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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is acknowledging that the Progressive Conservative party spent $3,000 on travelling to Jamaica to spy on Bonnie Crombie shortly after she became leader of the Liberal party in 2023 but he says he was not aware of the plan and doesn’t approve of it.

Ontario elementary teachers will be able to buy school supplies from Staples starting this fall.

Data centres in Ontario will need to cover all their energy costs and could pay more for electricity than other industrial users, the government said Thursday as it faces mounting pressure from local lawmakers to bring in guardrails around the facilities powering the artificial intelligence boom.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he believes his government will ultimately be successful in its push to expand Toronto’s island airport to allow jets to land, but he is not indicating how he’ll achieve that.

More casinos may be coming to the Niagara Region in the future, as the Ontario government has announced a deal to end existing exclusivity rights.

Ontario is enacting new rules for social assistance payments so people without legal immigration status in Canada cannot receive the benefits.

The Ontario government announced Wednesday it will invest $10.9 million in training programs for nurses and other health-care professions.

An Ontario cabinet minister is calling on the federal government to enact “an all-out ban on AI deepfakes and impersonations.”

The cost of building the Ontario Line has risen once again and Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay says that the total budget will remain “under pressure” amid “one of the worst supply chain shocks” in decades.

Ontario Liberal leadership candidates are taking to the stage for the first debate in their race to lead the third-place party, with the early focus on whether it is important to have a seat.

The Ontario government is putting several large public agencies under the microscope, launching reviews that will look at efficiency and productivity.

Ontario voters in three ridings are set to head to the polls Sept. 3 in a group of byelections that could include some tight races.

Ontario’s finance minister says that U.S. booze will only return to LCBO shelves if the tariffs placed on Canadian goods by U.S. President Donald Trump are removed, telling reporters at a news conference on Wednesday that the province’s resolve on the matter remains “firm.”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has seen his popularity dip in the wake of an MPP expense scandal but the total impact appears to be “marginal rather than transformational,” a new survey suggests.

Another Ontario Liberal caucus member has joined the race to become the party’s next leader.