The federal environment minister says he is designating a controversial highway project in the western Greater Toronto Area for assessment.

Plans for a purpose-built facility for the institution were revealed last week, and call for a two-storey, 65,000-square foot building on Little Lake in Peterborough.

The funding will be used to support five projects, including improvements and upgrades to the Native Horizons Treatment Centre in Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.

Ontario's neglected long-term care sector needs sweeping reforms to protect its vulnerable residents, an independent commission has found.

The province has given the green light for two-way, all-day GO train service to operate along the Innovation Corridor between Toronto and Kitchener. The latest development in the issue sees an RFQ issued to bolster track infrastructure along the line.