‘True northern hospitality’: how the City of North Bay helped a controversial plastics factory open
Emails show city officials offered ‘support and guidance’ to international plastics company in securing multimillion-dollar...
Stories by Leah Borts-Kuperman
Nipissing First Nation greenhouse provides year-round fresh food in northern Ontario
Growing hydroponic spinach ‘bigger than my head’ is an effort to combat chronic illness and...
5 things to know about a Mississauga factory using a carcinogenic gas
Ontario lets Sterigenics monitor its own emissions, despite high levels of ethylene oxide detected near...
Inside the City of Mississauga’s discussion of a factory using a known carcinogen
Internal emails show confusion among officials over environmental permits for Sterigenics, and questions of how...
How Ontario allows industry to evade air pollution rules
When a company plans a new factory in Ontario that will regularly emit toxic chemicals,...
Emails show North Bay plastics company unclear on environmental permits
North Bay Mayor Peter Chirico assured residents a controversial factory was safe on the very...
A Mississauga factory is using a known carcinogen. Residents had no idea
High levels of ethylene oxide were detected near a now-closed Scarborough plant owned by Sterigenics,...
‘Hopefully, the story dies’: emails show North Bay officials reacting to reporting on plastics factory’s use of PFAS
Emails obtained by The Narwhal show city staff advising Industrial Plastics Canada on response to...
Warm winters put snowmobile season, and safety, at risk
For northerners, snowmobiling is both transportation and recreation. The $8-billion industry can also harm wildlife...
