TORONTO—Ontario will create safe zones around abortion clinics to protect women who seek their services and the health-care workers who perform them, Attorney General Yasir Naqvi said yesterday.
Naqvi said the zones, which will extend 50-150 metres around Ontario's eight abortion clinics, are designed to protect women who choose to access the services.
TORONTO—The risk of job losses due to a minimum wage increase could be significantly reduced if the Ontario government extended the policy phase-in period, says a new report from a coalition of businesses.
TORONTO—The province is considering re-opening a shuttered Toronto hospital site to address overcrowded wards in the region—a plan that could create 150 new beds.
Ontario is looking at the Humber River Hospital's Finch site that was closed last year to move operations to a new facility a few kilometres away, Health minister Eric Hoskins said yesterday.
TORONTO—At least 1,000 planned rental units in Ontario have been cancelled or converted to condominiums since the province introduced new rent control rules, a report released by a group representing rental-housing providers said as it warned of a supply crunch if the issue isn't addressed.
WALTON, Ont.—Ontario farmers and small businesses will receive support from the government as the province moves ahead with its plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Tuesday.
But the premier offered no further details about what that support would look like or when it would be announced.
TORONTO—Ontario plans to introduce tough new penalties for drug-impaired drivers ahead of the legalization of recreational marijuana next July.
Premier Kathleen Wynne said yesterday there will be zero tolerance for youths aged 21 and under, novice drivers, and all commercial drivers in Ontario who have a detectable presence of drugs or alcohol in their system.
HAMILTON—The four federal NDP leadership hopefuls had one last chance yesterday to make their case to party voters before balloting begins to select a replacement for outgoing leader Thomas Mulcair.
And all four said they are the candidate to unseat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government.
TORONTO—Ontario's New Democrats say they want to expand the scope of a public inquiry into safety and security in the province's long-term care homes.
NDP leader Andrea Horwath said the party has introduced a private member's bill that will ask the government to broaden its approach while reviewing the system.
TORONTO—More than 50,000 people could lose their jobs if the Ontario government goes ahead with its plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019, the province's financial watchdog said Tuesday in a report that assessed the economic impact of the proposed increase.
TORONTO—Ontario is the first province out of the gate with a detailed plan to sell and distribute recreational marijuana when Ottawa legalizes it next summer.
The Liberal government announced Friday that it will sell marijuana in as many as 150 dedicated stores run by the province's liquor control board.
