The City of Toronto is expected to join several other cities across Canada in raising the Palestinian flag Monday morning at city hall. #ToPoli globalnews.ca/news/1152915...

The Mount Dennis Station on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens today. Non-express GO trains will be stopping there. The Eglinton Crosstown LRT, however, still doesn't have an opening date. #ONpoli

NEW: A statement from Keel on the forensic audit forwarded to OPP accuses the government of conflating skills development funds with other payments so officials can "avoid answering legitimate questions" by pointing to the investigation. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1152356...

NEW: As speed cameras are turned off in Toronto and across Ontario, the city’s mayor is asking the provincial government to promise more funding to replace the program, suggesting there could be job cuts at city hall. #OnPoli #ToPoli globalnews.ca/news/1152658...

Superb skills development fund scoop from the Toronto Star, which has got its hands on a database of scores for applications. It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

NEW: The Ontario government is dipping its toe into the world of artificial intelligence, telling civil servants they can use Microsoft Copilot in their day-to-day jobs. The OPS now have highest Copilot use in the country. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1152523...

NEW: The Ford government says it has forwarded a forensic audit of a company that received funding from the province, including through the controversial skills development fund, to the OPP after a probe of payments uncovered “irregularities.” #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1152356...

NEW: The day before speed cameras across the province will be turned off, the Ford government has announced a $210 million pot for cities to build speed bumps and put up signs. #OnPoli #ToPoli globalnews.ca/news/1152481...

NEW: The Ford government will create new offices at every school board to escalate parent and student issues as it continues its major education shakeup. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1152441...

NEW: Ontario's minister of citizenship and multiculturalism posted a video speaking in both English and Punjabi. It was watched more than 1.5 million times across social media. He said he was “surprised in good and bad ways” by the reaction. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1152314...

NEW: The Ford government has unveiled a number of long-term care retention programs today. Among them, $25,000 for nurses who commit to two years in LTC. That number can rise to $45,000 for nurses willing to relocate to remote locations. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1152289...

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants to tunnel an expressway under the 401. Digging below a small cross section for the Scarborough Subway Extension, however, caused lane closures and the machine needed 8 months for repairs. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1152183...

NEW: It has been more than 30 days since the Eglinton Crosstown LRT started its revenue service demonstration. Metrolinx won't say when the tests will wrap up, but did confirm they're now in the latter part. #Onpoli #Topoli globalnews.ca/news/1152146...

As the Ford government barrels ahead with a feasibility study on whether a traffic-transit tunnel can be built under Highway 401, Ontario’s labour minister has already told a PC-friendly union that it would eventually benefit from the construction contract. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1152044...

NEW: Last week, we confirmed that supervisors at Ontario school boards are expected to bill $350,000 per year for their work. Now, we can confirm they'll also be eligible to claim up to $40,000 in expenses over two years. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1152049...

Ontario has secured a one-year extension with the federal government for the national $10-a-day child-care program, giving parents reassurance their fees won’t rise for at least 12 more months, but with much hard work still to be done. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1152101...

NEW: 4 years ago, the government studied whether or not a tunnel under Highway 401 was doable, finding a risk of collapse and eventually pausing the work. Now, it is refusing to release the study - after paying a company $9.1M to do it again. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1151718...

NEW: The Ford government is expecting supervisors at five school boards to charge the maximum $350,000 per year. The money comes from board budgets, not the province. That's technically a saving at TDSB, but not at smaller boards. #OnPoli

NEW: Some of Ontario’s largest cities say that while new federal investments in housing and infrastructure are helpful, it’s still not enough to prevent another round of property tax hikes in 2026. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151222...

NEW: Eight months after winning an election on the promise to shield the province from the impacts of trade war, the Ford government has only handed out $100 million from its signature fund. Finance minister says applications are being processed #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151656...

This story, on a controversial Ford government training fund the opposition calls a "slush fund," required a lot of work because the government has refused to just provide a single, complete list of who got money and how much. #ONpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is celebrating a surprise boost in his province’s employment figures, the day after his government tabled a pessimistic fiscal update projecting persistent unemployment. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1151665...

NEW: Ontario has finally awarded the feasibility study contract for the Highway 401 tunnel, paying a Canadian company $9.1M for the work. Internal studies have already looked at the idea and concluded there was a “potential for roadway collapse.” #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151529...

NEW: Another fiscal update, and it's more bad news for housing starts. The Fall Economic Statement is predicting Ontario will build 82,000 fewer homes from 2024 to 2027 than the 2024 budget had modelled. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151495...

NEW: Weeks after the auditor general scolded Ontario for falling far behind its emissions goals, the government is scrapping the requirement to set targets or report on them publicly at all. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151465...

NEW: Ontario is waiving its portion of HST on new homes for first-time homebuyers under $1 million. The government has earmarked $470 million for the program, but is placing no cap on the number of people who can take advantage. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151439...

NEW: For the first time in a decade, the LCBO is expecting to see less than $2 billion in revenue. That's something workers at the Crown corporation warned could happen after alcohol liberalization was introduced. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151446...

NEW: Ontario is predicting an increasingly grim financial future as U.S. tariffs bite, with rising unemployment and lower job creation figures. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1151323...

NEW: Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is calling on the Ford government to change course on proposed landlord-tenant reform that is set to speed through the legislature, saying it “threatens the rights of renters in our city.” #OnPoli #ToPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151023...

The City of Toronto expects to run out of landfill space by 2035, and despite approving a “long-term waste plan” in 2016, city officials are still searching for solutions. #Topoli globalnews.ca/news/1150769...

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he doesn’t regret ripping up a contract with SpaceX for Starlink internet earlier this year, despite the fact his government will now fail to meet its broadband target, partly as a result of that decision. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151046...

NEW: The Ford government is moving to limit debate and public hearings on several pieces of legislation, including a bill which will make it easier for Queen’s Park to sideline trustees and take control of school boards. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151241...

NEW: Ontario’s education minister expects the supervisors he has appointed at various school boards to bill $350,000 each per year, money which will come from the coffers of the local boards.#OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151063...

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who has visited Washington D.C. several times and taken a central role on U.S. television, has acknowledged that trade negotiations fall on the prime minister and federal government. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151040...

Toronto is vowing to do better on its snow removal plans this year as winter approaches, promising the frustration across the city last year won’t be repeated. #Topoli globalnews.ca/news/1151005...

NEW: The Ford government says consultation will be key to shaping its reforms of conservation authorities. It cannot, however, promise not to rush the legislation through legislature or commit to not bypassing committee. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1150918...

How it started, how it ended: A chronology of Ontario’s ad blitz against U.S. tariffs #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1150917...

The Ministry of Natural Resources says nearly 6,000 square kilometres burned in Ontario this wildfire season, much more than last year and well above the province’s 10-year average. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1150871...

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Mark Carney called him from his trip to Asia “a couple of times” to ask him to immediately pull his anti-tariff commercial, after it led to a breakdown in U.S.-Canada trade talks. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1150857...

NEW: The Liberals have asked the integrity commissioner to launch an investigation into David Piccini and the skills development fund. Elsewhere, a poll finds 60% of people aren't aware of the controversy, but majority think Piccini should resign. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1150827...

ICYMI: The Ford government will fail to meet its target of connecting everyone to reliable broadband by the end of 2025, Global News has learned, at least partly because of the premier’s decision to tear up a contract for Starlink internet. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1150486...

Mark Carney says he apologized to United States President Donald Trump for Ontario's anti-tariff commercial. He said he told Premier Doug Ford not to run it in the first place. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1150630...

Oh, it's just past 5 p.m. on a Friday? Time for almost every freedom of information coordinator in Ontario to send updates on long-overdue requests. #OnPoli

NEW: Ontario won't achieve its goal of connecting everyone in the province to broadband by the end of this year, at least partly because of Premier Doug Ford's decision to rip up a contract with Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1150486...

United States President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Mark Carney apologized to him for Ontario's Ronald Reagan anti-tariff commercial, which scuttled trade talks. Doug Ford pulled the ad on Monday, after Carney asked. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1150482...

The Ontario government says it has received the iPro investigation. Its findings will be made public once the government has reviewed it. #onpoli Background: globalnews.ca/news/1139101...

Ontario's education minister has ordered a North Bay area school board to take immediate steps to resolve what a report described as overwhelming dysfunction or he will take "further action." #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1150508...

Up to 130 jobs will be lost as furniture manufacturer Holsag Canada will shutter its facility in Lindsay, Ont., in March 2026. Its parent company said it will consolidate its operations into the U.S. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1150310...

NEW: Audits of Ontario's child welfare agencies were meant to be finished in the spring. The minister says they'll be done in a matter of "weeks." NDP has questioned why it is taking so long. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1150330...

NEW: The Ford government is amalgamating Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities into just seven and creating a new centralized agency to govern them, promising the change will not result in job losses or changes to their mandate. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1150461...