Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Allison Jones
Publication Date: October 3, 2025 - 14:08
Mayors call on Premier Ford to cover costs of planned speed camera ban
October 3, 2025
Several Ontario municipalities are pushing back on Premier Doug Ford’s planned speed camera ban, urging him to tweak the program instead of outright cancelling it – but if he forges ahead, they say the province should foot the bill.
Ford has announced that his government will introduce legislation this month to prohibit the use of speed cameras across the province.
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Alberta’s decades-old practice of partly funding private schools is coming under fresh scrutiny as public schools sit empty with teachers on strike for the third day this week.On Tuesday, a citizen-initiated petition was approved by Alberta’s chief electoral officer that would ask if the Government of Alberta should stop allocating public funds to accredited independent schools.
October 8, 2025 - 21:00 | Matthew Scace | The Globe and Mail
Ontario announced on Wednesday that 25 fertility clinics will receive the first round of funding as a part of its $250-million plan to reduce waiting lists for in vitro fertilization and “triple” the number of families that can access expensive fertility treatments.The announcement provided details from the province’s first major expansion of its Ontario Fertility Program, which launched in 2015 to help people struggling with infertility pay for procedures such as IVF.
October 8, 2025 - 19:34 | Jennifer Yang | The Globe and Mail
Canada and the United States “are much more coordinated” than it may appear, says Prime Minister Mark Carney.
“There is still a very deep, enduring and reinforcing relationship between Canada and the United States. As Canadians, we benefit from that,” said Carney via video call to the U.S.-Canada Summit in Toronto on Wednesday.
The comments were made in conversation with Gerald Butts, the vice chairman of Eurasia Group, a political risk analysis and consulting company. Butts was former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s principal secretary from 2015 to 2019.
Carney pointed out that...
October 8, 2025 - 18:52 | Courtney Greenberg | National Post
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