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From unpredictable arrivals to millions of missing warblers and sparrows, birders have a front row seat to the effects of the climate crisis

Just when Ontario should be moving to clean, sustainable energy, Ford’s so-called “Keeping Energy Costs Down Act” locks new houses into a fossil fuel that’s frying the planet.

The Ford government has overruled an independent regulator to subsidize gas developers at homeowners’ expense

If homeowners applied through the Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) website and their files weren’t transferred to Enbridge before Feb. 4, when the Greener Homes Grant program stopped accepting applications, then

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is overriding the province's independent energy regulator after it ruled late last year that the public shouldn't be subsidizing Enbridge's fossil fuel expansion plans as the climate crisis unfolds.

In a rare moment of saying the quiet part out loud, Enbridge tells the Ontario energy regulator that Conservatives will likely repeal the carbon price as a reason to dismiss certain evidence from being considered in a ruling about the future of new gas hookups.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government pledged to overturn a decision from the Ontario Energy Board on the basis it would make the costs of new homes too expensive. But is that really true?

Expansion of natural gas into parts of central and southern Grey-Bruce won’t be completed this year

Expansion of natural gas into parts of central and southern Grey-Bruce won’t be completed this year

Expansion of natural gas into parts of central and southern Grey-Bruce won’t be completed this year