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Ontario reports 478 new cases of COVID-19

... effort to stem the surge, Premier Doug Ford cut the limits for......
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Other Ontario school boards can collect millions from developers to help build and repair crowded schools — but not the TDSB. That needs to change, report says

... isn’t holding his breath that Premier Doug Ford’s government to be the......
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Today’s coronavirus news: Ford to announce fall COVID-19 plan today; Hollywood unions announce pandemic agreement; UK to impose tougher measures amid case spike

... of the COVID 19 pandemic. B.C. Premier John Horgan made the... COVID 19 fall preparedness plan today. Premier Doug Ford has promised the plan... seen for months in Ontario. Ford has...
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Mayor John Tory promises to ‘bring the hammer down’ as COVID-19 infections rise in Toronto

... $750 for those in attendance. Premier Doug Ford announced last week that......
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Ontario hits another recent high with 425 new COVID-19 cases

... opposition parties took aim at Premier Doug Ford’s government for the rising... the next week or so.” Ford took action on the......
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‘We are trying to avoid a Zoom parliament’: Queen’s Park dividing MPPs into ‘cohorts’ in bid to prevent COVID-19 spread

... the two groups. Only Calandra, Premier Doug Ford, Health Minister Christine Elliott, ......
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Ottawa accepts Premier Doug Ford’s made-in-Ontario pricing scheme for heavy industry, even though they say it’s too weak

OTTAWA—The federal government has accepted Premier Doug Ford’s carbon pricing scheme for... and rebate scheme maligned by Ford and other Conservative politicians... also pointed out that the Ford government...
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The coroner’s office came under fire for a cascade of failures during Dirk Huyer’s leadership. So why did Doug Ford put him in charge of Ontario’s COVID-19 outbreak response?

... at Queen’s Park last week, Premier Doug Ford paused to praise the... to listen to the doc, ” Ford said of Ontario’s Chief.. Dirk Huyer. “He’s a champion.” Ford is...
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Why Ontario s surging COVID-19 cases haven t thrown everyone back into lockdown

... regional basis. Earlier this week, Premier Doug Ford warned the is... option is on the table, Ford said. We will take......
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Burying the Eglinton West LRT will cost an extra $1.8 billion and may serve fewer local riders. So why do it?

... Mississauga, passing the edge of Premier Doug Ford’s Etobicoke North riding. Seven......
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Today’s coronavirus news: Health care workers made up 20% of COVID-19 infections; hospital workers’ unions worried about province’s pharmacy testing plan

... COVID 19 testing to pharmacies, as Premier Doug Ford pushed Friday to start... the province’s 148 assessment centres. Ford said last week he... least Oct.1. Late Friday, Quebec Premier Francois...
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Ontario limits gatherings in COVID-19 hot spots to 10 people indoors, 25 outdoors

... new infections continue to rise. Premier Doug Ford said fines for scofflaws... in monitored facilities would not. Ford said it is too... you break the rule, ” said Ford. “When...
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Progressive Conservatives are lining up MPPs’ nominations now for the next provincial election

Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are set... fallout of the COVID 19 pandemic, Ford himself is cool to... going to year four, ” the premier said on July 24... No, that’s...
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Ontario premier pushing to lower gathering limits, warns severe fines are coming

TORONTO Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pushing to rollback... Peel Region and Ottawa after Ford meets with his cabinet... changes to the current guidelines. Ford said...
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Ontario reports 251 new COVID-19 cases

... NDP Leader Andrea Horwath implored Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives to do....
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Premier Doug Ford’s Tories move to streamline legislative rules in a move New Democrats call a power grab

Premier Doug Ford’s governing Progressive Conservatives are... party’s influence in the house. “Doug Ford has made another move... the global pandemic, ” said Bisson. “Ford and his government are......
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Doug Ford warns of second COVID-19 wave as Ontario reports 313 new cases

... in more than three months, Premier Doug Ford said he fears a... was wrong, but it’s coming, ” Ford said at his daily... we’re ready for it, ” the premier said....
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MPPs return to Queen’s Park against the backdrop of a pandemic

... the house on Monday with Premier Doug Ford insisting he has no... don’t have time for politics” Ford told reporters Thursday during... be safe. If I were premier today,...
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As wealthy parents turn to learning pods and private schools, low-income families say they re being forced to choose between their health and their kids’ education

... plans have proven no different. Premier Doug Ford and his government have... applied classes, a practice the Ford government said in July... in Grenada, and she can’t afford a...
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Grieving relatives seek to sue Mississauga nursing home for $25 million for failing to protect residents from COVID-19 virus

... helping Camilla, as part of Premier Doug Ford’s hospital “swat teams” of......