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"This is a real coup," said Maria Adcock, who lives nearby. "This is a beautiful area that shouldn't be developed and this discovery should help save the forest."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard are urging Canadians to dig deep and contribute to the relief effort for flood victims in Ontario and Quebec.

Thousands of Canadians across the country spent the weekend in a desperate struggle with rising floodwaters caused by unusually persistent rainfall.

More than 130 communities in the province have been hit by the flooding, with an estimated 1,500 homes affected and 850 people forced to evacuate.

The dam hasn’t seen this much action since 1993, the last time Lake Ontario was this high. But the system can only handle so much.

Ontario's first balanced budget in a decade is being released this afternoon and is expected to contain new money to benefit seniors, students, parents, caregivers and patients.

Ontario is launching a basic income pilot project in three communities this spring, aimed at providing financial stability for low-income residents.

An evacuation due to flooding fears is underway at a remote First Nation community in northern Ontario.

The Ontario government says it has paid a $28-million award that a NAFTA tribunal ruled was owed to a wind power company over a provincial offshore wind moratorium.

The most recent data on Ontario opioid-related deaths is from 2015, when the Office of the Chief Coroner says 548 people died from opioid toxicity.

Conservative and Democrat candidates gave their Liberal rivals a bit of a scare Monday in a pair of byelections in Ontario where some of Justin Trudeau's policies and promises played a central role.

Ontario's first cap-and-trade auction sold out all current allowances, giving the new market a strong start, but the province's environment minister warned the real test of the system is coming.

The federal political parties will put their popularity to the test today in five byelections.

The federal and Ontario governments are each investing more than $100 million to support a $1-billion partnership with Ford Canada.

Ontario cabinet ministers are heading south to urge legislators to exempt Canada from a Buy American policy it plans to introduce, warning that it could lead to trouble on both sides of the border.