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Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) announced today that the special deal with Volkswagen, to set up an electric vehicle battery plant in southwestern Ontario, will set the federal government back by approximately $16.3 billion over the next decade. This new estimate overshadows the government's original figures by billions, which originally accounted for a $700 million...

NDP's Leader of the Official Opposition, Marit Stiles (Davenport), along with Consumer Protection critic Tom Rakocevic (Humber River – Black Creek) and colleagues, have initiated province-wide hearings to confront soaring cell phone bills and the scarcity of reliable internet access, particularly in Northern and rural areas. Stiles minced no words on Monday, highlighting that Ontarians...

A recent report reveals that neither Bell nor the Ontario government is willing to disclose the profits they made from a jail phone system that charged what has been described as "exorbitant" rates for inmate calls from 2013 to 2021. The Offender Telephone Management System, operated by Bell, only allowed inmates to make collect calls...

Engineers from the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto have developed a groundbreaking material that transforms simple mechanical vibrations into electricity, providing a clean energy source for sensors in various devices, including those in the Internet of Things (IoT). The product, which took a decade to create, is compact, reliable, cost-effective, and environmentally...

Starting today, May 2, transit users across various participating municipal transit systems in Ontario can now use their Interac debit or credit cards for payments on PRESTO devices. The participating transit systems include GO Transit, UP Express, Brampton Transit, Burlington Transit, Durham Region Transit, Hamilton Street Railway, MiWay in Mississauga, Oakville Transit, York Region Transit,...

It wasn't until the media picked up the customer's story that Bell got in touch with her and initiated an investigation into what happened

82-year-old Sandra Ferguson from Waterloo, Ontario, claims that an installer from Bell cut up her carpet when he came over to her apartment two years ago

Kitchener, Lincoln, and Vaughan are the latest cities in Ontario to ban TikTok on government-issued devices in light of recent cybersecurity concerns

The federal and Ontario governments on Monday announced an investment of over $13 million to expand high-speed internet in Ontario. The contract will see Bell Canada implement high-speed internet for over 6,400 homes in Arnprior, Braeside, Burnstown, Carp, Constance Bay, Dunrobin, Fitzroy Harbour, Glasgow Station, Kinburn, Marathon Village and White Lake. The announcement is part...

As part of the ban, the city will also suspend activity on its own TikTok account, which was created earlier this year to communicate with residents

Today, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada announced a joint investment with Ontario government to expand rural internet in the province at the cost of over $61 million. There will be six projects to bring high-speed internet to over 16,000 homes in 47 rural Ontario communities, along with 3 First Nations communities in Northern Ontario....

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and the Ontario government announced on Thursday they will invest over $48 million to expand high-speed internet to rural parts of the province. The project will see YorkNet, created and owned by the Regional Municipality of York, bring high-speed internet to over 3,800 homes in 31 communities in Ontario...