Toronto wins bid for 2015 Pan Am Games on first ballot

Friday's vote in Guadalajaro, Mexico selected Toronto as the host city of the 2015 Pan Am Games.  Premier Dalton McGuinty and Toronto Mayor David Miller made their last pitch prior to the ballots being...

Ontario to roll back air quality protections

When Premier McGuintyʼs  government first introduced new air quality regulations in 2005, the province described them as “the cornerstone” of the governmentʼs efforts to protect local air quality.  This week, the McGuinty government appears...

Canada's Premiers split on Employement Insurance Qualification

Canada's Premiers are meeting in Regina this week.  Wide ranging issues are being discussed that affect Canada across provincial lines.  Swine flu response is one of the issues high on the agenda with...

Ontario to offer $10,000 electric car incentive

Green will be the flavour in the Province of Ontario today, when Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty will announce a plan to offer up to $10,000 in incentives for the purchase of Electric cars. This is an attempt...

Transport Minister apologizes for cussing at Toronto

Transport Minister John Baird apologized to Toronto Major David Miller for cussing at Toronto. ""I was speaking out of frustration, and I certainly expressed that," John Baird said in the House of Commons on...

Ontario premier pledges to preserve giant swath of northern boreal forest

Ontario takes the lead with the announcement of a forward thinking plan to protect a huge area twice the size of the British Isles from fragmentation by roads and development."TORONTO — A massive swath of...

Ontario: Driven to Distraction on Wired Driving Ban

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorNow I am not one who thinks we need more "unesseScary laws", but perhaps this is a law which needs implementing thanks to Modern Technology, meant to make life easier,...

Canada: Liberal Leader Ignores Calls Supporting Crime Bill

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA few years ago the Liberal Government when in power implemented the toothless and useless Billion dollar Gun Registry in the hopes that Canadian Criminals would flock...

McGuinty doesn't like idea of race-based school

I totally agree with McGuinty. Segregation is not the answer. There is enough segregation of different races & ethnic groups in Toronto without being endorsed by the government or the school board. I sincerely...

Liberals say Tory ads are 'offensive, desperate'

"Liberals say Tory ads are 'offensive, desperate' The Canadian Press TORONTO — A new election campaign advertisement by the Progressive Conservatives is so "offensive,'' party leader John Tory should apologize...

McGuinty against extended funding to religious schools

"McGuinty dismisses calls to extend funding to non-Catholic religious schools August 22, 2007 - 10:35 TORONTO (CP) - Premier Dalton McGuinty warns a Conservative plan to fund non-Catholic religious schools in...

Premier eyes deal to end gun run

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorNow Public Readers and the Canadian Public should know this deal like many others the Federal  Conservatives are trying to get passed for years in the majority...

Tories' green plan a fraud: Gore

Apr 28, 2007 04:39 PM Canadian Press The Conservatives' new environmental platform is a ``complete and total fraud" that is "designed to mislead the Canadian people," former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said today. The noted environmentalist was presenting his documentary...

Save the Boreal

TORONTO – Prominent Canadian authors, artists and musicians joined seven conservation groups today in calling on Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to bolster his government's much anticipated climate change plan with protection of Ontario's Boreal Forest. A letter urging the...

200 years since slavery ended; still no commemoration

McGuinty strikes again! This is a humdinger of an election year for the Ontario Premier, what with endangered species, minimum wage, and now an attempt to get Canada to recognize the 200th anniversary of the...

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