Author: Emmett Wallace
As Premier Doug Ford prepares to trigger a provincial election on Wednesday, opposition parties are raising concerns about his two planned trips to Washington D.C. during the campaign, calling them “explicitly partisan” and an inappropriate use of taxpayer funds. The moment the Ontario legislature is dissolved and an election is called, the government enters caretaker mode – a long-standing convention that prevents a political party from using taxpayer resources for partisan purposes during an election campaign.While the Premier and cabinet ministers retain their rights, privileges and responsibilities during and after an election, those powers are limited in use and must…
Ontario’s political parties have been preparing for months for the possibility of an early election, but next week’s snap election call has pushed planning to a fever pitch. 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.He said he needs a new mandate, with the biggest majority in provincial history, in order to represent Ontario’s interests amid threatened tariffs.But opposition parties accuse Ford of opportunism and trying to capitalize on favourable polling.Regardless of the reason, it’s happening, and the parties are all…
By Lisa Wallace The Canadian Press Posted January 25, 2025 9:52 pm Updated January 25, 2025 10:16 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size OTTAWA – Shane Pinto spoiled the night for thousands of Toronto Maple Leafs fans on Saturday night. With the Toronto Maple Leafs (30-17-2) making their lone visit to the nation’s capital this season there seemed to be a higher than normal contingent of Leafs faithful in the stands.Chants of “Go Leafs Go” easily drowned out those by the hometown Ottawa Senators’ fans until Pinto broke a 1-1 deadlock midway through the…
A three-alarm house fire in Brampton on Saturday morning has claimed the life of one man and sent two others to hospital. Next-door neighbour, Aneesha Chawla, described a chaotic scene after he first saw smoke from his window at around 7:30 a.m.“I saw the lady from the other house, she was running out and she was screaming, ‘Can you help us? There are people inside the house,’” he recalled.Chawla said he and others called 911. He said one person had jumped out a window to escape the blaze, and another was cold and barefoot, so he had them sit in…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Four people are facing charges in connection to the alleged kidnapping of an Orillia man who was discovered bound and beaten in a box earlier this month. Police say on Jan. 12, just before 8:30 p.m., Orillia OPP officers responded to a disturbance call on the Rail Trail off James Street West.When they arrived, police found a victim placed into a plastic box, bound with a rope showing signs of being recently assaulted according to a Orillia OPP release. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign…
With family doctors in short supply, Ontario communities are having to be more creative to attract physicians, and it’s only getting more complex. The Ontario College of Family Physicians reported in July that 2.6 million Ontarians are without a family doctor, up from 1.8 million in 2020.“We’re at a point where too many families, too many Ontarians, do not have access to a family physician, and it’s not getting better because we need to see the solutions that will work to improve the ability for family physicians to see patients be implemented,” said Jobin Varughese, the college’s president.Varughese said they…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Cheques from the Ontario government are arriving ahead of an early election Premier Doug Ford is set to trigger next week, but some of the rebates have been addressed to people who passed away in the last year, the province confirmed. 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.Now, as rebates begin to land, the government has heard reports of cheques made out to family members who have died since filing their taxes…
The family of Susan Chen, a nurse who worked at the Hospital for Sick Children, sat in a Toronto courtroom Friday as a judge sentenced Chen’s husband and father to the couple’s five children, 58-year-old Mansour Jalali, to 10 years in prison. Jalali, who was self-represented except for the help of an amicus, had a number of loud outbursts during the hearing.At one point, the 58-year-old yelled out the children’s names asking them to come visit him in jail, contravening a court order that he have no contact with the kids. Jalali also professed his innocence a number of times…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size If you’re one of the people in Ontario who will receive a $200 rebate from the provincial government, perhaps you’ll want to do a good deed with the money. The website 200Dollars.ca has started an online initiative encouraging recipients to donate their funds to the non-profit sector if they don’t need the money. It describes itself as “a non-partisan project” encouraging Ontarians who can afford it to donate the rebate money to “an organization that supports the public good.”The initiative has become part of a growing movement in Ontario, which has inspired…
By Kat Ludwig Global News Posted January 23, 2025 6:37 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Bear decided to go on an adventure while his parents were driving through Regina in December towards Edmonton. Instead of coming back to his parents after running away, though, he decided to take off, making himself impossible to catch. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. The next day a Regina father saw a plea for help on Facebook to find Bear and…
