Regional News

A new law requiring school staff to report all serious incidents, such as bullying, to the principal takes effect in Ontario schools this week, but not everyone is optimistic about the results. 

By Kim Zarzour

Jim McHugh has a deep, "radio-quality" voice, so he has no doubt he was heard when he spoke about the harmonized sales tax Monday at Queen's Park.

Whether Liberal MPPs listened, however, is another matter, he says.

Province studying sale of Crown corporations to reduce hefty debt burden

Karen Howlett With files from Andrew Willis and Boyd Erman

Toronto ? Globe and Mail Update

TORONTO - Despite severely criticizing Ontario's Progressive Conservatives in the past when they tried to privatize electricity, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Wednesday his Liberal government is looking at all Crown corporations and assets as it tries to deal with a $24.7 billion deficit.

December, 16, 2009 - 12:33 pm Leslie, Keith - (THE CANADIAN PRESS)

TORONTO - Despite severely criticizing Ontario's Progressive Conservatives in the past when they tried to privatize electricity, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Wednesday his Liberal government is looking at all Crown corporations and assets as it tries to deal with a $24.7 billion deficit.

Robert Benzie

Premier Dalton McGuinty admits the Ontario government is looking at selling off the family jewels to cope with its record $24.7 billion budget deficit.

By ANTONELLA ARTUSO and JONATHAN JENKINS, Queen's Park Bureau

What Premier Dalton McGuinty once derided as a "fire sale" is now on the table.

East York MPP's criticism of Vaughan unfounded, they say

By Nicole Miller (Vaughan Today)

MPP Peter Shurman says he's conducted his own investigation at the City of Vaughan. Residents unhappy with their elected municipal reps can take up their issues at the ballot box next year, he says. (Victor Aguilar/Vaughan Today)While opposition critic Michael Prue condemns Vaughan as being the worst example of when things go wrong, local councillors and Thornhill MPP Peter Shurman maintain it is indeed a well-run city.

Power plant built to light up Caesars may be worthless, was thoughtless and is powerless

By CHRISTINA BLIZZARD, SUN MEDIA

Last Updated: 20th November 2009, 3:31am

As I first wrote Oct. 2, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp (OLG) is locked in a lawsuit with Buttcon, the company that won the contract to design, build and operate the Windsor Energy Centre (WEC).

Lee Greenberg, Canwest News Service: Thursday, November 19, 2009

Three Tories were ejected from the assembly for using unparliamentary language, a deliberate tactic to draw attention to their anti-HST crusade.