Ontario Building Up Critical Minerals Supply Chain for Electric Vehicles

Ontario Building Up Critical Minerals Supply Chain for Electric Vehicles

SAULT STE. MARIE– The Ontario government has invested $5.8 million to help junior mining companies explore for critical minerals used in manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles, smartphones,...

Celebrate Family Day Weekend in Ontario with Free Fishing

Celebrate Family Day Weekend in Ontario with Free Fishing

TORONTO – This Family Day weekend, from February 18-20, Ontario families and friends can enjoy fishing anywhere in the province without having to purchase a licence or carry an Outdoors Card.

Ontario Connecting Youth Leaving Care with Supports to Succeed

Ontario Connecting Youth Leaving Care with Supports to Succeed

OTTAWA — The Ontario government is investing $68 million in a new program that connects youth in the child welfare system with additional services and supports they need to prepare for and succeed...

Major Investment Strengthens Ontario’s End-to-End Electric Vehicle Supply Chain

Major Investment Strengthens Ontario’s End-to-End Electric Vehicle Supply Chain

BRAMPTON — Ontario has secured a $471 million investment by Magna International, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers, to expand the company’s Ontario operations. With support from the...

Ontario Continues to See Job Growth in Key Sectors

Ontario Continues to See Job Growth in Key Sectors

TORONTO — Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, issued this statement following today’s monthly employment release by Statistics Canada that showed employment in...

Governments of Canada and Ontario Working Together to Build Largest Electricity Battery Storage Project in Canada

Governments of Canada and Ontario Working Together to Build Largest Electricity Battery Storage Project in Canada

OHSWEKEN –The governments of Canada and Ontario are working together to build the largest battery storage project in in the country. The 250-megawatt (MW) Oneida Energy storage project is being...

Ontario Connecting More People to Care at Home

Ontario Connecting More People to Care at Home

TORONTO — As part ofYour Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, Ontario is connecting people to convenient care at home and in their community so more Ontarians can choose to stay in...

Ontario Strengthening Supports for Survivors of Violence and their Children

Ontario Strengthening Supports for Survivors of Violence and their Children

TORONTO, ON — The Ontario government is investing up to $6.5 million to help women and children who have experienced violence and are survivors of human trafficking access the supports and services...

Ontario Preparing People and Communities for Future Emergencies

Ontario Preparing People and Communities for Future Emergencies

TORONTO — Today, the Ontario government released its first-everProvincial Emergency Management Strategy and Action Plan, helping to ensure Ontarians are prepared for and safe during future...

Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care

Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care

TORONTO — The Ontario government today releasedYour Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care. The plan focuses on providing people with a better health care experience by connecting them to...

Ontario Providing Better Service

Ontario Providing Better Service

TORONTO — The Ontario government is making it faster, easier and more convenient for people and businesses to access driver’s licences, health cards, birth certificates and other services.

Ontario Connecting Long-Term Care Home Residents to More Diagnostic Services

Ontario Connecting Long-Term Care Home Residents to More Diagnostic Services

TORONTO — The Ontario government is connecting long-term care residents to faster and convenient access to diagnostic services such as x-rays and ultrasounds. Improved access to care will help...

Ontario Promotes Indigenous Economic Development

Ontario Promotes Indigenous Economic Development

TIMMINS — The Ontario government has launched the annual funding applications for theIndigenous Economic Development Fund (IEDF)and theIndigenous Community Capital Grants Program (ICCGP). This...

Ontario Expanding Mental Health Services for Children and Youth in Every Corner of the Province

Ontario Expanding Mental Health Services for Children and Youth in Every Corner of the Province

WHITBY — The Ontario government is investing $4.75 million to expand the “One Stop Talk” virtual “walk-in” counselling program to connect children, youth and their families with more convenient and...

Building All of Ontario

Building All of Ontario

TORONTO — The Ontario government is working with its rural municipal partners to build housing, encourage economic growth and development, reduce red tape, strengthen the agri-food sector and...

Ontario Expanding Learn and Stay Grant to Train More Health Care Workers

Ontario Expanding Learn and Stay Grant to Train More Health Care Workers

LONDON — The Ontario government is connecting over a dozen underserved and growing communities with more health care workers by expanding theLearn and Stay grant. The grant, which was announced in...

New “As of Right” Rules a First in Canada to Attract More Health Care Workers to Ontario

New “As of Right” Rules a First in Canada to Attract More Health Care Workers to Ontario

WINDSOR – With new “As of Right” rules, the Ontario government will allow health care workers registered in other provinces and territories to immediately start working and caring for people in...

Ontario Reducing Wait Times for Surgeries and Procedures

Ontario Reducing Wait Times for Surgeries and Procedures

TORONTO — The Ontario government is making it easier and faster for people to access the publicly-funded surgeries and procedures they need by further leveraging community surgical and diagnostic...

Ontario Creating Conditions for Attracting Good Jobs and Investments

Ontario Creating Conditions for Attracting Good Jobs and Investments

TORONTO — Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, issued this statement following today’s monthly employment release by Statistics Canada that showed employment in...

First All-Canadian, Zero-Emission Concept Vehicle Designed in Ontario Unveiled at Consumer Electronics Show

First All-Canadian, Zero-Emission Concept Vehicle Designed in Ontario Unveiled at Consumer Electronics Show

NEVADA — Today, Project Arrow, the first, all-Canadian, zero-emission connected vehicle, designed and built in Ontario, was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show, one of the largest and most...

Spread the Word: Local Pharmacies Now a One-Stop-Shop for Thirteen Common Ailments

Spread the Word: Local Pharmacies Now a One-Stop-Shop for Thirteen Common Ailments

TORONTO — Ontario is making it more convenient for people to connect to care closer to home by launching pharmacist prescribing for some of the most common medical ailments.

Ontario Creating More Affordable Child Care Spaces Across the Province

Ontario Creating More Affordable Child Care Spaces Across the Province

TORONTO — The Ontario government is making child care more affordable and accessible for families across the province, creating an additional 53,000 new, affordable licensed child care spaces by...

All Ontarians Aged 5+ Eligible for Bivalent Booster

All Ontarians Aged 5+ Eligible for Bivalent Booster

TORONTO — With the Health Canada approval of a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for five to 11 year-olds, all Ontarians aged five and over are eligible to book a bivalent booster dose starting December 21....

Ontario Providing Free Naloxone Kits in Workplaces

Ontario Providing Free Naloxone Kits in Workplaces

TORONTO – The Ontario government is launching a first-of-its-kind program to make free naloxone kits (and free training) available at workplaces where there is a risk of staff witnessing or...