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Cambridge MPP Belinda Karahalios, Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner and four NDP MPPs have called for public consultations into a ministerial zoning order for a large warehouse to be built in Cambridge. Officials with Six Nations of the Grand River say they weren't consulted.

Environmental groups and residents in York Region are speaking out against a plan that they say could open up a lot more unprotected farmland for development.

It only took 15 minutes for a tornado to rip through Goderich exactly 10 years ago Saturday, leaving behind a trail of damage estimated at more than $100…

South Simcoe Police have charged a 23-year-old Springwater man after his car ended up in Lake Simcoe.

An endangered species of butterfly is making a comeback in Ontario thanks to the work of a group of researchers. The Ontario Butterfly Species at Risk Recovery Team was formed in 2017 and has dedicated the last four years to the recovery of the Mottled Duskywing butterfly.

From the Thunderbird bridge flying over Humber Bay to the remains of a Huron-Wendat village in Scarborough, the city’s remarkable Indigenous history is everywhere

"The moment we leave our apartment and come aboard, our stress levels plummet"

July 29, 2021   ·   0 Comments By Rob Paul As the Government of Ontario continues to prepare and plan for two new highways through farmland and the Greenbelt, groups took action this past week. A day of action was held to protest the GTA West Corridor (Highway 413) and the Holland Marsh Highway (Bradford Bypass) on Saturday, July 24. Protests were held across the regions that would be impacted by these highways. They took place in Cal...

  BARRIE, ONT. -- Following the EF2 tornado in the south end of Barrie that left a trail of destruction so damaging it could take years to rebuild, experts are now questioning the strength of Ontarios building code. "When it comes to downward forces like the weight of snow on a roof, for example, our code is very good at addressing those downward forces," said Glenn McGillivray, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. "In a wind storm, particularly a tornado, that roof wants to get suck...

  BARRIE, ONT. -- A tour boat operator has been fined following the death of a Scarborough woman who fell overboard on Lake Simcoe in Innisfil, Ont. while touring with friends last year. According to Transport Canada, the individual, who was not identified, illegally operated a privately-owned pleasure craft as an uncertified commercial tour boat. "These actions contributed to a fatal boating incident on Lake Simcoe," Transport Canada stated in a release on Tuesday. While celebrating her ...