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Ontario residents demand cleanup of putrid orphaned oil and gas wells
The putrid smell makes Paula Jongerden sick to her stomach. It comes from a natural gas well about 300 metres from her home near Delhi, Ont., that erupts at least twice a week.
Doug Ford government 'disappointed' with federal carbon price ruling
Ontario's years-long battle with Ottawa over the federal carbon tax came to an end on Thursday, March 25, 2021, when the country's top court ruled the national price on pollution was constitutional.
Advocates criticize new quarantine rules for migrant workers ahead of growing season
Changes to federal quarantine requirements for temporary foreign workers do nothing to protect them from COVID-19, advocates said Wednesday, calling for the workers to be granted permanent resident status as a way to increase their rights.
Ontario cabinet debates new restrictions as COVID-19 deaths top 5,000
New restrictions to fight skyrocketing rates of COVID-19 were being considered by Ontario's cabinet on Monday, January 11, 2021, night, although a curfew was not one of them.
Ontario starts to administer first COVID-19 vaccines today
Ontario will administer the province's first COVID-19 vaccination today, December 14, 2020,with a health-care worker set to receive the dose in Toronto.
Ontario auditor to release value-for-money audits on the environment
Ontario may not meet its greenhouse gas emission targets because they're not a "cross-government priority," the province's auditor general said on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, casting doubt on a key environmental pledge made by Premier Doug Ford.
Feds and Ontario has secured agreement with 3M to make N95 masks in Brockville, Ont.
The federal and Ontario governments have secured an agreement with 3M that will see the company produce N95 masks at a facility in Brockville, Ont., a spokesman for the province's minister of economic development confirmed on Thursday, August 20, 2020.
Ontario closing more businesses effective today
The sacrifices Ontarians have made recently have saved thousands from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Doug Ford said on Friday, March 3, 2020, even as he announced more stringent measures in a bid to avert what new projections suggest could be a dire outcome.