Pharmacare, tobacco and hotel taxes: Five things to know about the 2017 Ontario budget
Ontario’s Liberal government delivered its first balanced budget in a decade on Thursday. Here are five things you need to know about the financial plan:
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Ottawa’s Science and Tech Museum reveals new home for its famous trains
By Alex Abdelwahab The trains are back. Well, actually, they never really left. The Canada Science and Technology Museum’s well-known locomotives were too heavy to
Ontario’s first balanced budget in decade promises billions in healthcare, infrastructure
Ontario’s Liberal government is promising to inject billions of new dollars into health care in its first balanced budget in a decade, a fiscal plan
Ottawa brewers have mixed concerns about possible LCBO strike
Local brewers see an LCBO strike as either a major boon to their business or a major bust. While no strike date has been set,
AccelerateOTT unveils full lineup, including Finkelstein, Wille, Techstars
The list of speakers, which includes local champions as well as global leaders in entrepreneurship, is highlighted by a keynote address from Eamonn Carey, managing
Judge orders Volkswagen to pay $2.1B in class action suit over emissions scandal
Members of a Canadian class-action lawsuit against Volkswagen can submit claims for reimbursement starting on Friday after an Ontario judge ordered the car manufacturer to
Update: Ottawa-based BluMetric lands $4.5M contract for territories’ contaminated sites
The federal government is turning to BluMetric Environmental (TSX-V:BLM) in its efforts to remediate contaminated sites in Canada’s northern territories, locking down a four-year, $4.5-million
Science minister mulls forcing universities to attract more female researchers
Canada’s science minister says universities aren’t doing the heavy lifting to appoint more female research chairs, so she wants to force their hands. On her
Microdistilled spirits in Canada finding appeal among millennials, mixologists
A boom in craft distilling in the United States and increasing demand from curious millennials acquiring a palate for well-made spirits have inspired a burgeoning
Ottawa LRT construction crane topples over at project site
A construction crane working on Ottawa’s Confederation Line project toppled over Wednesday morning. The crane was working at the eastern tunnel entry portal near the
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