In the news today, July 12
Five stories in the news for Thursday, July 12
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ONTARIO’S NEW GOVERNMENT TO GIVE FIRST THRONE SPEECH
Ontario’s new government will lay out its plans today in a throne speech expected to highlight several of Premier Doug Ford’s campaign promises. While the new government has been quiet about the specifics of the speech, it has said the rare summer sitting was meant to address three priorities: scrapping the cap-and-trade system, ending the strike at York University and cancelling a wind power project.