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An Ontario cabinet minister called Russia a "terrorist state" this week, saying more than 39,000 Ukrainians displaced by the Russian war with Ukraine have come to Ontario to settle.Monte McNaughton, Ontario's minister responsible for Ukraine, made the comment in an email to CBC Toronto on Monday that outlined the support that the provincial government is providing to Ukrainians in Ontario who have fled the conflict.

It was a housing project with promise: a subdivision of unique homes in picturesque Meaford, Ont., advertised as "Mike Holmes Approved."Mike Holmes is a contractor and television personality known for rescuing homeowners from botched construction jobs.In 2016, Myles Johnson and Andrea Hart of Toronto, who were looking for a place to retire, bought in.

The Ontario government says it's one step closer to extending GO train service further into Durham Region.On Thursday, Premier Doug Ford announced his government has given an early stage planning contract to Bowmanville Construction Partners to extend the Lakeshore East Line almost 20 kilometres east into the town of Bowmanville in Clarington, Ont.

Opposition parties are calling on the Ontario government to make a link between forest fires and climate change as smoke from the blazes continues to leave a grey haze over the province.In question period on Wednesday, NDP Leader Marit Stiles asked Premier Doug Ford whether he would agree that the climate emergency is making the fire season worse in Ontario this year.

Assembling welcome baskets and some wallpapering is all that needs to be done before the second long-term care home developed under Ontario's new accelerated build program opens its doors.Humber Meadows Long-Term Care Home in North York is expecting its first resident in the next week or so, and anticipates filling all 320 beds in the near future.

An emergency department in Minden, Ont., is slated to close in one week but residents say they will keep up the pressure on the province to make sure the closure is not permanent."We are not statistics," Richard Bradley, a resident, told CBC Toronto on Thursday."We are determined.The only statistic we want to be is the town that saves its ER.

The Ontario government is set to make an announcement on the future of Peel Region as early as this week, sources say, after Premier Doug Ford again voiced support for Mississauga becoming an independent municipality.Sources with knowledge of the decision told CBC Toronto the announcement concerns the separation of the region but offered no further details.

Toronto transit workers have won the right to strike after an Ontario judge ruled this week that the law that banned them from walking off the job is unconstitutional.In a decision on Monday, Ontario Superior Court of Justice William Chalmers ruled that legislation that forbade TTC workers from engaging in strike action violates Charter rights.

Toronto city council has decided it will ask the Ontario government to reimburse the TTC for $2.9 million that the transit agency will spend to complete design work for a dedicated busway on the Scarborough Rapid Transit route.Council voted to make the request during its meeting on Thursday.City staff told council that about 30 per cent of the design work on the busway has been completed and the $2.9 million is needed to complete it.

The Toronto District School Board is asking the Ontario government to repay costs it incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it needs "adequate, stable and predictable" funding from the education ministry to avoid cuts to programs and services.In a letter to Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce on Wednesday, TDSB chair Rachel Chernos Lin and Director Colleen Russell-Rawlins say the board incurred $70.1 million in pandemic-related costs that resulted when it followed COVID-19 directives from the province and Toronto Public Health.

A public library north of Toronto is refusing to display an exhibition by a local artist unless it excludes pictures and statements protesting elected officials Doug Ford and Donald Trump.Photographer and poet Yafang Shi is the creator of Fire II, an exhibition of photographs documenting women's rights marches over several years, set to be displayed on a gallery wall at the Aurora Public Library from March 6 to April 15.

Toronto singer The Weeknd now has the second-most Juno awards of all time, after winning album of the year during Monday night's ceremony hosted by Shang Chi actor Simu Liu.The Canadian music awards show handed out five prizes throughout the evening: the TikTok Juno fan choice award, album of the year, breakthrough artist of the year, rap album/EP of the year and contemporary R&B recording of the year.

The Ontario government says Kiska, the last captive killer whale in Canada, has died.A spokesperson for the solicitor general says Marineland the Niagara Falls, Ont., theme park where Kiska lived told the province she died on Thursday.Brent Ross says the province's Animal Welfare Services officers were on-site as Marineland performed a necropsy.

Contract talks between nurses and the Ontario Hospital Association have broken down and will now head to arbitration, the nurses' union said Friday.The two sides began bargaining in late January and mediation had started on Wednesday but no deal was reached."This round of negotiations has been incredibly difficult and frustrating," said Bernie Robinson, interim president of the Ontario Nurses' Association, in a news release.

Transit riders across large parts of the Greater Toronto Area can use debit cards to pay their fare starting today, as the Ontario government looks to expand the payment option to Toronto in the coming months.The Ontario government says the PRESTO system now accepts debit card taps on GO Transit, along with several municipal transit agencies, including in Hamilton, Mississauga, Brampton, Burlington, Oakville, York Region and Durham Region.

The Ontario government has announced the construction of a Volkswagen electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plant in St. Thomas, on Talbot Line near Yarmouth Centre Road, close to the city's airport.The announcement was released Monday by the office of Vic Fedeli, the province's minister of economic development and trade and is the first public confirmation of the deal that has long rumoured to be in the works.

Now that Ontario education workers have voted in favour of a new contract with the Ontario government, the focus shifts to the province's other major education unions.Contracts expired at the end of the summer for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO), the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF), the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA), and the French-language union Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO).

Steve Clark, minister of municipal affairs and housing, addresses members of the media at Queen's Park in Toronto on Oct. 25, 2022.Clark has said he wants to work with municipalities to reach their housing targets.(Evan Mitsui/CBC) Ontario's minister of municipal affairs and housing is set to make an announcement on the province's housing supply "crisis" this afternoon.

The Ontario government has withdrawn its application to have a walkout by some 55,000 education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees illegal, the province's labour relations board says.(Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press) Ontario's labour relations board says the provincial government has withdrawn its application to have a walkout by 55,000 education workers declared illegal.

Several well-established developers are among the owners of the 15 parcels of land the Ford government is proposing to open up for housing in the protected Greenbelt in the Greater Toronto Area, a CBC Toronto analysis of dozens of land registry and corporate records has found.The Ontario government announced a 30-day consultation last week on removing 2,832 hectares across 10 municipalities from the Greenbelt, which was created in 2005 to permanently protect agricultural and environmentally sensitive lands in the Greater Golden Horseshoe area from development.

A young Pickering man who has amassed a big social media following for his advocacy for blind people is set to receive a sight-saving gene therapy the first time the expensive procedure will be covered by OHIP.Adam Brown was born with a degenerative eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa that significantly hinders his vision and could eventually leave him fully blind.

CBC Toronto's 2022 news quiz gives you the chance to test what you remember about Ontario and local politics this year.(Yan Theoret/CBC/Radio-Canada) Another pandemic year is coming to a close, filled with political promises and multiple elections keeping politicians on their toes.But how much of the last 12 months' worth of news do you remember?

About 55,000 education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will walk off the job Friday to protest against controversial anti-strike legislation from the Ontario government.The province is set to pass legislation Thursday that would impose a contract on education workers and ban them from striking by using what's called the notwithstanding clause, which allows the legislature to override portions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms for a five-year term.

About 15,000 of the 55,000 Ontario education workers set to walk off the job Friday work in the Toronto District School Board.(Nathan Denette/Canadian Press) The Toronto District School Board says it will close for in-person learning Friday and stay that way for as long as education workers are on strike.

CUPE members walked off the job in November during tense contract negotiations with the province.(Carlos Osorio/CBC) The union representing roughly 55,000 Ontario education workers will announce today the results of a ratification vote on a tentative deal it struck with the province.The Canadian Union of Public Employees is expected to unveil the vote results during a news conference scheduled for 10 a.m.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce said this week that the government will not negotiate unless the union withdraws its intent to strike on Friday.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) The Ontario government is expected to pass legislation today that will impose a contract on 55,000 education workers ahead of a planned walkout.

The Ontario government has tabled legislation to prevent a strike by education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce is set to speak with reporters on Monday, hours after announcing the government is bringing in legislation to block education workers from striking if a deal isn't reached by the end of this week.

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario.A new bill from the government would require post-secondary schools to have sexual misconduct policies in place and disciplinary measures for staff who break those rules.(Yan Theoret/CBC/Radio-Canada) The Ontario government has introduced a bill that would ban the use of non-disclosure agreements in sexual misconduct cases among post-secondary employees who are looking for work at a different institution.

Doug Ford's government has released new legislation that will lead to major changes about how homes can be built in the province, which is grappling with a housing crisis.Here, homes under construction in Whitchurch-Stouffville are photographed from above.(Patrick Morrell/CBC) The Ontario government has introduced sweeping new regulations when it comes to building housing in the province.