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'Don't use the phones,' Ontario Premier Doug Ford tells students
Ontario's latest attempts to limit cellphone use in classrooms are designed to help students focus on learning, Premier Doug Ford said Monday. The province's education minister announced new rules Sunday on cellphone and social media use in elementary and high schools. Ford said his message to students in class is simple: do not use cellphones. "The teachers want the kids to pay attention, it's as simple as that," Ford said at an unrelated announcement in Ottawa. "It's not that...
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Doug Ford shouldn't politicize court cases, Ontario opposition says after Umar Zameer's aquittal
Ontario’s opposition leaders are warning Premier Doug Ford against politicizing the judicial system after a man whose bail he once publicly question was acquitted. Umar Zameer was found not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Toronto Police Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup on Sunday following a five-week trial. A jury heard that he was with his pregnant wife and young son in a parking garage when plainclothes officers rushed the vehicle while investigating a stabbing he was not...
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Ontario will start construction on Highway 413 in 2025, Premier Doug Ford said in Caledon, Ont. on Tuesday.
Ontario will start construction on Highway 413 next year, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday. According to officials, the province is currently evaluating the ground’s composition and hopes to host a “market sounding event” in May with key stakeholders to discuss how to move construction forward “quickly and efficiency.” The government hopes to begin expediting land acquisitions in the fall, it says. Construction would start in 2025. “Highway 413 is going to be a game changer for the...