Mark McAllister
@markmcallister.bsky.social
Sr. Journalist for @CityNews Toronto, Husband, Dad, NBA Fan ... Contact: [email protected]
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PM Carney, Premier Ford meeting in Ottawa today toronto.citynews.ca/2025/08/18/c...
PM Carney, Premier Ford meeting in Ottawa today
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are meeting in Ottawa today. A federal government official says there likely won’t be an announcement coming out of the meeting between the two...
toronto.citynews.ca
August 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
PM Carney, Premier Ford meeting in Ottawa today toronto.citynews.ca/2025/08/18/c...
Provincial and territorial leaders gather in Huntsville with the deadline for U.S. trade negotiations approaching toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Trade with the U.S. top of mind for Canada's premiers in Huntsville
The country's provincial and territorial leaders are bracing for what's to come with the deadline for U.S. trade negotiations approaching. Indigenous leaders were also on hand to discuss ongoing conce...
toronto.citynews.ca
July 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Provincial and territorial leaders gather in Huntsville with the deadline for U.S. trade negotiations approaching toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Ford reveals new designs for the public space at Ontario Place including a ‘revenue-generating’ parking structure toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/24/o...
Province unveils final designs for re-imagined Ontario Place
The Ford government has released renderings of the final designs for the new Ontario Place. A look at some of the highlights.
toronto.citynews.ca
June 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Ford reveals new designs for the public space at Ontario Place including a ‘revenue-generating’ parking structure toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/24/o...
Province has yet to finalize all HART Hub agreements in Toronto toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Province has yet to finalize all HART Hub agreements in Toronto
Homeless and addiction treatment services under the province's new model have yet to be fully realized. Mark McAllister reports on why the Ford government is nearly three months late getting agreement...
toronto.citynews.ca
June 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Province has yet to finalize all HART Hub agreements in Toronto toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
‘The biggest betrayal’: A year on, staff grieve Ontario Science Centre’s snap closure toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/20/t...
'The biggest betrayal': A year on, staff grieve Ontario Science Centre's snap closure
In the year since the abrupt closure of the Ontario Science Centre, the cost of a new site at Ontario Place has escalated, its opening date has been pushed back and there is no sign of a temporary loc...
toronto.citynews.ca
June 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
‘The biggest betrayal’: A year on, staff grieve Ontario Science Centre’s snap closure toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/20/t...
Hoarding removed from Sir John A. Macdonald statue at Queen's Park toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Hoarding removed from Sir John A. Macdonald statue at Queen's Park
Five years after being vandalized by protesters and boarded up for protection, the province has revealed the statue of Canada's first Prime Minister again. Mark McAllister explains the reasoning amid ...
toronto.citynews.ca
June 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hoarding removed from Sir John A. Macdonald statue at Queen's Park toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Online LTC inspection records may soon be limited to three years @drvivians.bsky.social toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Long-term care inspection records may be removed online over time
A new bill from the Ford government aims to remove online data showing inspection records from long-term care facilities after three years. Mark McAllister looks at the details.
toronto.citynews.ca
June 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Online LTC inspection records may soon be limited to three years @drvivians.bsky.social toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Hundreds of residents are being airlifted to safety after the Canadian Armed Forces were brought in at the province's request toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/09/7...
700 people evacuated by military as northern Ontario wildfire threatens First Nation
Officials say the Canadian military has evacuated more than 700 people from northern Ontario where a major wildfire is threatening a First Nation.
toronto.citynews.ca
June 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Hundreds of residents are being airlifted to safety after the Canadian Armed Forces were brought in at the province's request toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/09/7...
Ford government passes Bill 5 despite Indigenous protests and warnings of action to come toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/04/b...
Ontario passes controversial mining law as Doug Ford warns against blockades
The proposed Bill 5 has sparked an angry backlash from First Nations who say the bill tramples their rights and ignores their concerns.
toronto.citynews.ca
June 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ford government passes Bill 5 despite Indigenous protests and warnings of action to come toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/04/b...
First Nations communities and leaders rally against Bill 5 toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
First Nations communities and leaders rally against Bill 5
The Ford government’s controversial Bill 5 is seeing push back from Indigenous leaders at Queen’s Park for violating treaty rights. Mark McAllister reports.
toronto.citynews.ca
June 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
First Nations communities and leaders rally against Bill 5 toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Ontario to limit debate on controversial Bill 5, among other legislation toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/02/o...
Ontario to limit debate on controversial Bill 5, among other legislation
The NDP's Opposition House leader, John Vanthof, spoke in a debate last week over the government limiting debate.
toronto.citynews.ca
June 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Ontario to limit debate on controversial Bill 5, among other legislation toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/02/o...
Few Ontario grocery stores accepting booze empties, some weigh returning licences toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/30/f...
Few Ontario grocery stores accepting booze empties, some weigh returning licences
TORONTO — Very few Ontario grocery stores that are required to accept empty alcohol containers are doing so, leaving the future of the deposit return program in question as The Beer Store closes locat...
toronto.citynews.ca
May 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Few Ontario grocery stores accepting booze empties, some weigh returning licences toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/30/f...
Ontario Education Minister may soon have more power over school boards toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Ontario Education Minister may soon have more power over school boards
The Ford government is introducing new legislation that would allow the province to put school boards under supervision for mismanaging funding. Children's aid organizations would also be under scruti...
toronto.citynews.ca
May 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Ontario Education Minister may soon have more power over school boards toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Ontario to amend mining bill, add Indigenous economic zones amid First Nations uproar toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/28/o...
Ontario to amend mining bill, add Indigenous economic zones amid First Nations uproar
Premier Doug Ford's government is set to capitulate to some First Nation demands on a controversial mining bill.
toronto.citynews.ca
May 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Ontario to amend mining bill, add Indigenous economic zones amid First Nations uproar toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/28/o...
First Nations stand firm in opposition to the Ford government’s Bill 5 without consultation toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
toronto.citynews.ca
May 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
First Nations stand firm in opposition to the Ford government’s Bill 5 without consultation toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
New housing bill aimed to speed up development but gives the province more power toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
New housing bill aimed to speed up development with more power
The Ford government's plan to fast-track housing construction would also give the province more authority to bypass municipal approvals and delay development charges to builders. Mark McAllister expla...
toronto.citynews.ca
May 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
New housing bill aimed to speed up development but gives the province more power toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Doug Ford asks Mark Carney to prioritize ‘nation-building’ Highway 401 tunnel toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/05/h...
Doug Ford asks Mark Carney to prioritize 'nation-building' Highway 401 tunnel
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is seeking Prime Minister Mark Carney's support for his idea to build a tunnel under Highway 401.
toronto.citynews.ca
May 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Doug Ford asks Mark Carney to prioritize ‘nation-building’ Highway 401 tunnel toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/05/h...
Ontario eyes involuntary addiction treatment for people in jail, on parole, probation toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/01/o...
Ontario eyes involuntary addiction treatment for people in jail, on parole, probation
The province is opening up abstinence-based homeless hubs and expanding treatment beds, which are in short supply.
toronto.citynews.ca
May 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Ontario eyes involuntary addiction treatment for people in jail, on parole, probation toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/01/o...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford slams courts over bail and bike lanes injunction, suggests electing judges toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/30/o...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford slams courts over bail and bike lanes injunction, suggests electing judges
During a news conference on bail reform measures, Ontario Premier Doug Ford also suggested shaming certain judges over bail decisions.
toronto.citynews.ca
April 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Ontario Premier Doug Ford slams courts over bail and bike lanes injunction, suggests electing judges toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/30/o...
Ontario considering change to length of teachers’ college, documents suggest toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/30/o...
Ontario eyes shorter teachers' college to tackle educator shortage
In recent years, Ontario has allowed some teacher candidates to work as supply teachers in response to shortages.
toronto.citynews.ca
April 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ontario considering change to length of teachers’ college, documents suggest toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/30/o...
Ontario to experience ‘modest recession’ with Windsor the most impacted by U.S. tariffs: FAO toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/30/o...
Ontario to experience 'modest recession' with Windsor the most impacted by U.S. tariffs: FAO
Ontario's economy will experience a "modest recession" this year, as a result of tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
toronto.citynews.ca
April 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ontario to experience ‘modest recession’ with Windsor the most impacted by U.S. tariffs: FAO toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/30/o...
Canada election 2025: Liberals set to form government, Poilievre defeated in Ottawa-area riding toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/28/c...
Canada election 2025: Liberals set to form government, Poilievre defeated in Ottawa-area riding
CityNews projects Mark Carney and the Liberal Party of Canada will form the next government in the 45th Parliament.
toronto.citynews.ca
April 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Canada election 2025: Liberals set to form government, Poilievre defeated in Ottawa-area riding toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/28/c...
Disabled students increasingly being secluded and restrained: report toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Disabled students increasingly being secluded and restrained: report
The Community Living Ontario report 'Crisis in the Classroom' suggests children with special needs are not getting proper support at school. Mark McAllister speaks with parents and looks at the recomm...
toronto.citynews.ca
April 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Disabled students increasingly being secluded and restrained: report toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Therme ‘misrepresented itself’ to secure Ontario Place spa deal with province: New York Times toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/16/n...
Therme 'misrepresented itself' to secure Ontario Place spa deal with province: New York Times
A New York Times investigation has found that luxury spa company Therme "misrepresented" itself in order to secure a lucrative deal in Toronto.
toronto.citynews.ca
April 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Therme ‘misrepresented itself’ to secure Ontario Place spa deal with province: New York Times toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/16/n...
Tariff response to be focus at Queen’s Park as new session begins after election toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/15/t...
Tariff response to be focus at Queen's Park as new session begins after election
TORONTO — Ontario’s response to the escalating trade war with the United States will factor heavily in the first legislative sitting after Premier Doug Ford cruised to victory in the snap February ele...
toronto.citynews.ca
April 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Tariff response to be focus at Queen’s Park as new session begins after election toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/15/t...