In Canada’s coldest city, homes were built for warmth. Now they’re way, way too hot
As apartments and seniors’ residences become ‘heat boxes’ in Winnipeg, residents and advocates are calling...
Duffins Rouge was the Greenbelt’s ‘crown jewel.’ Over 5 days in June, developers bought 524 acres of it
Developers spent about $173 million this June to scoop up land in an ecologically important...
No conviction for Six Nations’ Skyler Williams over 1492 Land Back Lane land defence
Nearly three years after he first walked onto a Caledonia construction site and became the...
30,000 homes proposed for Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve, former ‘crown jewel’ of Ontario’s Greenbelt
Craig Bamford passes through what used to be the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve every Sunday...
Doug Ford’s feedback was in document mentioning Greenbelt months before changes were announced
Staff say Ford’s comments from June 2022 weren’t related to the protected area, but declined...
Can good things still grow in Ontario? Development push adds pressure to shrinking farmland
In May 2022, Oxford County — the dairy capital of Ontario — submitted its five-year-plan...
‘A toxic soup’: why a Winnipeg neighbourhood is fighting for its right to a healthy environment
Lead, dust and soil so contaminated it isn’t fit for food gardens are a part...
They left the city for rural Ontario during the pandemic — and they’re still farming
Adventurous customers and open-minded communities proved easier for these racialized farmers to find than affordable...
Hot dog! It’s the Greenbelt Files
When I filed a freedom of information request about Ontario’s Greenbelt, I had a hunch...
