Doug Ford

In recent weeks, the property owner of 765 and 775 Kingston Rd. E. in Ajax, roughly 40 kilometres northeast of Toronto, listed the land for sale. A portion of the property was slated to be turned into a business park rather than homes, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing said in a statement.

Environmentally concerned residents in an Ontario town are cheering a last-minute decision by the Doug Ford government to abandon development plans in a nearby part of the protected Greenbelt. 

As Canada struggles through its worst fire season in recorded history, a new survey suggests protecting forests remains one issue that unites most Canadians no matter who they are or where they live.

With out-of-control wildfires burning across the country, pressure is mounting on Ottawa to set up a national firefighting agency.

In the wake of a heated controversy surrounding the Ontario Greenbelt land swap, Ryan Amato, chief of staff for Housing Minister Steve Clark, has tendered his resignation. Premier Doug Ford accepted Tuesday’s resignation "effective immediately.”

The relationship between the Ontario government and developers who benefited from having lands removed from the Greenbelt needs to be explored by an agency with criminal investigative powers in its quiver, writes Environmental Defence's Tim Gray.

Young climate activists’ recent legal victory in a Montana court case shows “climate litigation is progressing in a good direction all over the continent,” according to a young Canadian fighting a similar legal battle in Ontario’s Court of Appeal.

From local zoning to community consultations, there are plenty of ways cities are hitting the brakes on residential construction, even as Canada faces a significant housing shortage.

In the wake of a scathing auditor general report, environmental advocates and one opposition party are calling for Ontario's integrity commissioner and the Ontario Provincial Police to investigate the Ford government's Greenbelt plans.

Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk found the Ford government’s 2022 decision to open part of the protected Greenbelt for development was driven by political influence and privileged access.

Doug Ford's $8.3-billion Greenbelt grift is a litmus test for whether voters will actually stand up to political corruption. If they give him and his PCs a pass, it'll send a dangerous message to other politicians about just how far they can go.

In a scathing report released Wednesday, Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk found the Doug Ford government’s 2022 decision to open part of the protected Greenbelt for development was the result of a deeply flawed and biased process.

Impassioned Hamilton residents and environmental advocates attended an anti-sprawl protest this week to push back against orders by Ontario Premier Doug Ford to build housing outside city boundaries.

Canada's climate minister is facing virtually unprecedented opposition from almost every corner of the country as he works to implement a suite of clean energy policies. 

Two swampy wetland areas nestled in the heart of the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve have become ground zero in the battle against Premier Doug Ford's plan to develop a chunk of Ontario's Greenbelt lands.