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Rob Ferguson Reporter
  • Toronto
  • Toronto Star

Rob Ferguson has been a reporter covering provincial politics in the Queen's Park Bureau of the Star since 2004 and is in his third term as president of the Ontario Legislative Press Gallery. Prior to Queen's Park, he was a business reporter for the Star on the banking, mutual funds, stock market and personal finance beats. He has also written for the Star's Food, Wheels and Travel sections. Rob came to the Star after stints at The Canadian Press, the Windsor Star and Stratford Beacon Herald. Rob is a graduate of the Carleton University School of Journalism, studied at the University of Western Ontario's Economic Institute for Journalists, and successfully completed the Canadian Securities Course.

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455 Articles
3 months ago
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NDP candidate Sarah Jama wins provincial Hamilton Centre byelection

The 28-year-old founder of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario replaces Andrea Horwath, who quit as MPP in Augu...

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3 months ago
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NDP candidate at centre of Israel controversy apologizes for ‘poor choice of words’

Sara Jama is apologizing for “harmful” comments in a video circulating online that NDP Leader Marit Stiles acknowledg...

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Hamilton police ‘protect Nazism,’ NDP byelection candidate told 2021 rally

New Democrat Leader Marit Stiles is standing by her candidate in Thursday’s Hamilton Centre byelection after video em...

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Volkswagen to build electric vehicle battery plant in southwestern Ontario

Volkswagen is building a factory to make electric vehicle batteries in St. Thomas, south of London, bringing auto job...

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Antisemitism charges upend Ontario byelection race in NDP stronghold

It was expected to be a smooth cruise to victory in the NDP stronghold of Hamilton Centre but the campaign has been b...

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Doug Ford’s health care promises won’t come true without more money, Ontario’s financial watchdog...

Ontario’s financial watchdog warns the province is set to fall $21.3 billion and thousands of nurses short by 2028.

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Ontario must start preparing for next pandemic, top doctor says

In his annual report, Dr. Kieran Moore said Ontario needs to maintain a “steady state of readiness” to blunt the heav...

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Complaints about lack of ‘courtesy,’ ‘respect’ in hospitals spiked during pandemic’s second year,...

Ontario’s patient ombudsman says his office saw a spike in complaints during the second year of the pandemic.

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3 months ago
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Ontario Liberal leadership hopefuls say early vote boosts chances of defeating Doug Ford

A handful of Liberals in early jockeying to lead the party out of the doldrums after two disastrous provincial electi...

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Doug Ford’s health plan is to add more ‘for-profit corporations,’ Liberals told

Opposition parties have raised concerns the plan will weaken medicare and could end up with patients paying extra fee...

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Hammered twice by Doug Ford, Ontario Liberals gather with an eye on 2026 election

As more than 1,500 Ontario Liberals gather in Hamilton for the party’s largest convention in a generation, there’s a ...

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3 months ago
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TVO workers vote to strike amid conflicting claims about future of its journalism

The union said 96 per cent of employees represented by the Canadian Media Guild voted in favour of strike action if n...

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