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Commercial eviction ban too little, too late, says MPP Ian Arthur

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19, Doug Ford, Ian Arthur, small business, Steve Clark

The Ontario provincial government has announced a decision to temporarily freeze and reverse evictions for commercial tenants during COVID-19. The

Ontario releases list of essential businesses permitted to be open during COVID-19 pandemic

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Cris Vilela 32 Comments COVID-19, Doug Ford, essential businesses, Ontario

The Ontario government has now released the list of all essential businesses which will be permitted to remain open during

Ontario Premier orders the mandatory closure of all non-essential businesses

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Cris Vilela 4 Comments business closure, COVID-19, Doug Ford, Ontario

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has ordered the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Four major education unions to stage province-wide walkout next week

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Tori Stafford 3 Comments AEFO, Association des enseignantes et des enseignants frano-ontariens, Doug Ford, elementary schools, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Kingston, Minister Lecce, one-day province-wide strike, one-day province-wide walkout, Ontario, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), Ontario government, Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF), secondary schools

For the first time since 1997, teachers and education workers in Ontario’s elementary and secondary school will all participate in

Opinion Politics

A Letter to the Premier (in response to #AMOConf19)

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Robert Kiley 0 Comments 2019, AMO Conference, Association of Ontario Municipalities (AMO), City of Kingston, climate emergency, Doug Ford, emissions, Ford governement, health care, infrastructure, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Public Health, Queen's Park, Robert Kiley

Dear Doug, I must admit, it was an odd experience hearing you speak at the Association of Ontario Municipalities Conference

Kingston students walkout, march to protest curriculum changes

September 21, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments curriculum changes, Doug Ford, Ford governement, Kingston, secondary school, sex ed, student march, student protest, student rally, student walk-out

Chanting “We can’t go back to ’98!” and “We as youth deserve to know!” approximately 1,000 secondary students in Kingston

What is the Nothwithstanding Clause?

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 Brandon Tozzo 0 Comments Andrea Horwath, Brandon Tozzo, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Doug Ford, Ford Government, Government of Ontario, Kingston, Notwithstanding clause, Ontario, Ontario Legislature, Queen's Park, Section 33, Toronto City Council

Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of 1982 (or the Notwithstanding Clause) gives parliament, at either the

Environment News Politics

MPP Ian Arthur eager to take on new role as environment and sustainability critic

August 27, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments agriculture, Andrea Horwath, Chez Piggy, climate change, Doug Ford, emails, Environment and Sustainability Critic, farming, Ford Government, green economy, Ian Arthur, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, mandate letters, MPP Ian Arthur, NDP, official opposition, Official Statement, Ontario Conservatives, Ontario NDP

Kingston and the Islands’ MPP Ian Arthur will certainly be busy in Queen’s Park having recently been appointed the environment

Environment News Politics

Official statement from MPP Ian Arthur regarding Ford government’s anti-climate-change language emails

August 27, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments climate change, Doug Ford, emails, environment, Ford Government, MPP Ian Arthur, Official Statement, Ontario Conservaties, Ontario NDP

“The experts and the evidence are all clear; climate change is a real, urgent crisis that we must address now,

Food & Drink News

Kingston brewers respond to Ford’s ‘buck-a-beer’

August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 Marisa Sandlin beer, buck-a-beer, craft beer, Doug Ford, King’s Town Beer Company, Kingston, Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), local, local breweries, micro brewery, Riverhead Brewing Company, Spearhead Brewing, Stone City Ales

After the long weekend – during which, no doubt, many suds were sunk – Ontarians were treated to a

MPP Ian Arthur reacts to ‘disappointing’ throne speech

July 12, 2018 Tori Stafford Conservative Party, Doug Ford, Ian Arthur, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, New Democratic Party (NDP), Ontario legislture, Ontario politics, politics, Queen's Park, throne speech

The 42nd Parliament of Ontario has officially opened with Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell’s speech from the throne at 2 p.m. on