By Broderick Visser
With new pilot projects underway on select sections of 400 series highways in Ontario, the Ontario Government is anticipating that these projects will help increase traffic flow for commuters. — But won’t this just make things worse?
Will the changes really make it impossible for some students to pursue post-secondary education? No, they won’t, writes Nathan Timmerman.
The Ford government’s drastic changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program will have the effect of dashing the dreams of an entire socio-economic segment of Ontario’s youth, writes Elnaz Akbari.
Friday’s march is aimed at getting the Ford government to back down on proposed changes to the grants-and-loans program on which so many students depend.
EDITORIAL By Colin Burrowes When Premier Doug Ford announced in the Legislature on Tuesday, Oct. 1 his government, which he claims is “for the people,” would be eliminating all of Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, we wondered, which people is this government for? There is more to Bill 148 than a raise of minimum wage to $15 or the first two of 10 emergency leave days being … Continued
The end of the emissions program may please taxpayers and motorists, but garages that specialize in the service offer mixed reactions.
BY LAURIE SNELL It doesn’t take a lot of digging to suspect Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is a troubled man. His scandalous antics – ranging from public inebriation, racial and homophobic slurs to alleged videos of him smoking crack cocaine and associating with well-known Etobicoke criminals – made international headlines in 2013, and provided a generous amount of material for late-night talk show hosts. But for Toronto Star reporter and … Continued
