Ontario

Tens of trillions of dollars in economic gains lie in wait as the ultimate prize for nations that can successfully put a price on pollution, kill fossil fuel subsidies and take other steps to tackle climate change — but time is running out.

Canada's protected supply-managed dairy industry emerged as a major 11th-hour irritant as the Trudeau government returned on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, to what could be the final, pivotal round of talks to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford tweeted a selfie of himself with Alberta Opposition leader Jason Kenney criticizing a tax on pollution, as his government faced accusations from federal Liberals of restricting some public servants from speaking about climate change.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford drew applause from the province's municipal leaders on Monday in Ottawa as he touted his early record and dodged accusations of "meddling" in democracy as if he were the head of government in a developing country.

"Wildfire smoke is so thick in Prince George, it looks like night, after the sun has risen." That's a quote from Global News. Evacuations, damaged health, Beijing-like fog, nightmarish infernos. Welcome to the new normal.

The announcement by Ontario’s month-old conservative government to slash the number of councillors in Canada’s largest municipality has threatened to upend a core democratic process already in full swing, say experts and candidates. The question on everyone’s minds now is what checks are in place to thwart such a reconstruction and what Toronto’s democracy could look on the other side.

Ontario's government-owned power company is making its first foray outside the province, announcing a deal to buy New Jersey-based Eagle Creek Renewable Energy for $388 million.

Ontario launched its buck-a-beer plan on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, by offering "non-financial incentives" to brewers who sell their beer for $1, prompting critics to question the Progressive Conservative government's priorities and accuse the province of trying to deflect scrutiny on key issues such as education and the environment.

Forest fires like the ones currently burning in Ontario can have long-term impacts on the environment, experts say, noting that increasingly warmer and drier weather conditions are making such blazes more common.

Premier Doug Ford’s abrupt move to reduce the number of council seats from 47 to 25 at this late stage in our election period is literally gerrymandering,

In addition to firefighting crews from across Canada and the United States, Ontario welcomed three separate groups of 100 Mexican firefighters each, on July 20, 24 and 28.

The City of Toronto now has $11 million in its coffers from the federal government to pay down some costs it has incurred dealing with an influx of irregular border crossers.

Federal public servants never analyzed the full impact of a national price on carbon in Canada's most populous province, and are now holding additional meetings as a result of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's election and his subsequent decision to abandon a carbon trading market, a senior federal official revealed Thursday.

Two organizations have filed a formal request for Ontario’s Chief Electoral Officer to launch an investigation into an election advertising blitz by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Canada’s largest oil and gas lobby group.

Crews battling massive fires in northwestern Ontario have been diverted to the heart of the province's cottage country, where a smaller blaze that started more than a week ago is inching closer to a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway, provincial officials said on Monday, July 30, 2018.