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Financial watchdog says Ontario on track to balance budget by 2023-24

Financial watchdog says Ontario on track to balance budget by 2023-24

TORONTO — Ontario is currently on the path to balance by next year, the province's fiscal watchdog said Tuesday, but it could well take a different route due to the looming June 2 election.
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Ontario NDP promises $25 minimum wage for early childhood educators

Ontario NDP promises $25 minimum wage for early childhood educators

TORONTO — Ontario's New Democrats are promising to implement a minimum wage of $25 an hour for registered early childhood educators if the party forms government.
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Ontario reports 1,366 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 190 in ICU

Ontario is reporting 1,366 people in hospital with COVID-19 today, and 190 in intensive care. That's compared with 1,090 hospitalizations on Monday, and 184 in ICUs.
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Liberals announce platform promises aimed at women, including pay transparency

Liberals announce platform promises aimed at women, including pay transparency

TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals are announcing that they would establish $10-a-day before and after school care, provide a parental leave top up and bring back pay transparency legislation in a slate of election platform items aimed at women.
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No reinstated mask mandate but Ontario expanding PCR tests, antiviral access

No reinstated mask mandate but Ontario expanding PCR tests, antiviral access

TORONTO — Ontario won't be reinstating its mask mandate despite a sixth wave that won't peak for several more weeks, the province's top doctor said Monday as he announced expanded eligibility for COVID-19 PCR testing and antiviral treatments.
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Ontario expanding college degree options in attempt to address workforce shortages

Ontario is adding public college degree options in a bid to address labour force gaps. Public colleges can now start developing three and four-year degree programs that will prepare graduates for jobs in identified fields like the auto sector.
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Portable MRI machine could revolutionize health care, Ontario doctors say

Portable MRI machine could revolutionize health care, Ontario doctors say

TORONTO — A portable MRI machine that brings imaging to a patient's bedside has the potential to revolutionize health care both in major hospitals and in remote areas of the country, doctors say.
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Ontario COVID-19 cases fall but hospitalizations increase to 977 Sunday; 11 deaths

Ontario COVID-19 cases fall but hospitalizations increase to 977 Sunday; 11 deaths

TORONTO — Ontario reported 977 people in hospital with COVID-19 Sunday, and 173 in intensive care. The province reported 1,188 COVID-19 hospitalizations and 168 in ICUs on Saturday.
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Ontario government pledges $75M to restore train service to Timmins

TIMMINS, Ont. — The Ontario government says it is investing $75 million to restore passenger rail service to northeastern Ontario for the first time in more than a decade.
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Elections Ontario offering more options for voting other than in person on June 2

Elections Ontario offering more options for voting other than in person on June 2

TORONTO — Elections Ontario is encouraging residents to request mail-in ballots or take advantage of extra days of advanced voting this year in the hopes of thinning polling station crowds on the province's first – and hopefully only – election day a
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