agriculture

Aboriginal Affairs

North Bay Nugget: Camp Island access behind petition

Agriculture - Horse racing

Ministry: Four More Race Tracks Sign Funding Agreements

Sun News: Ontario's 2013 horse racing season is on: Wynne

Toronto Star: Ontario horse racing: Premier Kathleen Wynne announces deal to rescue 4 racetracks

Global Toronto (CP): Province makes deals with more racetracks for 2013 season despite loss of slots

CBC Toronto: Horse racing saved at 6 Ontario tracks, sport to join OLG

Better Farming: Six Ontario racetrack transition funding agreements signed, more to come

Sun News: Horse racing in Ontario will be smaller but sustainable industry: Wynne

Windsor Star: Horse racing group unimpressed by premier’s announcement

Aboriginal Affairs

Wawatay News: ‘We’ll live up to the treaties’: Zimmer

Agriculture

London Free Press: City-based ag minister keeping word so far

Better Farming: Manitoulin Island farmer takes Chicken Farmers to task for small flocks policy

Algo Centre Mall Inquiry

CBC Sudbury: Elliot Lake mall roof collapse inquiry starts Monday

Citizenship and Immigration

Toronto Star: Sanctuary City: Toronto’s signal to Ottawa and Queen’s Park

Economy

CBC News: Canada's economic output shrank in December

Huffington Post: Canadian Economy Running Out Of Sources Of Growth

Daily Commercial News: Canadian firms take “wait-and-see” approach

Aboriginal Affairs

Brantford Expositor: Brant OKs deal with Six Nations

Agriculture

Farms.com: Major Debacle at Queens Park Leads to Second Swearing-in for Premier

Toronto Star: Premier Kathleen Wynne needed second, secret swearing-in as minister of agriculture and food

Midland Free Press - Op-ed: New premier starting off strong for agriculture

Economic Development

Globe and Mail: Ottawa embarks on $2.1-million auto industry study

Global Toronto: Wynne hopes focus on job creation finds common ground with opposition

Huffington Post - Schreiner: Ontario Should Lead the Cleantech Revolution

Aboriginal Affairs

CBC Thunder Bay: Thunder Bay's aboriginal population fears racism and violence

Agriculture

Better Farming: Farmers take Agricorp's overpayment policy to court

Community and Social Services

Wellesley Institute: Ontario Budget: Earn more, Keep more, Restore

Community Safety and Correctional Services

APTN: Nishnawbe Aski Nation police departments in state of emergency

Globe and Mail (CP): Ashley Smith’s mother speaks to inquest: ‘Most of her life, she was smiling and happy’

Toronto Star: Ashley Smith inquest: Coralee Smith says adult jail changed her daughter

Agriculture

Better Farming: Appeal tribunal still silent on why it denied NFU accreditation

Better Farming: Looking to Europe for biomass answers

Community and Social Services

Barrie Examiner: Class-action suit alleges residents suffered abuse at Huronia Regional Centre

Community Safety and Correctional Services

Toronto Star: Ashley Smith inquest: Guard told inmate’s problems ‘behavioural not mental’

Wawatay News: Families prepare for upcoming inquest into youth deaths

Economic Development

OPO: Job Creation Is Key To A Strong Economy And A Fair Society