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A string of fatalities at Suncor Energy Inc. has caught the attention of investors who view workplace safety breaches as a warning sign of deeper problems within a company.

The Conservative party says six leadership candidates have cleared the final hurdles to getting their names on the ballot, while three others who did not make the cut are pushing back.

"Zoonotic spillovers" are expected to rise, with at least 15,000 instances of viruses leaping between species over the next 50 years.

A coalition of Ontario environmental groups is calling on provincial parties vying for power in the upcoming election to make it illegal to pave over the Greenbelt.

Exchange Income Corp. launches Indigenous pilot training program

In an echo of Premier Doug Ford’s (unfulfilled) “buck-a-beer” election promise four years ago, the Ontario Liberals are promising a buck-a-ride.

Stellantis, the new company created a year ago by the merger of Fiat Chrysler and France's Group PSA, is investing another $2.4 billion to its electrification projects.

The charge came after the release almost four years ago of about 2.8 million litres of process water, a byproduct of oil and gas production and typically high in salt content.

While vaccination and improved treatment have made COVID-19 less deadly, Quebec reported Saturday that there have been 15,000 deaths attributed to the pandemic in the province — the most in Canada.

Front-line workers are calling for more support for Indigenous families after a Statistics Canada analysis found First Nations, Inuit and Métis women are more likely to experience physical or sexual assault in their lifetime if they were in government care as children.

“The whole concept of talking about freedom is definitely a direct result of the pandemic," said Chris Chapin, a managing principal at the Upstream Strategy Group, who worked on past leadership campaigns for Ontario Progressive Conservative candidates.

Ottawa police found themselves patrolling increasingly empty downtown streets on Sunday, May 1, 2022, as the "Rolling Thunder" protest made good on plans to decamp from Canada's capital, but the force did open an investigation after the scene of the day's only formal event was defaced with graffiti targeting demonstrators.

In 2015, the average price paid for an EV was around $36,000. Now, it's over $63,000.

A new caribou conservation agreement between the federal government and Ontario fails to protect habitat critical to both the iconic creatures and the climate fight, environmental groups say.

Regenerative farming promotes raising crops and livestock together along with other methods to promote soil health.