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After sustained pressure on Marineland probe, Ontario animal welfare body opens up
Ontario's little-known team of taxpayer-funded animal cruelty investigators recently issued its first-ever news release, years after launching in 2020.
Niche hunting dog sport divided Doug Ford's caucus as expansion plan killed, then resurrected
A decision over whether to expand an obscure dog sport in Ontario sparked division within Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative caucus that saw the premier agree to cancel a new licensing regime before later resurrecting it, The Canadian Press has learned.
Intimate partner violence study cut short as Ontario eyes early election
Victims of intimate partner violence and their supporters are upset after early election speculation forced an Ontario legislative committee to cut short what was supposed to be an exhaustive study of the issue.
Ford government used MZOs 17 times more than previous 20 years in Ontario: AG report
Ontario's ministerial zoning order process needs to be overhauled, even after the introduction of a new framework for the land use planning tool, the province's auditor general said Tuesday.
Ford government's opioid strategy outdated, auditor general says
Ontario's auditor general says the province's opioid strategy, with its new abstinence-based model for treatment, is outdated and does not serve the current needs of the people.
Ontario won't support making Truth and Reconciliation Day a holiday for now: minister
Premier Doug Ford's government will not support a New Democrat's bill to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday in the province, the Indigenous affairs minister said Thursday.
Ford government supports federal GST holiday, will not ask for lost revenue back
Ontario says Ottawa's tax holiday will cost the province $1 billion, but it will support the GST break for consumers.
Inside Toronto's new drug withdrawal centre
The new 36-bed downtown centre is 1 of 4 operated by Unity Health Toronto, and is part of the province's shift to an abstinence-based approach to the toxic drug crisis.
Ontario tables bill to ban some supervised consumption sites
Ontario has tabled a bill that aims to shutter 10 supervised consumption sites the government deems are too close to schools and daycares.
Sex offenders will not be allowed to change their names in Ontario, solicitor general says
Ontario plans to ban registered sex offenders from changing their names. Solicitor General Michael Kerzner says those who are on the provincial sex offender registry will no longer be allowed to legally change their name once new legislation is passed.