Will Canada protect the piping plover before it returns to Wasaga Beach?
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8 min. readThe stretch of the popular southern Ontario beach used by the endangered bird is no...
Ontario’s drinking water is protected by little-known committees, tied up in conservation authority changes
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The groups that protect drinking water in Ontario, set up following the contamination crisis in...
Canada Water Agency wasn’t quite sure how to explain Carney’s budget cuts to the public, documents show
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A $5-million budget cut meaning the loss of about 13 jobs comes right as the...
Spore loser: the DIY mushroom-growing trend invading Ontario forests
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Golden oyster mushrooms are spreading fast, altering how Ontario’s forests grow, decompose and nurture important...
The Great Lakes are wasting a massive source of clean energy
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Using waste heat from sewers, data centres and power plants could cut costs and reduce...
Ontario’s $20-million plan to merge 36 conservation authorities into nine
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The Doug Ford government’s proposal to amalgamate the watershed protection agencies received 14,000 public comments,...
Winter road salt is threatening Lake Simcoe and Ontario watersheds year-round
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Salt used to remove ice from roadways is collecting in Simcoe's watershed — a source...
‘So still, so quiet’: Lake Erie, frozen in a moment of time
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The southernmost Great Lake froze over almost completely this month — bringing people from near...
Small modular reactors, big dreams: Ontario’s nuclear pitch
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This story is part of a series called Shockwave: Rising energy demand and the future of the Great...