
Few Ontario grocery stores accepting booze empties, some weigh returning licences
TORONTO — Very few Ontario grocery stores that are required to accept empty alcohol containers are doing so, leaving the future of the deposit return

TORONTO — Very few Ontario grocery stores that are required to accept empty alcohol containers are doing so, leaving the future of the deposit return

A Canadian tenant advocacy group says nearly half the renters they surveyed don’t have air conditioning, as they press for protections from climate-fuelled extreme heat.

TORONTO — Road, rail and mine blockades could be on the horizon, First Nations leaders said Monday, as they ratchet up pressure on the Ontario

TORONTO — Species could go extinct if Ontario passes a controversial mining bill that is set to transform its approach to endangered species and the

TORONTO — Mining claims in the Ring of Fire region are up 66 per cent over the last three years and now total an area

A southwestern Ontario member of Premier Doug Ford’s caucus is speaking out against his government’s decision to cancel an environmental assessment for a landfill expansion
TORONTO — A major piece of Toronto’s climate plan appears to be in the Ontario government’s crosshairs, critics warn, as the province advances a bill

Bruce Davidson remembers the E. coli outbreak that ravaged his hometown 25 years ago as a “strange dream.” The hospital in the small Ontario community

TORONTO — Ontario’s electricity is now being produced with the highest percentage of greenhouse-gas-emitting power since coal plants were operating in the province. The Independent

TORONTO — The City of Toronto says it has euthanized a pair of mated coyotes due to public safety concerns after multiple reported incidents in

TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals have asked the integrity commissioner to investigate the province’s decision to backtrack on an environmental assessment of a massive landfill

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling pumpkin seeds in Ontario due to possible salmonella contamination. The federal inspection body says the affected products are

TORONTO — Proposed Ontario legislation that would give cabinet power to create “special economic zones” and allow the government to exempt itself from following laws

Canada’s top court has dismissed Ontario’s request to weigh in on a major challenge to its climate plan brought by a group of young activists.

TORONTO — Canada’s highest court is set to decide whether it will hear arguments in a trailblazing climate change lawsuit that could clarify whether governments

TORONTO — Ontario is moving to gut protections for endangered plants and animals as part of a mining bill, environmental groups say, with some calling

TORONTO — The University of Toronto is launching a new climate institute with the help of a $60-million gift. The interdisciplinary Lawson Climate Institute is

An ongoing trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s hunger for critical minerals have brought Canada’s rich mineral deposits into the spotlight, with federal and

TORONTO — The majority of Ontario’s electricity utilities don’t study how climate change could threaten parts of the power grid, a survey found as the

TORONTO — Toronto’s largest public park says its famous cherry blossom trees are showing their first signs of impending bloom. Every year, thousands of locals

MISSISSAUGA — Police say a man from Mississauga, Ont., is facing animal cruelty charges after several puppies were found either dead or mutilated. Peel regional

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney took his promise of making Canada an “energy superpower” to the heart of Canada’s oil industry Wednesday, becoming the

CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA — Old Man Winter has proven to be a resilient cuss, slamming through parts of Canada with a wallop of heavy snow

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants to create what he calls “shovel ready zones” that would have pre-approved permits for major projects resources or