Ontario Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Tue, 18 Sep 2018 19:42:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Ontario Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Premier Doug Ford Uses “Notwithstanding Clause” https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/09/16/premier-doug-ford-uses-notwithstanding-clause/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 02:39:25 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=17160 In June, the province of Ontario got a new premier: Doug Ford. His political party won the election in a landslide and has a "majority government." That means the party Ford leads has more votes than all of the other political parties put together, and it gives them a lot of power to get things done.

Recently, Ford and his party used that power in a way that has upset some people.

It all began when Ford announced that he was going to reduce the number of city councillors in Toronto from 47 to 25. Toronto is one of the largest cities in Ontario.
Ford says having fewer councillors will make the city run better.

But people who don't agree with Ford say he is only doing it because he doesn't like some of the Toronto councillors. They say it's not a business move--it's personal.

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]]> Ontario Premier Says She Can’t Win Election https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/06/05/ontario-premier-says-she-cant-win-election/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/06/05/ontario-premier-says-she-cant-win-election/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2018 01:05:29 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=17041 The current premier of Ontario says there will be a new premier after the election on June 7 and it most certainly won't be her.
That was a very surprising announcement.
Premier Kathleen Wynne leads the Ontario Liberal Party. She is one of three main candidates vying for the spot of premier in the upcoming election. The other two main candidates are Doug Ford Jr., who leads the Progressive Conservative (PC) party of Ontario and Andrea Horwath, who leads the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/06/05/ontario-premier-says-she-cant-win-election/feed/ 1 Wounded Warriors Compete In Invictus Games in Toronto https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/09/24/wounded-warriors-compete-invictus-games-toronto/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/09/24/wounded-warriors-compete-invictus-games-toronto/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:37:46 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16374 More than 550 "wounded warriors" are gathered in Toronto, Ontario this week, to compete in the Invictus Games.
The competitors are soldiers who became injured during their military service. Many of them are missing a limb, for instance, and many others have PTSI which is a mental health condition caused by trauma.

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/09/24/wounded-warriors-compete-invictus-games-toronto/feed/ 1 Street Artist Offers Hope And Peace To Torontonians https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/02/12/street-artist-offers-hope-peace-torontonians/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/02/12/street-artist-offers-hope-peace-torontonians/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2017 03:00:01 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16000 The poster says "take what you need."
It's common to see such posters on bulletin boards or telephone poles, advertising items for sale or inquiring about lost pets.
Normally, the rip-off tags would be a phone number or an address where you could buy the item.

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/02/12/street-artist-offers-hope-peace-torontonians/feed/ 1 Bonnie And Clyde Capybaras Escape From Toronto Zoo https://teachingkidsnews.com/2016/05/29/bonnie-clyde-capybaras-escape-toronto-zoo/ Mon, 30 May 2016 00:15:11 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=15559 One of Canada’s largest cities is focussed on a pair of rodents. Two capybaras escaped last week from a small zoo in the city.
A capybara is a South American rodent—a pretty cute-looking one—but big. In fact, capybaras are the largest rodents and can weigh up to 200 pounds.

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]]> Changes To The Canadian Senate https://teachingkidsnews.com/2015/12/06/canadian-senate-may-be-changing/ Mon, 07 Dec 2015 01:48:58 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=15027 Canada's new prime minister plans on changing the way Senators are chosen.

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]]> Canadians Elect Liberal Majority Government, Justin Trudeau as PM https://teachingkidsnews.com/2015/10/25/canadians-elect-liberal-majority-government-justin-trudeau-as-pm/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2015/10/25/canadians-elect-liberal-majority-government-justin-trudeau-as-pm/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2015 01:24:43 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=14900 Canadians will soon have a very different government in power.
In the federal election last week, the Conservative government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, was defeated.

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2015/10/25/canadians-elect-liberal-majority-government-justin-trudeau-as-pm/feed/ 2 Tobogganing Banned In Some Canadian and US Towns https://teachingkidsnews.com/2015/01/18/tobogganing-banned-canadian-us-towns/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2015/01/18/tobogganing-banned-canadian-us-towns/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2015 01:35:32 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=14463 Tobogganing is a very popular winter sport in Canada and the United States.
Recently, some towns in Canada and the United States have banned tobogganing.
Other towns have put limits on which hills people can toboggan on.

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2015/01/18/tobogganing-banned-canadian-us-towns/feed/ 6 Sentence Handed Down In “Pierre Poutine” case https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/11/19/1-sentence-handed-pierre-poutine-case/ Thu, 20 Nov 2014 03:44:56 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=14205 Back in 2011, during a Canadian federal election, some people living in Guelph, Ontario received messages on their phones urging them to vote.

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]]> Toronto Elects John Tory As Its Next Mayor https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/10/27/2-election-coverage/ Tue, 28 Oct 2014 02:51:47 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=13968 Torontonians have elected John Tory as the next Mayor of Toronto.

Tory won with more than 40 per cent of the vote.

He beat Doug Ford, who came second with 34 per cent of the vote. Olivia Chow came third with just 23 per cent of the vote.

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