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Ottawa's 2025 budget focuses on housing, workers and clean energy A “generational investment” is how Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne introduced the 2025 federal budget, a plan that pours money into housing, workers and clean-energy projects. The spending plan was tabled in Ottawa on Tuesday with projections for bigger

Funding will boost shelter spaces and wrap-around services The Ontario government is investing an additional $26.7 million over two years in shelter spaces to protect survivors of gender-based violence and to strengthen the Family Court Support Worker program. As part of the government’s plan to protect Ontario by

Work continued over the course of the summer on the bank stabilization and water flow management of a 4 km section of Depot Creek to control the amount of sand entering the waterway and damaging the coldwater aquatic habitat for speckled trout and other invertebrate species.  The project was launched

A report of a suspicious substance found in a chip bag has the North Bay OPP urging parents to carefully inspect their children’s Halloween treats. Provincial police say on Saturday a family in the Chenier Road area of Papineau-Cameron, Mattawa, reported finding a chip bag that appeared to have

Funding will strengthen Ontario’s publishing sector, support local authors and grow province’s creative economy The Ontario government is investing more than $7 million to protect and promote the province’s literary arts and publishing sector. This funding will strengthen Ontario’s creative industries, while supporting local authors and

Agency will oversee key improvement projects, including a proposed regional consolidation The Ontario government will soon introduce legislation to create the Ontario Provincial Conservation Agency (OPCA) with the aim of improving the province’s conservation authority system to help get shovels in the ground faster on homes and other local

Pipeline would build a more competitive Canadian economy while creating jobs for Ontario workers As part of its plan to protect Ontario and Canada by building a more competitive, resilient and self-reliant economy, the Ontario government has awarded a contract to complete a feasibility study to establish a new Canadian

Partnership agreement delivers on local community priorities and will speed up construction on the roads to the Ring of Fire Premier Doug Ford, Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Development and Minister Responsible for Ring of Fire Economic and Community Partnerships, and Webequie First Nation Chief

Province rebating the provincial portion of the HST for first-time home buyers of most new homes As part of its plan to protect Ontario, lower costs and help more families realize the dream of homeownership, the provincial government is proposing to rebate the full 8 per cent provincial portion of

Government helping more people age safely with historic investments in innovative home care services  As part of its plan to protect Ontario and strengthen public services through the upcoming Fall Economic Statement, the Ontario government is investing $1.1 billion over three years to extend home care services and the