Ontario Premier Doug Ford hinted Thursday that the province may soon announce plans to move the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place. Ontario Place’s redevelopment has been the subject of much debate, particularly among Toronto’s mayoral candidates. Some have criticized plans to build a spa there. Other plans for the space include a waterpark and…
Ontario Had More COVID-19 Deaths and Hospitalizations in 2022 Than 2021: Report
April 12, 2023
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ontario were 31 percent higher in 2022 than in 2021, while deaths from the disease were 39 percent higher than the previous year, according to a new report from Public Health Ontario. The newly-released data said there were a total of 22,559 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ontario in 2021, and 29,524 hospitalizations from the…
Pastor Derek Reimer Spends Easter in Jail After Arrest Over Drag Queen Events
April 10, 2023
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After repeatedly protesting against drag queen storytime events in Alberta, Canadian pastor Derek Reimer was arrested again and spent his Easter weekend in jail. According to Calgary Police, Reimer was arrested last Tuesday on outstanding warrants while protesting near a drag storytime event taking place in the city. Reimer faces five counts of breaching a release order,…
Parent Group Criticises Ontario Catholic School Trustee for Denouncing White Christian Males
A parent group has taken issue with a trustee at a Catholic school board in Waterloo, Ontario, after she allegedly said “the most dangerous creature on the planet is the white Christian male.” The comment was made in a tweet from the account of Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) Trustee Wendy Ashby. However, the…
Former Ontario Bureaucrat Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $47.4M, Given 10-Year Prison Sentence
A former bureaucrat accused of embezzling public funds has pleaded guilty to stealing $47.4 million from the Ontario government—including $10.8 million in pandemic aid—and has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Ministry of the Attorney General said a judge sentenced Sanjay Madan to ten years in prison on April 4 after a joint submission from…
Ontario Announces New Legislation to Build More Homes, Support Renters
The Ontario government introduced new housing legislation on April 6 that it says aims to support renters, strengthen homebuyer protections, reduce the cost of building new homes, and streamline rules around land use planning. “Our goal remains the one that I committed to last summer, which is to get 1.5 million homes built by 2031,”…
Canada’s 2023 Budget Must Address Declining Productivity: Chamber of Commerce
With business confidence in Ontario at a record low, the province’s chamber of commerce says the federal government did not do enough with its proposed budget to spur productivity. “Following the turbulence of the last few years, now is the time to see measures that provide businesses with predictability and spur productivity,” said Ontario Chamber…
Opinion Polls Should Be Banned Ahead of Elections: Ontario’s Elections Watchdog
A new report by Ontario’s Chief Electoral Officer says opinion polls can influence election results and they should be banned two weeks in advance of election day. The report looks at lessons learned from Ontario’s 2022 election, which had a record low turnout of 44 percent. “Many lost interest in the election due to early…
Year After Sports Betting Legalized, Ontarians Wager Over $11.5 Billion in One Quarter
Nearly one year after sports betting was legalized in Canada, Ontarians wagered more than $11.5 billion on sports gambling in the fiscal quarter ending Dec. 31, 2022, an increase of 91 percent over the previous quarter. According to iGaming Ontario, the province’s internet-gambling regulator, the total net revenue in Ontario was $457 million over the…
Volkswagen to Build First Overseas EV Battery Plant in Ontario
A subsidiary company of Volkswagen will be building a new electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing facility in southwestern Ontario, the European automaker announced on March 13. Volkswagen’s subsidiary company PowerCo will establish the facility in St. Thomas, Ont., which will be Volkswagen’s first overseas battery cell plant. In a March 13 release, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the deal…
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