Ontario

Ontario has the highest number of invasive species in Canada. Auditor General Wanda Lysyk reported that the province is failing to coordinate an effective response with other levels of government.

As climate change brings invasive species, Ontario’s response called weak and ineffective

By Rachel Morgan (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer)

April 12, 2023 10 min. read

Ontario has the highest number of invasive species in Canada. Peel Region is spending millions...

Ontario is trying to make it easier to convert land into new suburbs — again

By Emma McIntosh, Fatima Syed and Denise Balkissoon

April 6, 2023 10 min. read

Housing minister Steve Clark could get stronger, as the Ford government pushes to turn areas...

Ever since the Ford government announced it would allow development on some parts of the Greenbelt, The Narwhal has been trying to piece together how it chose which areas it would open.

Ontario won’t release document that could show how government chose Greenbelt cuts

By Denise Balkissoon

April 5, 2023 11 min. read

The Narwhal has asked to see an email sent from the premier’s office to the...

A group of people from First Nations from the Far North stand in the hall of the Ontario Legislature, Queen's Park

‘No consent, no Ring of Fire’: Far North First Nations take mining battle straight to Ontario legislature

By Emma McIntosh

March 29, 2023 8 min. read

First Nations leaders kicked out of Queen's Park, after dozens of people travelled thousands of...

As Hudson Bay permafrost thaws, mercury is finding its way into the soil and water, where microbes can convert inorganic mercury into the form to be concerned about: neurotoxic methylmercury.

How big is the mercury threat posed by Hudson Bay’s thawing permafrost?

By Christian Elliott

March 27, 2023 6 min. read

The warming of North America's largest peatland is sending mercury into soil and water. But...

Rouge National Urban Park is Canada's first federally-protected park in an urban setting.

Feds willing to delay Greenbelt development, even as provinces fight that power at Supreme Court

By Fatima Syed and Emma McIntosh

March 21, 2023 11 min. read

As Canada’s top court begins considering federal environmental powers, Guilbeault stops short of requesting a...

A sign warns people not to go onto the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, which did not open for skating for the first time in 50 years.

Should winter events reject fossil fuel funds? With Rideau Canal skating on thin ice, Ottawa locals weigh in

By Lindsay Campbell

March 20, 2023 9 min. read

After the first season in 50 years without skating on the canal, locals consider doctors’...

A photo illustration containing a historic image of men in a boardroom with red blotches covering their mouths

How the Ontario government muzzled its Greenbelt Council

By Emma McIntosh

March 16, 2023 9 min. read

Documents show that a shrunken, ever-changing council was forbidden from speaking freely, as development encroaches...

Chief Dean Sayers of Batchewana First Nation has been involved in the Robinson Huron Treaty litigation since the trust of 21 nations was founded in 2010. The historical and spiritual significance of restoring the treaty relationship is not lost on him. His ancestor, Chief Nebenaigoching of Batchewana, signed the treaty himself.

Billions have been made on Robinson Huron Treaty lands. First Nations could finally get a fair share

March 14, 2023(Updated June 21, 2023) 12 min. read

Canada broke its promise to share profits from nickel, copper, uranium, lumber and fish. Now,...

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