Canada: Ontario curbs auto theft, organised crime with expanded new joint Air Support Unit
Jul 31, 2024, at 05:08 am
Toronto/IBNS: Aiming to curb car thieves and organized crime in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Ottawa, the Ontario government is investing $134 million to purchase five new police helicopters equipped with the latest technology to safeguard highways and roadways from violent carjackings, auto theft, street racing and impaired driving.
Ontario becomes North America’s first jurisdiction to start automatic licence plate renewals
Jun 29, 2024, at 04:13 am
Hamilton/IBNS: Ontario has become North America’s first jurisdiction to start automatic licence plate renewals.
Canada: Tropical fish worth thousands of dollars stolen from Ottawa Valley restaurant
Apr 17, 2024, at 06:10 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The Ontario Provincial Police is investigating a theft worth "several thousand" dollars of tropical fish that was reported to be stolen from an Upper Ottawa Valley restaurant last week.
Ontario to ban tolls on all provincial highways
Feb 17, 2024, at 04:08 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria has announced that the province would ban tolls on all provincial highways, including the recently uploaded Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway in Toronto.
Ontario signs $3B health-care deal with Canada to increase access to doctors, reduce wait times
Feb 14, 2024, at 05:47 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has signed a $3.1-billion health-care deal with the federal government to increase access to primary care and reduce wait times.
Ontario announces new rules to ‘improve integrity’ for international students
Jan 30, 2024, at 05:06 am
Toronto/IBNS: Following Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller's announcement of a cap on international study permits last week, the Ford government is introducing new rules to help improve Ontario colleges’ and universities’ integrity.
Canadian Taxpayers Federation reports six tax hikes for Ontarians at federal level
Jan 05, 2024, at 04:56 am
Toronto/IBNS: Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has reportedly outlined in its annual report six tax hikes Ontarians face at the federal level.
Ontario elementary teachers reach tentative contract deal with provincial govt
Nov 23, 2023, at 05:02 am
Toronto/IBNS: A new tentative deal between the Ontario Government with English-language public elementary teachers had been reached averting a possible strike, Education Minister Stephen Lecce confirmed it in a social media post on Tuesday.
Ontario to introduce credit, debit payment on Toronto Transit Commission
Aug 15, 2023, at 05:28 am
Toronto/IBNS: Transit riders in Ontario can use credit or debit cards to pay fares, including cards on a smartphone or smartwatch on the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) starting Tuesday, a news release has said.
Canada: Ontario to build 49 affordable homes near Brantford city
Jun 30, 2023, at 04:59 am
Brantford/IBNS: On behalf of Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for Ontario, an announcement of a combined $3 million investment to fund 49 new affordable homes in Paris, near the City of Brantford was made earlier this week, a news release has said.
Canada: Ontario grants expanded strong mayor powers in 26 municipalities
Jun 20, 2023, at 02:03 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario has announced to grant expanded strong mayor powers in 26 municipalities, a news release has said.
Canada: Ontario MP Erin O’Toole talks about social media perils in his last House of Commons address
Jun 14, 2023, at 03:39 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Erin O’Toole, the former Conservative leader and Ontario MP reportedly warned members of Parliament in his last address to the House of Commons on Monday to avoid the dangers of “performance politics” and chasing “likes” on social media.
Canada: Ontario's Project Foxtrot leads to human trafficking investigation
May 26, 2023, at 03:29 am
Toronto/IBNS: A human trafficking investigation by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) allegedly led to four residents facing charges for forcing four victims to pay for their own accommodations in an accused's basement.
Canada: Ontario to provide more nutritional food choices to long-term care residents
May 24, 2023, at 03:32 am
Ottawa/IBNS: An investment of an additional $32 million this year, a 15 percent or over $40 million increase from last year is being made by the government of Ontario to expand healthy menu options for long-term care residents, including a broader range of culturally inspired meals, a news release has said.
Canada: Ontario plans to dissolve Peel Region, to make cities independent by 2025
May 20, 2023, at 05:06 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Ontario government's recently introduced Hazel McCallion Act, which, if passed, would begin the process of dissolving the Regional Municipality of Peel and make the municipalities of Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon independent, a news release has said.
Canada: Ontario scraps tuition fees, post-secondary education requirement for new police recruits
Apr 27, 2023, at 05:26 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The Ontario government is boosting police recruitment numbers by eliminating tuition fees of police training, and scrapping a post-secondary education requirement to be hired as an officer.
Canada: Volkswagen’s new EV battery plant in Ontario's St.Thomas to create thousands of new jobs
Apr 25, 2023, at 04:40 am
St. Thomas/IBNS: A historic investment of $7 billion from Volkswagen, Europe’s largest automaker, was secured last month by Ontario in Canada, to establish its first overseas electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in St. Thomas, a news release has said.
Train derails in Canada’s Ontario province: Authorities
Mar 19, 2023, at 03:50 pm
Ottawa/UNI: A train has derailed in the city of Port Colborne, located in the south of Canada’s Ontario province, the city authorities inform.
Canada: Ontario identifies new land for manufacturing investments to create job
Feb 28, 2023, at 05:34 am
St. Thomas/IBNS: The Ontario government has passed legislation that, if passed, will strengthen the provinces' competitiveness by consolidating a new investment-ready mega site in St. Thomas, a news release has said.
Canada: Toronto sees coldest temperatures in years with polar vortex descending on Ontario
Feb 04, 2023, at 04:04 am
Toronto/IBNS: After January’s warmer-than-normal temperature, February is off to a frigid start in parts of Ontario due to the polar vortex descending over the province this week and Toronto to see some of the coldest weather in years, Environment Canada reported.
Canada: Ontario aligns with its long-term care home residents to increase diagnostic services
Feb 02, 2023, at 03:06 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario's Long-term care residents are being connected by the government to improve residents’ quality of life and to reduce avoidable emergency department visits or hospital stays, a news release has reported.
Canada: Hazel McCallion, longtime mayor of Ontario's Mississauga, dies at 101
Jan 31, 2023, at 05:11 am
Mississauga/IBNS: Hazel McCallion, who ruled Mississauga in Canada's Ontario as mayor for 12 terms, has died. She was 101.
Canada: Ontario pursues to reduce wait times for surgeries, other procedures
Jan 20, 2023, at 04:46 am
Toronto/IBNS: In its effort to eliminate surgical backlogs and reduce wait times for Ontarians, the provincial government is significantly expanding the number of surgeries being done through community surgical and diagnostic centres to make it easier and faster for people to access publicly-funded surgeries and procedures they need, a news release has said.
Canada grants nearly $132 million in support of more than 380 housing units across Ontario
Jan 12, 2023, at 04:52 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario Minister of Housing and Diversity Ahmed Hussen has announced a combined investment of nearly $132 million to support the construction of over 380 units in the province.
Ontario successfully concludes mission to strengthen economic ties with South Korea and Japan
Sep 17, 2022, at 07:21 pm
Toronto/IBNS: A successful trade mission (Sep 2-10) led by Vic Fedeli, Ontario's Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade to South Korea and Japan to strengthen economic partnerships and forge new alliances has reportedly been concluded.
Aug 12, 2022, at 03:41 am
Toronto/IBNS: A legislation dubbed the ‘Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act’, was introduced by the Ontario government on Thursday that would give the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa more responsibility to deliver on shared provincial-municipal priorities including the power to hire and fire department heads, single-handedly propose the municipal budget, and veto bylaws related to matters of provincial authority, approved by council.
Canada: Ontario officially enters seventh wave of COVID-19, province's chief medical officer says
Jul 08, 2022, at 03:41 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario chief medical officer Kieran Moore has claimed that driven by the Omicron BA.5 subvariant, the province has officially been hit by its seventh wave of COVID-19.
Ontarians pessimistic of Doug Ford govt’s ability to tackle inflation, healthcare, housing: Survey
Jul 01, 2022, at 03:45 am
Toronto/IBNS: As Doug Ford’s Conservative government gets ready to get back to work with a new cabinet appointed on June 24, the majority of Ontarians reportedly are sceptical and pessimistic about the ability of the government to tackle the problems of inflation, healthcare, and housing affordability.
Canada: Ontario Premier Doug Ford shields decision to name nephew minister of multiculturalism
Jun 30, 2022, at 02:53 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario Premier Doug Ford shielded his decision earlier this week to name his nephew Michael Ford as minister of citizenship and multiculturalism, professing the newly elected senator has represented for many years one of the most diverse communities in the province.
Canada's Ontario to remove most masking requirements on June 11
Jun 10, 2022, at 03:38 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario administration Wednesday notified that the remaining provincial masking requirements, including on public transit, will be lifted from June 11.