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Province supporting safer and more convenient stops for truck drivers
LEE ALDERSON, Communications Branch, Ministry of Transportation The Ontario government is improving 14 existing truck rest areas,...
Colleen Green
Jan 14, 20212 min read
Peter Bethlenfalvy becomes Ontario’s Minister of Finance
DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard UXBRIDGE: Pickering-Uxbridge MPP Peter Bethlenfalvy has been named...
Colleen Green
Jan 7, 20211 min read
Ontario Supports Management Agreements at Two Long-Term Care Homes
KRYSTLE CAPUTO, Office of the Minister of Long-Term Care The Ministry of Long-Term Care has approved new voluntary management agreements...
Colleen Green
Dec 17, 20201 min read
LSRCA raise alarm
WAYNE EMMERSON, Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority Board Chair, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Regional Municipality of...
Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20202 min read
Boosting renewable fuel content at the pumps equivalent to taking 300,000 cars off the road each yea
ANDREW BUTTIGIEG, Minister’s Office, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks The Ontario government is making gasoline, which...
Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20202 min read
Ontario Expands Online Tool to Keep Drivers Safe During Winter
LEE ALDERSON, Communications Branch, Ministry of Transportation The Ontario government is expanding the 511 app, to include new winter...
Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20202 min read
$11.5 million in funding will support increased capacity at provincial abattoirs and help farmers ad
The governments of Canada and Ontario are committing up to $11.5 million through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership)...
Colleen Green
Dec 3, 20203 min read
Ontario providing new funding for school boards in red level
DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard DURHAM: The Ontario provincial government is making more money...
Colleen Green
Dec 3, 20201 min read
Ontario Celebrates Innovation with the 2020 Excellence in Agriculture Awards
CHRISTA ROETTELE Communications Branch OMAFRA The Ontario government is kicked off Ontario Agriculture Week by celebrating the farmers,...
Colleen Green
Nov 26, 20202 min read
Ontario Supporting Agricultural and Horticultural Societies During COVID-19
AVI YUFEST, Office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs CHRISTA ROETTELE, Communications Branch, OMAFRA The Ontario...
Colleen Green
Nov 26, 20203 min read
Expanding Opportunities for the Ontario Food Terminal and the Agri-Food Sector
AVI YUFEST, Office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs CHRISTA ROETTELE, Communications Branch, OMAFRA TORONTO:...
Colleen Green
Nov 26, 20202 min read
Ontario protecting agri-food workers and food supply chain
The Ontario government, in partnership with the agri-food industry, has developed a comprehensive strategy to prevent COVID-19...
Colleen Green
Nov 26, 20203 min read
Local politicians excited about federal, provincial broadband funding
DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES/DURHAM: Officials from Kawartha Lakes and Durham Region...
Colleen Green
Nov 19, 20202 min read
Ontario Helping Veterans Find New Careers
The Ontario government is investing $511,100 in the ‘Pathways to Post-Military Employment’ program to support the return of 180 military...
Colleen Green
Nov 12, 20202 min read
Letter to the editor: Ranked Ballots
Dear Editor Our local governments were granted the choice of switching to a ranked ballot voting system by the previous provincial...
Colleen Green
Nov 5, 20201 min read
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