David Piccini

The federal government is spending another $362 million to help provinces and cities find housing for asylum seekers — but Ontario says it's nowhere near enough.

For more than a decade, a proposal to build a cement plant has hung over one rural Ontario village like a black cloud.

Environment Minister David Piccini announced the proposal Thursday for a non-operating park at the Alfred Bog, a 3,000-hectare expanse that is home to rare plant, animal and insect species.

Canada has a goal to protect 25 per cent of its land and freshwater by 2025, and Nature Canada says the Great Lakes need to be included in this.

The climate ministers of Canada and Ontario joined a fundraising call for the country’s biggest-ever private conservation purchase on Friday, as one heads into an election devoid of climate policy and the other has just approved a massive offshore oil and gas project.

The Ontario government is inviting high school students to share their thoughts on climate change and the environment via a new youth council.

Ford’s energy minister was also shuffled in a massive changeup. Ford also brought back Rod Phillips, a former finance and environment minister who previously resigned from caucus taking a tropical vacation amid COVID-19.