cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/73191275

The Ontario Liberals are calling on the provincial government to coordinate the end of the semi-annual time change with the Quebec government, warning two time zones in the national capital region would create many challenges.

Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, with clocks set to go back one hour.

Many States in the US allow this and it's old hat in Europe. Imagine hanging solar panels off your balcony plugged into the outside plug reducing your power bills. Maybe preventing Ontario needing to buy power from the States.

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The Ontario government is considering new laws that would give police greater powers to break up protests, issue fines, demand identification, and potentially arrest people who refuse to identify themselves.

If you are against this, AND YOU SHOULD BE, you have 2 days left to comment.

Comment on the proposal here: https://www.regulatoryregistry.gov.on.ca/submit-comment/55215

Ontario’s deficit has grown by more than $3 billion in the past few months as the province continues to face economic headwinds blowing up from the U.S.

In an economic update delivered on Thursday, the Ford government said the deficit for 2026-27 is now projected to be $16.9 billion, up from the $13.8 billion that was projected in the budget tabled back in March.

Loved this video, as someone who uses this system frequently, I am going to miss it when I move.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/73085896

While people in the National Capital Region will enjoy an extra hour of sleep on Sunday, it could be the last time Gatineau residents wind back their clocks, according to Quebec’s new premier.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/73086480

An Ontario cabinet minister says the provincial government is now investing nearly $10 billion into the new Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus project.

The Ottawa Hospital is building a new state-of-the-art health care and academic research centre on Carling Avenue near Dow’s Lake. The hospital, to replace the aging Civic Campus, will have 641 single patient rooms and an expansion of operating rooms.

The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate for the first time since July 2023 Wednesday to tamp down inflation, a hike Ontario Premier Doug Ford panned as “a massive mistake.”

“Higher rates won’t get oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz or lower tariffs on Canadian businesses. They will only make life more expensive for Canadian families and workers, punishing them for something they can’t control,” Ford wrote in a tweet before the announcement was made this morning.

Their anti-Trump bromance is paying off politically. What Canadians get out of it is harder to say

Instead of firing this asshat for theft or public tax dollars , he’s shifted him into a new position which he’s unqualified for while the entire education system is being gutted.

Every time conservatives win, everyone but the ultra rich lose.

Fuck Doug Ford

Tenants at a west-end Toronto apartment building have ended their months-long rent strike after they say the landlord withdrew an attempt to retroactively increase rents by more than five per cent.

Advocates are hailing it as a victory amid a surge of rent strikes across Toronto in recent years, with hundreds of tenants protesting what they call deteriorating living conditions and unfair rent hikes.

Tenants at a west-end Toronto apartment building have ended their months-long rent strike after they say the landlord withdrew an attempt to retroactively increase rents by more than five per cent.

Advocates are hailing it as a victory amid a surge of rent strikes across Toronto in recent years, with hundreds of tenants protesting what they call deteriorating living conditions and unfair rent hikes.

Since Sept. 15, the museum has received seven fines from the city totalling $2,750. At least one expert says the city is not dealing with the problem of homelessness by fining the charitable organization that runs the museum, which showcases historic vehicles.