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1 day ago | 
financialpost.com | Liam Casey |Allison Jones
Article contentTORONTO — Ontario intends to designate the mineral-rich Ring of Fire as a so-called special economic zone “as quickly as possible,” Premier Doug Ford said Friday. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentFord said he and several ministers will consult all summer with Indigenous groups about the new law that allows the Ontario government to suspend provincial and municipal rules before making the designation. Article contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.
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2 days ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Liam Casey |Allison Jones
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province intends to designate the mineral-rich Ring of Fire as a special economic zone as quickly as possible. He says he and several ministers will consult all summer with First Nations about the new law that allows the Ontario government to suspend provincial and municipal rules before making the designation. The law seeks to speed up the building of large projects, particularly mines.
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1 week ago | 
timescolonist.com | Allison Jones |Liam Casey
TORONTO — Hoarding that has covered a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald at the Ontario legislature for the past five years will soon be taken down, a move that will cause pain and anger for Indigenous communities, the lone First Nation representative at Queen's Park predicted.
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1 week ago | 
vancouverisawesome.com | Allison Jones |Liam Casey |Allison Jones
TORONTO — Hoarding that has covered a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald on the grounds of the Ontario legislature for the past five years is set to soon be removed. The statue of Canada's first prime minister has been boxed up since 2020, when it was vandalized. The monument was one of many to be targeted across the country amid anti-racism protests and as Canadians grappled with the history of residential schools.
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3 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Aaron Sousa |Allison Jones |Kelly Malone |Hannah Alberga
The Canadian Press - May 16, 2025 / 6:35 am | Story: 550766A jury trial for a man charged with killing three people with a truck in eastern Quebec is expected to hear from its first witnesses today. Forty-year-old Steeve Gagnon faces five charges, including three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. Gagnon turned himself in to police after a truck struck pedestrians on a main street of Amqui, Que., in March 2023, killing three men and injuring nine other people.
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3 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Aaron Sousa |Allison Jones |Kelly Malone |Hannah Alberga
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it has approved Northback Holdings Corp.'s coal exploration project at the Grassy Mountain site on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. The controversial project was rejected in 2021, when a panel ruled the mine's likely environmental effects on the fish and water quality outweighed potential economic benefits.
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3 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Allison Jones |Fakiha Baig |Ian Bickis
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is freezing its industrial carbon price effective immediately at $95 per tonne of emissions. She says the move is critical to keep industry competitive and defend jobs as Canada navigates a tariff fight with the United States. She says it also provides certainty and economic relief to critical sectors such as oil and gas, electricity, and manufacturing.
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3 weeks ago | 
torontotoday.ca | Allison Jones |Allison Jones
Ontario hospitals spent more than $9 billion on nurses and other staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period, a new study concludes. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study, released Monday, examined financial statements for 134 Ontario hospital corporations as well as data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. It found that from 2013-14 to 2022-23 public hospital spending on staff increased six per cent, but their spending on private agencies increased 98 per cent.
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4 weeks ago | 
windsorstar.com | Allison Jones |Liam Casey
Four small modular reactors at Darlington to cost $21B to buildShare this Story : Four small modular reactors at Darlington to cost $21B to buildConstruction on the first modular reactor will begin this year and should be completed by 2030Ontario is set to spend nearly $21 billion to build four small modular reactors east of Toronto. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Four small modular reactors at Darlington to cost $21B to buildWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.
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1 month ago | 
vancouverisawesome.com | Allison Jones |Liam Casey
Construction on the first of four small modular reactors at a nuclear station east of Toronto is set to begin this year with the entire project costing $21 billion. The first reactor at the site of the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station should be completed by 2030, officials said. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission approved Ontario Power Generation's plan last month to build the first of four reactors.
