Ontario politics

Decarbonizing Ontario’s electricity system is going to cost about $400 billion over the next two and a half decades and require a “no regrets” kind of attitude to get there, according to the province’s grid operator.

For years, two First Nations in northern Ontario have fought for government help to save a declining caribou herd from extinction.

This is hardly the first time that Ford’s government has made decisions about the Greenbelt that seem disproportionately beneficial to a small group of developers, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Ontario education workers approved a tentative deal with their employer, the union representing them said Monday, pledging to keep up the fight for more investment in schools after wrestling with the Ford government last month.

The Ford government in Ontario hasn’t created a plan for urban flooding, which is already costing the province and its residents billions in damages related to climate change.

Ontario Greens are calling for an integrity probe after the Opposition NDP asked the province's auditor-general to calculate the spike in value of property suddenly at risk of losing its Greenbelt status.

Under threat of a general strike, the Ontario government walked back a controversial law last week. What else could a general strike accomplish?

The announcement by Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith lines up with recommendations made by the Independent Energy System Operator (IESO), which manages Ontario’s electricity grid – means up to 1,500 MW of new electricity generation will come from natural gas.

Unless 11th-hour efforts to stop it succeed, a 16-kilometre four-lane highway will cut a swath through part of Ontario's protected Greenbelt land, paving almost 11 hectares of wetlands and crossing 27 waterways to connect Highway 404 on the east to Highway 400 to the west.

As students and staff navigate a new school year with rising costs of living and without COVID-19 public health restrictions, Ontario education unions are back at the bargaining table to negotiate new deals with Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government.

The man appointed to lead Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry last week is facing accusations he violated the province's endangered species law.

Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives sailed to a second majority government Thursday.

A recent survey commissioned by voter mobilization group Future Majority found young Ontario voters are concerned about affordable housing, mental health and climate change.

Ontario seems to have forgotten who Doug Ford was going into the pandemic, writes columnist Max Fawcett. That collective amnesia could propel him to election victory.

Andrea Horwath is now in her 13th year as Ontario NDP leader, but 2018’s orange wave seems to be receding, and fast.