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Original Toronto safe consumption site gets temporary reprieve after lease extension
Temporary relief has washed over users of Toronto's original supervised consumption site after learning the place will not close when the building's lease expires in the spring, though its long-term prospects are bleak.
A 'staggering' 80,000 people and more were homeless in Ontario last year, new report finds
A new report by Ontario's municipalities says more than 80,000 people were homeless last year. The Association of Municipalities of Ontario says the groundbreaking report is believed to be the most accurate picture of provincewide homelessness to date.
Overdose deaths in Ontario increasingly involve more than 1 drug, new report says
An increasing number of overdose deaths in Ontario involves the use of more than one drug, with the combination of opioids and stimulants proving to be especially dangerous, a new report says.
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Ford government's opioid strategy outdated, auditor general says
Ontario's auditor general says the province's opioid strategy, with its new abstinence-based model for treatment, is outdated and does not serve the current needs of the people.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.