BUDGET
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TDSB to cut nearly 300 positions due to provincial cuts, report says
As the start of the school year approaches, a clearer picture is emerging of just how provincial funding changes will affect…
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High school class sizes in Ontario to remain ‘effectively the same’ this year, Lecce says
Ontario is open to negotiating a smaller boost to class sizes, the education minister said Thursday, while downplaying impacts of…
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New project aims to link the city’s greenspaces – and neighbourhoods – in west downtown
The city is pushing ahead with a linear park plan that would link greenspaces in dozens of downtown neighbourhoods from…
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Ontario moving ahead with municipal funding cuts in 2020, Doug Ford says
Ontario will move ahead with its controversial municipal funding cuts for public health and child care next year. Premier Doug…
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Liberals commit $27M to offset Ford’s legal aid cuts for refugees, immigrants
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has committed to a one-time legal aid top-up of $26.8 million for refugee and immigration cases…
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Rallies and events held around Ontario to protest legal aid cuts
Legal clinics around Ontario are holding co-ordinated events on Tuesday to protest provincial cuts to Legal Aid Ontario. In April,…
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Brides-to-be scrambling after Toronto bridal store closes its doors without notice
To-Shanna Halstead’s wedding day is around the corner, but just three weeks from what’s supposed to be the happiest day…
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Christine Elliott downplays Premier Ford’s promise to end hallway medicine in 1 year
Ontario’s health minister says it may take longer than the year promised by Premier Doug Ford to end overcrowding within…
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Trudeau calls Ford government cuts to Ontario’s education system ‘frightening’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today the provincial Progressive Conservative government’s cuts to Ontario’s education system are “frightening” — and…
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Canadá
Rough winter overwhelms Gatineau snow budget
The cruel winter left its mark on the Gatineau, Que., snow budget. A report to city councillors Wednesday morning said the…
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Ontario teachers’ union takes credit for anti-Ford message flown over Ford Fest
A teachers’ union representative claiming responsibility for an anti-Ford sign that flew over Ford Fest said he had to hire…
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Canadá
House of Commons rises for what could be the last time before the election
After a series of late-night sittings over the last month, the House of Commons has passed the vast majority of…
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TDSB passes balanced budget in the wake of $42M in provincial cuts
Toronto’s largest school board voted in favour of a balanced budget Wednesday night in the face of a $67.8- million shortfall that will…
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Fedeli, MacLeod, Thompson all demoted in major Ontario cabinet shuffle by Ford
Some of the Ford government’s most high-profile cabinet ministers have been moved out of their posts as part of a…
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Canadá
Advisory council calls for $15B universal, single-payer pharmacare plan
An advisory council appointed by the Liberal government is recommending the establishment of a universal, single-payer public pharmacare system. The…
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GTA
$210M lawsuit alleges Vaughan mayor, councillors misdirected ratepayer funds to pay deficits
A previous Vaughan mayoral candidate has filed a $210 million lawsuit against the city on behalf of ratepayers, alleging Mayor…
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Doug Ford reverses retroactive funding cuts amid fierce pressure from Toronto
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has reversed this year’s cuts to municipal funding, including child care, public health and EMS, but future…
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Toronto paramedics want province to reinstate $4M in funding amid rising patient demand
Toronto paramedics are aiming to submit a business case to the Ministry of Health, in hopes the province will reinstate…
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City can’t rule out ‘second tax bill’ or service cuts amid provincial funding changes
More taxes. Service cuts. Or a combination of both. Those are the outcomes facing Toronto — and its residents —…
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OPP officers, civilian employees get wage increase over four-year contract
Ontario Provincial Police officers and civilian employees with the force will see their salaries increase under a new four-year contract…
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GTA
Ontario government cuts $46M from provincial police budget
Ontario is planning to cut about $46 million this year from the provincial police budget. The Progressive Conservative government’s expenditure…
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Canadá
Federal rebates for electric cars kick in with increased price limit
Federal rebates to encourage Canadians to buy electric cars take effect today. The rebates, announced in the last Liberal budget,…
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GTA
Workers getting closer to finishing $823M revitalization of Union Station, city says
“There is light at the tunnel” for a $823 million construction project that is transforming Union Station in downtown Toronto,…
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TDSB scrambles to deal with budget shortfall expected to be ‘closer’ to $54M
The Toronto District School Board will have to make some difficult decisions as it scrambles to deal with a budget…
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Ontario cancels program that aimed to plant 50 million trees
Ontario is cancelling a tree planting program, with those involved warning the move will lead to the loss of jobs…
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Cuts to Ontario library services devastating to under-served populations, says librarian
Ontario libraries have been reeling from the news that the province has cut 50 per cent of the funding to the agencies that…
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Doug Ford government one of the most ‘anti-environmental’ in generations, says Green Party leader
The Progressive Conservative government is defending its plan for the environment despite mounting criticism it’s not aggressive enough to make…
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Clinicians, health advocates ringing alarms about province’s ‘short-sighted’ cuts to public health
Clinicians and public health advocates are ringing alarms about the province’s “short-sighted” cuts, citing major crises like the early-2000s SARS outbreak —…
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Legal Aid funding cut nearly 30% in Ontario budget
Legal Aid Ontario got hit with a major cut in Thursday’s budget as the provincial government pulled $133 million and…
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Ontario budget doesn’t have much on offer for Toronto’s housing crisis
Premier Doug Ford’s first provincial budget offers Toronto a few things: the promise of an ambitious transit map, the possibility…
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