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Michael Kras
22 Jul 2024

LCBO strike ends, stores reopening Tuesday

LCBO stores across Ontario are reopening on Tuesday after Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) workers ratified a collective agreement with the crown agency. The result means the strike has ...

Michael Kras
05 Jul 2024

LCBO stores across Ontario closed as strike begins

Those looking to stock up on beer, wine, and liquor will have to find alternatives to the LCBO, as employees of the government-run liquor store chain goes on strike for the first time ever. Over 9,0...

Michael Kras
11 Apr 2024

Doug Ford orders LCBO to bring back paper bags

Ontario premier Doug Ford has pushed the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) to reinstate its use of paper bags for customers. Ford issued a letter to the LCBO’s president and CEO Dr. Georg...

Michael Kras
25 Dec 2023

Ontario convenience stores to begin selling beer, wine, canned cocktails

Ontario residents will be able to pick up a couple of cold ones at their local convenience store in the near future. An announcement from the Ford government this month reveals that beer, wine, ...

Michael Kras
03 Oct 2022

Ontario’s minimum wage officially increases

Ontario’s minimum wage increase officially went into effect on October 1st, 2022, giving minimum wage earners a 50 cent increase to their hourly rate of pay. This comes after the provincial governme...

Michael Kras
03 Jun 2022

Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives win majority in Ontario election

Ontario is getting four more years of Ford. Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have won their second majority government in the 2022 provincial election, with NDP Party leader Andrea Horw...

Michael Kras
14 Feb 2022

Ontario announces plans to remove COVID-19 measures

The Ontario government has announced its plans to remove some province-wide protections against COVID-19. Premier Doug Ford spoke on Monday morning to reveal the province’s plans to let go of measur...

Michael Kras
09 Feb 2022

Ontario is now giving out COVID-19 rapid tests through grocery stores

Let’s try this again, shall we? After a move to distribute COVID-19 rapid tests through LCBO locations fell fantastically short, the Ontario government has begun to distribute rapid tests through ov...

Michael Kras
20 Jan 2022

Ontario will begin easing COVID-19 restrictions on January 31st

The Ontario government has announced that some COVID-19 restrictions will be gradually lifted beginning at the end of the month. Premier Doug Ford spoke publicly on Thursday afternoon about the curren...

Michael Kras
11 Jan 2022

Ontario says schools will return to in-person learning January 17th

Though cases of COVID-19 are still surging province-wide, the Ontario government has confirmed plans for public elementary and secondary schools to return to in-person classes this Monday, January 17t...