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Ontario expects $1.3B deficit, to post surplus in a year

Ontario expects $1.3B deficit, to post surplus in a year

TORONTO — Ontario plans to start posting budget surpluses in a year, leaning heavily on booming revenues to outweigh increased spending on health care – which includes boosts to hospitals, home care and the medical workforce.
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Ontario puts $113M in budget to emergency preparedness

Ontario puts $113M in budget to emergency preparedness

TORONTO — Community organizations and municipalities in Ontario could get a piece of $110 million in funding the province has committed over three years for emergency readiness.
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Ontario boosts hospital, mental health and pediatric funding in budget

Ontario boosts hospital, mental health and pediatric funding in budget

TORONTO — Ontario is boosting funding for hospitals, pediatric care, mental health and home care as part of its efforts to reform health care in the province.
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Strathcona residents say Toronto shelter hotels failed promise of permanent housing

Strathcona residents say Toronto shelter hotels failed promise of permanent housing

TORONTO — Jason Costate recently passed his one-year anniversary off drugs like crystal meth and fentanyl — a period of sobriety that began when he moved into a Toronto hotel-turned-shelter.
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Ontario police issue Canada-wide warrants for two more suspects in Hajtamiri attack

Ontario police issue Canada-wide warrants for two more suspects in Hajtamiri attack

TORONTO — Canada-wide warrants have been issued for the arrest of two new suspects in connection with the alleged attack of a 37-year-old woman who was later abducted from an Ontario town, police said Thursday.
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Ontario growing pharmacists' prescribing powers, eyes further expansion

Ontario growing pharmacists' prescribing powers, eyes further expansion

TORONTO — Ontario is giving pharmacists additional prescription powers, and is considering allowing them to administer certain treatments and medications through injection.
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At a glance: Highlights of the Ontario government's budget

At a glance: Highlights of the Ontario government's budget

The Ontario government tabled a budget Thursday that forecasts provincial surpluses after a year, with heavy investments in health care. Here are the highlights: THE PATH TO BALANCE, AND THEN SOME Ontario expects to run a $1.
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Ontario to get rid of temporary paid sick days, lift some COVID measures in LTC homes

Ontario to get rid of temporary paid sick days, lift some COVID measures in LTC homes

TORONTO — Ontario will soon end its temporary paid sick day program, The Canadian Press has learned.
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Ontario to table budget amid both surging revenues, potential slowdown

Ontario to table budget amid both surging revenues, potential slowdown

TORONTO — Ontario's budget is set to be tabled Thursday amid both surging revenues and a potential economic slowdown, and while the finance minister has been signalling "restraint," he says that doesn't mean program cuts.
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Ontario to include new 10 per cent income tax credit for manufacturing

Ontario to include new 10 per cent income tax credit for manufacturing

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Ontario manufacturers would be able to get up to $2 million a year through a new tax credit the government is proposing in its upcoming budget.
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