP says it would initiate purchase of Hwy. 407, remove tolls

  Ontario’s NDP is promising to remove tolls from the privately owned Highway 407 and initiate a potential purchase of the highway in a pre-election pitch to voters.

  Canada

  9 hours
• Decades-long battle to bring airport to Pickering grounded by feds

  A decades-long battle in Ontario over whether to build an airport on land in the northern portion of Pickering appears to have finally come to an end.

  Canada

  9 hours
• ‘An extra punch’: Storm to bring blizzard-like conditions to Ontario, Quebec

  Blizzard alerts are in effect for parts of Ontario and Quebec on Monday warning of power outage and dangerous travel conditions.

  Canada

  10 hours
• ‘Restore safety and order’: Ontario spending $75M to remove public encampments

  The Ontario government says it has begun flowing up to $75.5 million to municipalities to help them remove encampments in public spaces.

  Politics

  Jan 27
• Ford’s move to speed up alcohol sales expansion to cost Ontario $612M: report

  Ontario's budget watchdog estimates that the government's decision to speed up the rollout of alcohol sales in corner stores will cost the province more than $600 million.

  Politics

  Jan 27
• Ford government being asked to create ‘tariff taskforce’ by labour unions

  While Ford has held public meetings with Trudeau and the rest of Canada's Premiers, labour leaders are calling for a union-related task force to help address the tariff response.

  Politics

  Jan 27
• Questions raised after non-political city staff ordered to attend Ford announcement

  Doug Ford was at Brampton City Hall announcing funds for an unfinished light rail project northwards from Mississauga to tunnel under Brampton's downtown, and also sought votes.

  Politics

  Jan 27
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• 3 dead, including 2 children, after apartment fire in Hamilton, Ont.

  Hamilton fire officials say 3 people died in an apartment fire that sent another 12 people to hospital on Sunday. Multiple people were rescued to safety in the blaze.

  Fire

  Jan 26
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• Liberals claim Ford’s plan to visit Washington during election is ‘explicitly partisan’

  When the Ontario legislature is dissolved, the government enters caretaker mode - a convention that prevents a political party from using taxpayer resources to campaign.

  Politics

  Jan 26
• U.S. trade deal possible but ‘tariffs are real’ before then: Ontario envoy

  Ontario's representative to the U.S. is confident there's a deal to be made that resolves Donald Trump's trade concerns, but Canada will feel 'a lot of pain' first.

  Politics

  Jan 26
• Snap Ontario election call kicks parties’ planning into high gear

  Premier Doug Ford has announced that he will meet with the lieutenant-governor on Tuesday to trigger an election campaign beginning Wednesday, for a vote on Feb. 27. 

  Politics

  Jan 26
• Freighter on the move after it was freed from ice on frozen Lake Erie

  A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

  Canada

  Jan 26
• Ford’s LCBO order on U.S. booze won’t hurt Ontario convenience stores: group

  Doug Ford’s order to the LCBO to clear U.S. booze from its shelves if Donald Trump imposes sweeping tariffs won’t hurt Ontario’s convenience stores, an industry group says.

  Canada

  Jan 26
• Toronto engineer develops app to navigate PATH. Here’s how it works

  A Toronto engineer has developed a new app to navigate the city's PATH system during the extreme cold, helping users get to their destination in a convenient way.

  Canada

  Jan 26
• Pinto lifts Senators to 2-1 win over Maple Leafs

  Shane Pinto spoiled the night for thousands of Toronto Maple Leafs fans on Saturday night.

  Sports

  Jan 25
• Elderly man dead after three-alarm house fire in Brampton, 2 others injured

  The city's fire chief said at least one occupant had jumped from a window, and firefighters had to perform multiple rescues using ground and aerial ladders.

  Fire

  Jan 25
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• Four arrested after Orillia man found bound by rope in box

  Four people are facing charges after allegedly kidnapping an Orillia man before he was found dumped in a box, bound and beaten, earlier this month.

  Crime

  Jan 25
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• ‘An arms race:’ Recruiting family doctors and the stiff competition in Ontario

  With family doctors in short supply, communities are having to be more creative to attract physicians to their communities, and it’s only getting more complex.

  Health

  Jan 25
• Ontario $200 cheques begin arriving, including some addressed to the deceased

  The cheques were announced by the government in the Fall Economic Statement and entitle every taxpaying adult, and their children, to $200 each from the provincial government.

  Politics

  Jan 24
• Driver, bus company facing legal action over Ontario woman killed crossing street

  Police say the driver of the school bus is facing charges after a 22-year-old woman was struck and killed while walking within a crosswalk in Toronto.

  Canada

  Jan 24
• Ontario community groups encourage $200 rebate recipients to donate funds

  The provincial rebates distributed in January and February are expected to total $3 billion in an effort to help alleviate the high cost of living.

  Consumer

  Jan 24
• Ford confirms Ontario election call, announces tunnel extension plan for unfinished LRT

  Ontarians will go to the polls in February, Premier Doug Ford said Friday while announcing his government's plan to improve transit in Peel Region.

  Politics

  Jan 24