Kristin Rushowy
Reporter at The (Toronto) Star
Queen's Park Reporter, with a focus on education, at the Toronto Star. Mom of three who spends most of her free time at the hockey rink/track/football field.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Kristin Rushowy |Rob Ferguson
Premier Doug Ford will fast-track approvals for mining and infrastructure projects like a tunnel under Highway 401 amid fears Donald Trump’s tariffs will hobble the Ontario economy. With new legislation aimed at cutting approval times in half — it can take up to 15 years to secure the 30-plus permits or approvals necessary — Ford said he’s axing “the maze of bureaucracy, red tape and duplicative processes” and will be designating “special economic zones” to get projects off the ground faster.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Robert Benzie |Kristin Rushowy |Emma McIntosh
John Mutton — the shadowy Greenbelt figure known as “Mr. X” — has been banned from lobbying government for two years. Mutton, a former mayor of Clarington, gained notoriety when integrity commissioner J. David Wake dubbed him “Mr. X” in the 2023 report that triggered the ongoing RCMP investigation of the $8.28-billion Greenbelt land swap scandal.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Kristin Rushowy |Robert Benzie
Premier Doug Ford is standing firm behind his deal with Therme to open a waterpark and spa at Ontario Place amid a report the company misrepresented itself — and its finances — to land the contract. Asked by reporters if the Ontario government had been “scammed,” Ford shook his head, saying, no. Therme, according to a Wednesday report by the New York Times, allegedly “exaggerated its experience in its bid to secure the Toronto deal ...
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1 week ago |
wellandtribune.ca | Kristin Rushowy |Robert Benzie
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therecord.com | Robert Benzie |Rob Ferguson |Kristin Rushowy
Premier Doug Ford’s government is warning the “chaos and uncertainty” of Donald Trump’s tariff threat means Ontarians must gird for stormy days ahead. In Tuesday’s Speech from the Throne — read in the legislature by Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont — Ford’s re-elected Progressive Conservatives cited the mercurial U.S. president by name a dozen times. “South of the border, President Donald Trump is openly taking aim at Ontario’s economy and our national sovereignty.
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