After a long fight, Garden River First Nation is getting its land back — one cottage at a time
Squirrel Island is being returned to its rightful owners. But between an abandoned dump, lack...
Drugs, microplastics and forever chemicals: new contaminants emerge in the Great Lakes
Scientists studying unregulated “emerging contaminants” say Ontario and the federal government need a co-ordinated plan...
Bald eagles nearly died out. What can we learn from their return to the southern Great Lakes?
The pesticide DDT nearly wiped out North America’s bald eagles. Communities, scientists and politicians worked...
Enbridge tells staff to vote against more thorough emissions reporting
By May 8, shareholders must decide whether Enbridge should report emissions created when customers and...
Why we dug into Sterigenics and its use of carcinogens
Residents in the Greater Toronto Area had no idea a company operating in their community...
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,...
‘What choice did I have?’ Guilbeault says Highway 413 deal meant to ‘protect’ key environmental law
A court battle with Ontario would have put federal environmental assessment legislation on even shakier...
A state of emergency in Ontario’s Chemical Valley
Aamjiwnaang First Nation took the extreme measure after spikes in carcinogenic benzene were measured in...
The plan to protect an area five times the size of Nova Scotia
In this week’s newsletter, reporter Emma McIntosh talks about a trip to far northern Ontario...
