Ontario Premier Doug Ford and former solicitor general Sylvia Jones are challenging a summons to appear as witnesses at the public inquiry examining the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act.
The inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act will hear first-hand testimony on Monday, October 17, 2022, from top City of Ottawa officials about February's "Freedom Convoy" protest, including the mayor.
An officer who worked with outreach and mental health teams and a veteran constable who was a trained crisis negotiator were identified on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, as the two police officers who died after a shooting in Innisfil, Ont. – an event that left residents of the quiet community in shock.
Unless 11th-hour efforts to stop it succeed, a 16-kilometre four-lane highway will cut a swath through part of Ontario's protected Greenbelt land, paving almost 11 hectares of wetlands and crossing 27 waterways to connect Highway 404 on the east to Highway 400 to the west.
It’s a matter of short-term pain for long-term gain — or, at least, less pain — when it comes to readying Ontario’s public transportation infrastructure to withstand the changing climate, the province’s financial watchdog says in a new report.
You don’t get to cheat citizens in a democracy by holding a “press conference” where you muzzle the press and expect us to play along, writes Karyn Pugliese.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says former U.S. President Donald Trump used "bully" tactics during negotiations on a new North American free-trade agreement more than two years ago.
Parliament was lit in blue and yellow on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, evening as a crowd of several hundred people, many wearing the same colour, marked Ukrainian Independence Day.
A "Team Canada" approach is needed to fix the country's health-care problems, the premiers of the Maritimes and Ontario said on Monday, August 22, 2022, but they offered no specifics.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has long touted the benefits of American-style strong mayors presiding over local governments after his days working for his family’s multimillion-dollar label company in Chicago, where he admired the clout of then-mayor Richard Daley.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford signalled his government will expand mayoral power provincewide after tabling legislation last week to grant the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa sweeping new authority.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to give the mayors of Ottawa and Toronto greater power with so-called strong mayor legislation introduced Wednesday in an apparent bid to speed up housing development in the province.