Ontario's incoming premier has put the public service under a hiring freeze as part of a series of measures meant to limit spending as he re-examines the province's books.

Kathleen Wynne hopes the seven Liberals who were elected Thursday night can secure official party status in the Ontario legislature. She'll hand the reigns to her successor Doug Ford June 29.

Exit polls suggest that Patrick Brown, even after the allegations that forced him to quit as leader, would have had a similar result as Ford.

Andrea Horwath says it's a "new beginning" for the Ontario NDP, now the province's official Opposition party after Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives won a majority government.

Asked how long he thinks it will take to fulfill a campaign trail pledge to extricate Ontario from its cap and trade system for controlling emissions and how much it will cost, Premier-designate Doug Ford instead started talking about how he thought it would be hard for him to pick out a cabinet because of the strength of his team.

Ford isn’t a stable politician in a solid party, writes Nora Loreto. The party has deep divisions that can be exploited by progressive social activists.

Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne resigned immediately after the Progressive Conservative party's clear victory in the Ontario election Thursday, declaring "I am passing the torch to the next generation."

Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner won a seat in the Ontario election, making history as the first Green ever in the legislature.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath handily won her Hamilton-Centre riding Thursday night, though hopes of being Ontario's next premier were dashed just half an hour after polls closed.

The voting process, like the campaign that preceded it, was not without complications.Voting hours in several locations were extended anywhere from 20 minutes to four hours beyond the 9 p.m. closing time in the rest of the province.

“We are opposed to what we can tell that the PCs are standing against and for under Ford,” said Brittany Smith, a senior campaigner with the group.

For decades, Grassy Narrows had to deal with deadly toxins released by industry, as successive governments looked the other way. It's an issue that has persisted while all three parties, the PCs, the New Democrats and the Liberals, were in power.

A look at the top five promises made by each of the three major Ontario political parties heading into Thursday's election.

The twists and turns of Ontario's election campaign have made it impossible to predict whether a majority or minority government will be elected in Thursday's vote. Several possible scenarios are in play. Here's what the experts are saying.

Mike Schreiner cannot walk the streets of downtown Guelph, Ont., without being stopped to talk politics.