Ontario

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. 

My analysis of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals a staggering revelation — more than 150 monthly temperature records have been broken across Canada this year.

Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government announced more than $11 million in new funding Wednesday to help pay the expenses of the local municipality to rebuild in the wake of the explosion.

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.”

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.

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.

Neglecting evidence that green subsidies generate jobs and investments, detractors of the recent Stellantis deal seem driven more by an ideological conviction than rigorous cost-benefit analysis, writes researcher Gideon Salutin.

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.

On Thursday and Friday, Neskantaga First Nation will face off in court against the Ontario government over what the nation argues was a flawed consultation on a road that will link the province’s road infrastructure with the Ring of Fire mining region.

The roadmap, unveiled Monday, “doesn't forecast what kind of a supply mix Ontario is going to have in the future. It doesn't make a commitment to net zero in any year ... it doesn't really forecast and talk about the price of electricity going forward because it's not forward-looking,” said Keith Brooks, programs director at Environmental Defence.

The decision permits the establishment of additional penned hunting facilities and allows for the transfer of existing licences to new owners, both of which were previously banned under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act.

My analysis of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals a staggering revelation — more than 150 monthly temperature records have been broken across Canada in the first six months of this year.

These species, protected by federal laws, should serve as ammunition for Ottawa to compel Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government to slow down or even abandon its proposal to construct thousands of homes on the Greenbelt's withdrawn areas, advocates say.

A cold front passing through Ontario and Quebec is expected to offer relief today after a multi-day heat wave.