Ontario
Opposition to Greenbelt land swap reaffirmed by Ontario First Nations leaders in unanimous vote
First Nations leaders from across Ontario are demanding the provincial government return environmental protections to land it recently removed from the Greenbelt to...
Ontario government to introduce legislation to cut gas, fuel taxes
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is introducing legislation to temporarily reduce gasoline and fuel taxes. In a news release issued Monday morning, the province said...
Ontario’s plan to sell ‘clean energy’ credits doesn’t wash with environmental groups
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is working on a plan to sell “clean energy credits” to companies wanting to lower their carbon footprint,...
Canada’s Nurse Shortage Getting Dangerous
Hospital employees are leaving their jobs at an alarming rate across Canada. As a result, experts and healthcare workers are urging the federal...
Ontario: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is not holiday
A government spokesperson confirmed that the Ontario government will not make National Day of Truth and Reconciliation a provincial holiday, prompting criticism from...
London man saves family of 4 ‘all drowning simultaneously’ at Ontario beach
Bronson Deagle was at a secluded area of Ontario’s Grand Bend South Beach last weekend with his wife and two daughters, enjoying their...
Turned around at the U.S. border, forced to quarantine for 14 days: An Ontario man’s ‘ridiculous’ ordeal
An Ontario man is speaking out about what he calls an “illogical” situation after being forced to quarantine for 14 days even though...
Canada added 94,000 jobs in July, pushing jobless rate down to 7.5%
Canada’s economy added 94,000 jobs in July, far fewer than what economists were expecting, but enough to push the jobless rate down to...
Story of Black woman from Niagara who helped keep escaped slave free is included in new book
The extraordinary story of a Black man who escaped slavery in Kentucky by stealing his “owner’s” horse, and the Niagara woman who fought...
Ontario appeal court dismisses Ford government’s appeal over controversial Student Choice Initiative
Ontario’s Court of Appeal has dismissed the Ford government’s bid to overturn an earlier decision that quashed its so-called Student Choice Initiative —...
Northwestern Ontario under smoke alerts due to forest fires in region and Manitoba
As northwestern Ontario continues its weeks-long battle against forest fires, Environment Canada has issued more air quality statements for the entire region due...
How Niagara museums plan to tell the story of COVID-19 50 to 100 years from now
A number of Ontario museums are working overtime to collect artifacts such as social distancing signs and multimedia files — including high-resolution photographs — as...
Line 5 pipeline between U.S. and Canada could cause ‘devastating damage’ to Great Lakes, say environmentalists
An aging pipeline that carries oil along the bottom of the ecologically sensitive and turbulent Straits of Mackinac, where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron...
Canadians have a lot to learn about this country’s history of slavery, experts say
WARNING: This story contains disturbing details about slavery. As Sharon Robart-Johnson walks around the Black history room at the Yarmouth County Museum, she points...
Singh hopes to build ‘momentum’ on tour of Indigenous communities
When the evacuation of Neskantaga First Nation due to tainted water made international headlines last fall, then-chief Chris Moonias encouraged the prime minister and other federal politicians to...
Grassy Narrows funding pact for mercury-poisoning care home spurs joy and bitter memories
Sitting in the bleachers around the powwow grounds of Grassy Narrows First Nation, dozens of community members gathered for a feast on Monday....
