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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
06 Apr 2023

Ontario’s minimum wage will increase this year

Ontario’s minimum wage is set to see an increase later this year, benefitting nearly a million people in the province’s workforce. The minimum wage is getting a bump as of October 1st, 2023, inc...

Michael Kras
17 Mar 2023

NDP’s Sarah Jama wins Hamilton Centre in byelection

Hamilton Centre will stay orange as NDP candidate Sarah Jama wins the city’s byelection, becoming the next member of provincial parliament (MPP). 28-year-old Jama is a major human rights and disab...

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
09 Mar 2022

Ontario plans to remove mask mandates after March Break

Just over a week after proof of vaccination in select settings was lifted province-wide, the Ontario government has announced its plans to drop provincial mask mandates following March Break. Ontario�...

Michael Kras
31 Jan 2022

Hamilton reopens today and here’s what that means

In case the social media fanfare from local restaurants hasn’t already tipped you off, Hamilton is reopening today after weeks of province-wide COVID-19 restrictions. The Ontario government original...

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
31 Dec 2021

Ontario limits PCR testing to high-risk individuals, delays return to school

The Ontario government has announced some changes to its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the exponential rise of the Omicron variant. The new measures, announced on Thursday, including delaying ...

Michael Kras
16 Dec 2021

Ontario announces new measures to combat Omicron variant of COVID-19

As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread across the province at an unprecedented rate, the Ontario government is announcing new measures to help mitigate the spread. The two largest move...