The province’s legal iGaming market has officially opened. Ontario is the first province in Canada to regulate online gambling.Ontario’s new online gaming market launched on Monday, with some advocates for brick-and-mortar casinos saying that online operators will have an unfair advantage. (Dean Gariepy/CBC)The government of Ontario has officially launched its new online gaming market, including…
Premier Doug Ford’s government is working on a plan to sell “clean energy credits” to companies wanting to lower their carbon footprint, but environmental groups say the move stands to do nothing about reducing Ontario’s CO2 emissions.The Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric generating stations in Niagara Falls produce about nine per cent of Ontario’s electricity needs. Premier…
Solicitor General Sylvia Jones has requested that the Ontario Civilian Police Commission investigate Thunder Bay police Chief Sylvie Hauth and Deputy Chief Ryan Hughes, along with the administration of the service.Sylvie Hauth has been chief of the Thunder Bay Police Service since 2018, after serving two previous stints as acting chief. (Sinisa Jolic/CBC)Ontario’s solicitor general has…
Thousands of people in Ontario who are facing their final driver’s licence road test may no longer have to prove they can execute a three-point turn, a roadside emergency stop or even the dreaded parallel parking manoeuvre. Waseem Qazi has been teaching new drivers for more than 20 years. While he understands the need to shorten…
The Ontario government is restricting eligibility for PCR testing and shortening the required self-isolation period for fully vaccinated people infected with COVID-19.Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health announces changes to PCR testingStarting Dec. 31, publicly-funded PCR testing in Ontario will only be available for high-risk individuals who are symptomatic or who are at risk of severe illness…
Ontario’s official Digital ID program, which was expected to be introduced sometime in Q4 of this year, has been delayed to 2022.…
Advocates say Ontario’s enhanced COVID-19 vaccine certificate system is not accessible for marginalized groups.Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends a media briefing at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Friday. Ford announced that the province is making enhanced COVID-19 vaccine certificates with scannable QR codes available for download. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)Advocates say Ontario’s enhanced COVID-19 vaccine…
The Government of Ontario’s COVID-19 proof of vaccination app will be called, fittingly enough, ‘Verify Ontario.’ Mike Crawley, CBC News‘ Queen’s Park…
Ontario’s daily COVID-19 case counts are lower than what many experts had expected by now, and while they point to a number of factors for the relative relief, they say now is not the time to ease up on those measures.Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious disease physician at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, points to Ontario’s…
Ontario’s provincially owned liquor retailer is no longer selling Stalinskaya Silver Vodka due to complaints from the Ukrainian community that the name evokes memories of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. The vodka company’s website says the name was inspired by the Russian word ‘stal’ — meaning steel. Stalinskaya, they say, means strength. But the Ukrainian community says its reference to Joseph Stalin…