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Metro
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Emmerdale icon unexpectedly explodes with fury, threatens local and goes missing
There are some weird dynamics going on in Emmerdale's Tenants cottage now that Liam Cavanagh (Jonny McPherson) has moved out, and they were already weird before. With Liam out of the way, it's just Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt), Mandy Dingle (Lisa Riley), and third wheel Bear Wolf (Joshua Richards), an odd dynamic for a couple in the early years of their marriage, and as frisky as these two. When Liam first left, Bear knew it was too weird and immediately assumed Paddy and Mandy wanted him gone. Instead, they made it clear they're a family unit and gave him the biggest bedroom. But the former wrestler is still restless. To keep him occupied and to cheer him up, Mandy and Bear give him a motorbike to fix up, but it backfires when he starts leaving the parts all over the house and irks them all over again. It's a difficult time. A compromise is needed and Cain (Jeff Hordley) agrees to let Bear fix his bike at the shop and the old man is more than chuffed to have a proper space to work in. But later, his mood swings and Bear loses is at the bike, then again later takes his anger out on Kammy (Shebz Miah) when his frustrations at the bike become too much. More Trending Paddy is gutted to see his dad so riled up and for no clear reason. But gutted turns to shock when Bear strolls back in at home like nothing has happened. Want to be the first to hear shocking EastEnders spoilers? Who's leaving Coronation Street? The latest gossip from Emmerdale? Join 10,000 soaps fans on Metro's WhatsApp Soaps community and get access to spoiler galleries, must-watch videos, and exclusive interviews. Simply click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! Don't forget to turn on notifications so you can see when we've just dropped the latest spoilers! They quiz him, which peeves him again and he storms upstairs, leaving Paddy and Mandy to wonder what on Earth is going on. A sudden personality shift suggests a worrying health issue might be afoot. Mandy has a word with her hubby and convinces him to talk to his dad, but when he goes to find Bear, they are devastated to find that he – and the bike – are long gone. What's happened to Bear? View More » MORE: ITV star joins Emmerdale as mysterious new farmer Celia – and a brutal attack follows MORE: Emmerdale legend makes plea to be in Coronation Street crossover: 'Imagine the potential'
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
The Green Line's guide to the 2025 Ontario election
Provincial politics affect Torontonians every day. This spring, the city could lose three major bike lanes and five supervised consumption sites following bills passed by the Ontario government. Decisions out of Queen's Park can also impact your access to housing and health care. So, are you ready to vote in the Ontario election on Feb. 27? Let us help you. First, make sure you're registered to vote by Feb. 17 on You'll need to confirm or update your address, personal information and your ID. You should receive your voter registration card by Feb. 22. After registering to vote, you have a few options. You can vote on election day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. by bringing your ID at your assigned voting location. You also have options to vote in advance from Feb. 20 to 22 between 10 a.m to 8 p.m. at an advance voting location in your electoral district. You can also apply to vote by mail. The deadline to do so is Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. How to choose who to vote for? Well, that's up to you. To help you make an informed decision, we collected information on where the Ontario Liberal Party, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, the Ontario New Democratic Party and the Green Party of Ontario stands when it comes to The Green Line's five pillars of liveability: housing, jobs, food, commuting and health. The Greens and NDP sent us their statements by email. The Liberals and PCs did not respond to multiple requests for comment in time, so we collected the following information from their election platforms, news releases and publicly available statements. When it comes to housing, all four major parties want to invest more into housing. The Liberals, NDP and Greens also want to establish rent control. Here are the Liberals' plans: Establish the Rental Emergency Support for Tenants (REST) Fund to help vulnerable renters Eliminate the provincial Land Transfer Tax for first-time home buyers Scrap development charges to save people up to $170,000 on the cost of a new home Get more co-op and rental apartments built by removing extra taxes like Community Benefits Charges Resolve new landlord-tenant disputes in under two months and clear the backlog at the Landlord and Tenant Board Here are the PC's plans: Provide $5 billion for the Building Ontario Fund to invest in housing, long-term care, energy, transportation and municipal infrastructure projects Invest $2 billion in the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program and the Enabling Water Systems Fund to create new opportunities for construction workers and help build more homes Build homes faster by standardizing development study requirements and Building Code permit approvals Develop a province-wide tool to accelerate land-use planning Invest $530 million to create 27 new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs Here are the NDP's plans: Protect and support renters while delivering 1.5 million new homes over the next 10 years through the Homes Ontario plan Crack down on renovictions and demovictions Legalize more housing like fourplexes in all neighbourhoods Build at least 300,000 permanently affordable, non-market homes Here are the Greens' plans: Build more kinds of homes that people can afford Reduce fees on homes to reduce cost for for first-time buyers Build 250,000 new affordable non-profit and co-op homes and 60,000 permanent supportive homes Jobs are a priority for all the parties especially in the context of potential tariffs. The four major parties advocate for expanding protections for Ontario industries and protecting jobs. The NDP and the Greens also want to support unions. Here are the Liberals' plans: Support the creation of 40,000 new paid co-op, internship and apprenticeship positions through tax credits for employers who hire young people Cut the small business tax rate in half so employers can hire more employees Cut income tax for Ontario workers Help Ontario businesses with a new Fight Tariffs Fund that gives them access to lower-than-market interest rates Here are the PC's plans: Invest an additional $1 billion in the Skills Development Fund Invest an additional $100 million in the Better Jobs Ontario program Invest $40 million to mobilize action centres in the event of layoffs to provide immediate employment Advocate for the federal government to expand protections, including the Wage Earner Protection Program Invest $5 billion to support the resiliency of major industries and workers through a new Protect Ontario Account Invest $10 billion in immediate cash flow support to Ontario job creators Invest up to $3 billion in tax and payroll premium relief for employers and small businesses Invest $165 million for a 'Learn and Earn' initiative to help workers earn a paycheque in the skilled trades while receiving on-the-job training Implement termination and severance rights for workers that are affected by tariff-related layoffs and closures Collaborate with the federal government on employment support to ensure existing provincial training programs work in tandem with the federal Work-Sharing Program Here are the NDP's plans: Work with trade-exposed industries to create and maintain new export markets, and invest in retraining opportunities in post-secondary and the skilled trades Partner with Ontario employers and unions to protect jobs Promote interprovincial cooperation and break down trade barriers Launch a Buy Ontario campaign to promote Ontario goods Negotiate a joint federal-provincial income assistance program to support people whose livelihoods are impacted by U.S. tariffs Here are the Greens' plans: Increase the minimum wage to $20 and index it to inflation each year Increase the number of paid sick days from three to ten Make it easier for workers to join unions and engage in bargaining across regions Strengthen rights and protections for gig workers Invest in an Ontario strategy to create more jobs in the clean energy industry When it comes to food, the NDP and Green Party agree on fighting price-gouging. The Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties didn't address food prices directly but both want to support the agri-food sector. Here are the Liberals' plans: Protect prime farmland, including the Greenbelt and champion a sustainable agri-food sector to support farmers and rural communities Feed every elementary and secondary school kid a free and healthy lunch every school day by quadrupling funding for school food programs Here are the PC's plans: Increase annual funding for its Risk Management Program (RMP) from $150 million to $250 million to enhance support for farmers and the province's $51 billion agri-food sector Here are the NDP's plans: Provide a recurring Monthly Grocery Rebate of up to $122 per month based on household income and family size Force big retailers to publicly post when they raise prices more than two per cent in a week, and establish a watchdog to enforce competition laws and keep food prices fair Create a universal school food program Here are the Greens' plans: Provide startup funding for community-owned food markets Support community gardens through land gifts and organisational support Create an Ontario Foodbelt to protect prime farmland from being lost to non-agricultural uses Introduce strict anti-gouging and collusion laws to stop grocery corporations from gouging people on their grocery bills When it comes to commuting, two of the four major parties want to invest in highways and three of the four major parties want to invest in transit. Here are the Liberals' plans: Hire an additional 300 special constables for TTC, Metrolinx and other major transit across the province Establish the Crisis Assistance and Response Enhancement Fund to double investment in Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams Install platform doors in all TTC subway stations Invest in municipal and regional road repair and maintenance, widen provincial highways, upgrade winter maintenance of key provincial highways, fix and repair bridges and add turning lanes where needed Increase GO service through the GTA Here are the PC's plans: Invest $73 million to speed up construction on the Gardiner Expressway by more than a year Build more connected GO train services across the entire network, with two-way, all-day 15-minute GO service to Kitchener and Niagara Expand the Ontario Line, the three-stop Scarborough Subway, the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension and the Yonge North Subway Extension Bring back the Northlander with 16 stops between Cochrane and Toronto, with service set to start in 2026 Finish building Highway 413 and transportation corridor across Halton, Peel and York regions Widen Highway 401 across Eastern Ontario Build the new four-lane Highway 7 from Kitchener to Guelph Here are the NDP's plans: Provide provincial funding for 50 per cent of municipal transit operations to ensure local transit services are reliable, frequent, convenient and affordable for riders Deliver long-delayed GO rail expansions to Kitchener, Niagara and Bowmanville Here are the Greens' plans: Prioritize transit-oriented development Upload costs to the province that had previously been downloaded onto municipalities, including transit funding to increase access for riders Expand GO service and inter-regional bus service For health, all the four major parties emphasize the importance of ensuring every Ontarian has access to a primary healthcare provider. The Liberals and Greens, as well as the NDP want to hire more healthcare workers. The PCs wants to enhance digital tools for providers and patients. Here are the Liberals' plans: Educate, attract and retain 3,100 family doctors and accelerate the process to integrate at least 1,200 qualified and experienced internationally trained doctors over the next four years through Practice Ready Ontario Ensure that everyone in Ontario has a family doctor within four years Offer a bonus to nurses and doctors who want to come back home to Canada from the U.S. Double Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefits and index it to inflation Ensure that mental health care is covered under OHIP Crack down on health care privatization Here are the PC's plans: Invest $1.8 billion to connect more people to primary care providers Invest $12 million in the Health Technology Accelerator Fund to provide opportunities for innovators to partner with local health-care service providers Open new medical schools in Ontario and expand medical school seats across the province Invest an additional $88 million to expand the Learn and Stay Grant to cover more medical students Continue investing $743 million to address immediate health-care staffing needs Invest $50 billion to build or upgrade 50 hospitals across Ontario Roll out a $6.4 billion plan to build 58,000 new and upgraded long-term care beds across the province by 2028 Here are the NDP's plans: Recruit and support 3,500 new doctors Invest $4.05 billion over four years in new residency spots and refreshed budgets to resolve the crisis in primary care Establish and fund more family health teams, nurse practitioner-led clinics and Community Health Centres Clear the path for 13,000 internationally trained doctors and increase residency spots Free up time for doctors and NPs to spend with patients by giving more funding for administrative support Expand healthcare in Northern Ontario by hiring 350 doctors, including 200 family physicians and 150 specialists Here are the Greens' plans: Hire more nurses, doctors as PSWs in every region Ensure every Ontarian has access to a primary healthcare provider within three to five years Stop healthcare privatization and bringing per-capita healthcare funding up to the national average Increase access to affordable, barrier-free mental healthcare by providing free access under OHIP We've received requests to compare party platforms on climate change. So, we've added this section to try and address this concern. The Green Party published the most extensive list of climate change policies. The Liberal and New Democratic party both listed protecting the Greenbelt and Ontario farmlands as part of their promises. Here are the details: Here are the Liberals' plans: Axe the carbon tax Develop a 'Made in Ontario' environmental action plan in conjunction with the federal government and other provinces to protect Ontario's land, water, air, biodiversity and communities Protect prime farmland, including the Greenbelt and champion a sustainable agri-food sector to support farmers and rural communities Here are PC's plans: Open a new, all-season provincial park to focus on building stronger and healthier communities by expanding recreational opportunities for families to enjoy Here are the NDP's plans: Establish a Youth Climate Corps to help young Ontarians learn skills and earn a fair wage while helping local communities reduce their emission and restore their natural environments Protect the Greenbelt and Ontario's prime farmland Here are some of the Greens' plans: Make it easier for people, farmers and businesses to connect renewable energy to the grid and to make virtual net metering possible Ensure grid capacity and low-cost grid connections for renewable energy generation Invest in smart grid implementation and innovations such as bi-directional EV charging, peak demand programs and storage Phase out expensive fossil gas plants by 2035 Direct IESO to have an open, competitive bid process for the lowest cost emission-free sources of electricity generation Lower costs and reduce waste with a Circular Economy Act to support reuse, repair and recycling jobs and businesses Provide two billion dollars per year for capital spending for municipalities to build resilient infrastructure through a dedicated Climate Adaptation Fund With elections coming up soon, we know a lot of you still have questions about registering, voting and finding out where parties stand. So, we'll try to answer the most common concerns that we received so far. Do I need to register to vote? Expand Registering to vote is to confirm, update or add your information with your municipality. The process is easily accessible online and doesn't require a lot of time. If you voted in the last election, and your name or personal address hasn't changed since then, you don't need to register. If nothing has changed for you, it's still a good idea to confirm your info and be on the safe side, but ultimately, it's personal preference. How can I find out where each party stands on issues I care about? Expand We compared party positions on food, housing, health, commuting and jobs. Of course, there are a lot more topics to be covered – some of you asked us where parties stand on climate change, gender-based violence and more topics. By now, all parties have published their commitments and you can check them to see if they address the issues you care about. Liberal Party platform Progressive Conservative Party platform Green Party platform New Democratic Party platform While we try to answer your questions, we encourage you to reach out to the parties and ask them to answer your specific questions if they're not covered in the platforms. Here's how you can reach them: Ontario PC Ontario Liberals Ontario NDP Ontario Greens If you have not seen it yet, check out the Ontario Leaders Debate 2025. Can I get a ballot in the mail? Expand You can apply to vote by mail using this link before 6 p.m. on Feb. 21. How do I vote as a snowbird? Expand If you are temporarily living outside of Ontario, you can look into registering as an absentee voter. Can I register at the poll on election day? Expand If you are registered to vote in advance, you will receive a voter information card. If you receive this, you can bring that card and one piece of identification showing your name. However, if you do not have a voter information card, you will need to bring one piece of identification with both your name and your address. Click here to read more about the types of accepted IDs. If I go to university in a different city than my home address, where do I register to vote? Expand If you live in two places, you will need to select which address you consider to be your home address when registering. If you're a post secondary student voting for the first time, click here to read more about voting for the first time. Where do I go to vote? How do I know what location? Expand You can search up your postal code on this site to find out your electoral district. We'll keep updating this section so if you have any more questions, make sure to message us on our socials or email us at hello@ This story first appeared on
