2+ week, 5+ day ago  (921+ words) TORONTO " First Nations leaders in Ontario are celebrating a decision by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal over the future of child welfare. On Monday, the tribunal approved the Ontario Final Agreement " the nine-year, $8. 5-billion deal that the Chiefs of Ontario…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1088+ words) The Provincial PC-run government presented its 2026 Budget last Thursday, which Essex MPP (PC) Anthony Leardi said focuses on protecting Ontario workers and businesses." The 2026 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario was the eighth consecutive PC Budget with no new…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (571+ words) THUNDER BAY " "Don't defund our education. This is class discrimination." That chant could be heard over and over as more than 25 students in grades 11 and 12 marched to MPP Kevin Holland's office on James Street on Friday morning. Thunder Bay high…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (793+ words) After years of lobbying the provincial government to lift a tuition freeze enacted during COVID, post secondary institutions in Ontario are celebrating the province's recently announced funding changes. Universities and colleges in Ontario will be permitted to raise tuition by…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (178+ words) Police in Dryden have charged a motorist with a second count of impaired and dangerous driving for the second time in one month. A 33-year-old male from Wabigoon Lake First Nation has been charged with the following offences under the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (308+ words) The Ontario government has declared the Greenstone Transmission Line project as a priority, accelerating construction of a 230-kilometre power line that will run from Nipigon Bay to near Aroland First Nation. In a shot at the recently imposed U. S. tariff regime,…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (310+ words) An Indigenous political advocacy organization says the provincial government's Buy Ontario Act fails to recognize and capitalize on the economic potential of First Nations procurement strategies. Anishinabek Nation criticizes the new act's "narrow emphasis" on procurement policies. The Ontario government's…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (503+ words) A northwestern Ontario First Nation that's struggling through a decade-long social crisis has directed its leaders to blockade the highway if the province grants mineral extraction permits near its water source. As the deadline passed on Friday, Copenace said he's…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (680+ words) With emotions running high over Canada's trade standoff with the US, Ontario Premier Doug Ford's attempt to take his anti-tariff message directly to Americans appears to have backfired. The $75-million ad campaign that used clips from former US president Ronald…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (703+ words) For two years, Stellantis has been a company on the move, making giant strategic changes in an industry facing a new technological future. The rush toward electrification amid competition from new players entering the market forced the auto giant that…...