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Ford government passes anti-encampment bill with some Liberal support

22 hours ago | thetrillium.ca | Steve Cornwell

The Ford government’s encampment crackdown bill has come to pass. The Ontario legislature has passed the Safer Municipalities Act, which aims to break up homeless encampments and would allow police to confront, arrest and fine anyone they suspect of using drugs in public. Bill 6 allows fines of up to $10,000 for people found to have broken trespassing or public-consumption laws. Breaking the new consumption law could also mean a six-month jail sentence.
Ontario scores behind B.C., Quebec and PEI in housing efforts report

1 week ago | thetrillium.ca | Steve Cornwell

Ontario has received a middling grade in a new report ranking provincial and federal government efforts to get more housing built. The report, released Thursday by housing think tank Missing Middle Initiative, gave Ontario a “C” grade for its overall housing efforts, placing the province behind Quebec, PEI and British Columbia in the ranking.
PCs move to exempt select training centres from municipal regulation

1 week ago | thetrillium.ca | Jack Hauen |Katherine DeClerq

The Ford government is looking to bypass municipalities to get select training centres built, to the delight of several construction industry leaders.
Guelph rallies against Bill 5

1 week ago | thetrillium.ca | Mark Pare

A Guelph city councillor says Bill 5 is just the Greenbelt scandal all over again. Coun. Leanne Caron was one of several guest speakers at a rally and march held Saturday to combat the controversial Bill 5, which the Ontario government said would give it the ability to fast-track development projects by creating exemption zones. Those zones would be exempt from provincial and municipal laws. The bill would repeal the Endangered Species Act.
Cambridge city hall sees quiet exits of two senior employees

1 week ago | thetrillium.ca | Keegan Kozolanka

Two senior staff members are no longer employed by the City of Cambridge, but officials have not disclosed the reasons for or nature of their departures. This comes on the heels of a recent strong mayor decision that shifted certain administrative powers back to Mayor Jan Liggett. Following up on a news tip, CambridgeToday has learned that chief planner Bob Bjerke and manager of special events Matt Cuthbert are no longer employed by the city as of this week.
13,709 tickets in, Newmarket speed cameras netting results

1 week ago | thetrillium.ca | Joseph Quigley

Newmarket council celebrated data showing that average speeds have dropped 10 km/hr in areas with automated speed cameras. Staff presented data from the new program between October 2024 and April 2025 at a May 26 meeting, highlighting that average speeds have dropped from 47 km/h to 37 km/h where the cameras have been implemented . Newmarket Councillor Kelly Broome said people do not like tickets, but the program gets results. “It works.
PC MPPs for ridings near Dresden lend cautious support to landfill expansion

1 week ago | thetrillium.ca | Charlie Pinkerton

Two Progressive Conservative MPPs who’ve in the past been skeptical of the proposed expansion of a landfill in Dresden, Ont. now both say they're okay with it, as long as the environment minister carries out his latest promises. The Ford government’s legislation to cancel an environmental assessment stalling the controversial proposed expansion of a landfill in Dresden is currently being reviewed by a parliamentary committee.
Ford government took aim at TDSB swim programs last year: document

1 week ago | thetrillium.ca | Sneh Duggal |Jack Hauen

Less than a year before the Ford government’s education minister said he would never allow the Toronto District School Board to close its pools, one of his predecessors told the board it was spending too much on swim programs.
Sir John A. statue at Queen's Park to be freed from casing

1 week ago | thetrillium.ca | Charlie Pinkerton

Protective casing that has kept a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald at Ontario's legislature out of the view of the public for five years is set to soon be removed, provincial parliamentarians on the group that dictates matters on the grounds of Queen's Park decided. The statue of Canada's first prime minister has been boarded up since 2020 after it was vandalized multiple times. The monument was first erected in 1894, three years after Macdonald's death.
Why Orillia councillors are up in arms over strong mayor powers

1 week ago | thetrillium.ca | Gisele Winton Sarvis

This article was first published by OrilliaMatters, a Village Media publication. Orillia Mayor Don McIsaac sparked a firestorm of criticism when he used new strong mayor powers — granted temporarily to deal with the aftermath of the ice storm — to rescind the hiring of new CAO Trevor Lee.