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Ontario says no to Kettle Island bridge
OTTAWA – The provincial government has taken a stand against a proposed interprovincial bridge over Kettle Island.
At a Monday news conference, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Glen Murray said Ontario will not support a bridge over Kettle Island.
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Unsettled weather leads to tornado warnings in Ontario Sunday evening
TORONTO – Tornado warnings were issued for different parts of Ontario Sunday night.
Environment Canada said an unstable air mass stretching from north of Lake Erie to Sudbury was to blame for the tornado warnings.
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LCBO sends 1.7 billion to provincial coffers
Liquor Control Board of Ontario sales sent $1.7 billion to provincial coffers in 2012.
Sales of spirits, wine and beer all increased last year, moving LCBO sales to a whopping $4.89 billion.
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Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario reaches new contract with Liberals
TORONTO – The Liberal government has finally reached a tentative contract agreement with the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.
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Talks continue in almost 6-week-old elevator workers’ strike
TORONTO – Mediated talks continue, Thursday, in the almost six-week-old elevator workers’ strike that has stalled many elevators and escalators across the province.
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Election avoided; Ontario budget passes
TORONTO – Ontario’s minority Liberal government survived a crucial budget vote and avoided an election, thanks to the support of the New Democrats.
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Ontario NDP to vote for Liberal government’s budget today, avoiding an election
TORONTO – Ontario’s New Democrats promise to vote for the minority Liberal government’s budget today to avoid a general election, despite a police probe into the mass deletion of emails on cancelled gas plants.
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Report due on deadly Via Rail derailment that killed 3 in Burlington
BURLINGTON, Ont. – The Transportation Safety Board is expected to reveal today what caused a deadly Via Rail derailment west of Toronto last year.
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Tories want OPP to probe deletion of gas plant emails by senior Liberal staff
TORONTO – The Progressive Conservatives are asking Ontario Provincial Police to investigate the destruction of government documents by senior Liberal staff as theft.
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Senior Liberals broke law by deleting gas plant emails: privacy commissioner
TORONTO – Ontario’s privacy commissioner says top staff in former premier Dalton McGuinty’s office broke the law by deleting all emails related to the cancellation of gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga.