Up to $3,000 will be allocated to each participate to help them develop skills that can be used on the project to twin Highway 17 between Kenora and the Manitoba border.

Once complete, the new Extendicare Stittsville will provide 256 upgraded, modern long-term care beds. The home is expected to start receiving residents in the fall of 2023.

The school is the first in the country to achieve carbon neutrality. The project was designed and built by cleantech integrator Ameresco, which will operate a solar-powered microgrid on the school grounds.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has committed to fully funding a controversial Greater Toronto Area highway project that's been in the planning stages for decades

Ontario is planning to establish a housing affordability task force, as both prices and the number of home sales have grown in the past year, though it's a pledge the opposition parties dismiss as meaningless.