May 31, 2010 9:30 AM McGuinty Government Targets Youth To Create Smoke-Free Ontario As part of World No Tobacco Day, Ontario is creating new tobacco control programs to target the 650,000 young people most at risk of starting smoking. Tobacco kills more than 13,000 people in Ontario every year, is [Read more]
McGuinty Visits Beirut To Conclude Successful Trade Mission to Middle East Ontario’s six-day trade mission to the Middle East wrapped up in Beirut today, delivering new deals that will create jobs in Ontario. It was the first visit of an Ontario Premier to Lebanon. Over 30 businesses and [Read more]
McGuinty Government Seeks Advice On Legislation A new advisory panel will suggest possible content for legislation that would help prevent lawsuits from being used to silence critics by imposing long and costly court processes on them. These lawsuits are often called Strategic Litigation Against [Read more]
Hands-on Job Experience For Northern Youth May 27, 2010 McGuinty Government Supporting Job-Training NEWS More than 300 youth across Northern Ontario are getting on-site job experience and career training in a wide variety of trades, business and other professional disciplines through [Read more]
May 25, 2010 2:30 PM McGuinty Government Urges Workplaces To Prevent Heat Stress Ontario is encouraging employers and workers to learn how to protect themselves from heat stress this summer. As summer days get hotter, the harm caused by too much heat can become a significant problem in many [Read more]
Gravelle and Mauro announce $494,162 in Funding for Asset Forfeiture Project Police efforts to target criminals and seize the proceeds of their criminal activities will get a boost with funding from the McGuinty government, MPP Michael Gravelle and MPP Bill Mauro announced today. The province [Read more]
Michael Gravelle, M.P.P. / Bill Mauro, M.P.P. Thunder Bay – Superior North / Thunder Bay – Atikokan For Immediate Release May 25, [Read more]
McGuinty Meets Israeli Prime Minister In Visit To Jerusalem Ontario’s life sciences mission celebrated the first new partnerships signed between Israeli and Ontario companies at a ceremony in Tel Aviv. The partnerships included: Ontario’s Ministry of Research & Innovation and [Read more]
Outdoor Burning Restricted In Areas of Northeastern Ontario May 20, 2010 McGuinty Government Implements Restricted Fire Zone A Restricted Fire Zone has been declared in Northeastern Ontario north of the French River to reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires. Effective 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, [Read more]
McGuinty Government Helping Grow A New Industry, Creating Jobs Ontario is supporting the development of new technology that could substantially reduce the cost of solar energy, while creating jobs. The province is supporting Morgan Solar Inc., a company with a new approach to capturing and [Read more]
May 18, 2010 6:00 PM Premier’s Innovation Awards Recognize Homegrown Talent From pioneering ways to save the lives of stroke victims to creating a desktop DNA analyzer for infectious disease, Ontario’s legacy of innovation continues to grow. Ten exceptional people and businesses were [Read more]
McGuinty Government Encouraged At Spirit Of Cooperation The Ontario government is encouraged to see environmental groups and forest companies working together to help develop a plan that would lead to both a healthy and a prosperous Canadian forest. The historic Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, [Read more]
McGuinty Government Working to Make Ontario A Clean Water Leader As part of its Open Ontario Plan the province is taking steps to make Ontario the leading clean water jurisdiction in North America. To be introduced later today, the Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act would, if passed, [Read more]
May 13, 2010 2:00 PM Decision Aims To Bring More Stability To The Hog Marketing System Producers will now have greater clarity and stability in the way hogs are marketed in Ontario.The Honourable Carol Mitchell, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, has concluded a ministerial review of [Read more]
McGuinty Government Reducing Time Paramedics Spend In Hospitals, Creating Jobs Ontario is helping hospitals create more nursing positions dedicated to assisting patients who arrive in emergency rooms (ERs) by ambulance. The province is providing $9.6 million for municipalities to create over 90 [Read more]
