Tag: Ontario
Peterborough residents can recycle more items starting Jan. 1. Here’s what’s included
Expanded list of items that can be recycled through the Blue Box…
Canada to accelerate high-speed rail project connecting Quebec City and Toronto
With the passing of the budget, the Government of Canada will fast-track…
Bird flu outbreak hits 32,000 poultry at Southwestern Ontario farm | London Free Press
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency “confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian…
Doug Ford touts Canada’s largest battery storage facility as a way to counter Trump’s tariffs
Ford’s comments came at the ground-breaking for the Skyview 2 battery energy…
ANALYSIS: Ontario is starting to enforce its rules around empty beer cans. Now what? | TVO Today
“Since modernization began hundreds of grocery stores have signed up to sell…
Ontario’s convenience stores were in trouble, until beer and wine sales. Now revenues are surging
A new survey by the Convenience Industry Council of Canada found that…
Marineland asks Ottawa for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent
Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson earlier this week denied Marineland’s request to export…
Federal government denies Marineland request to export belugas | CBC News
The federal department of fisheries and oceans has denied permit requests from…
Here’s what to do with your empties in Ontario as Beer Stores close down
As Beer Store locations across Ontario gradually shut down, residents are wondering…
‘A nightmare’: Ontario couple frustrated new heat pump won’t cool their home
The Greater Toronto Area has had many extreme heat warnings this summer…
Ford government studied, shelved Hwy. 401 tunnel research in 2021 | CBC News
The Ford government studied tunneling under Highway 401 to relieve congestion but…
Ontario proposes to weaken impending new recycling rules over costs to producers | Globalnews.ca
Ford’s government is proposing to weaken an impending slate of new recycling…
Ontario wants to study building a 401 tunnel but one expert says there’s a much simpler fix than that
Ontario is studying the idea of digging a massive tunnel under Highway…
What is the No Mow May movement and does it really help pollinator populations in Ontario?
Plus some tips to embrace the No Mow May concept without letting…
Doug Ford making gas tax cut permanent, ending tolls on eastern section of Highway 407
Ford and Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy are cutting 5.7 cents a litre…
Canada could soon have G7’s first small modular nuclear reactors. Here’s what that means
For the last 15 years, there’s been a lot of talk about…
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— 2025-05-12 – Monday – here’s what I sent to Matty Matheson…
Ontario to loosen internal trade, remove barriers on alcohol and labour mobility
Ontario is set to table legislation to make trade between provinces easier,…
Ontario set to be home to Canada’s first nuclear SMR
Built by 2028? Maybe. Powering homes? That’s another slip of paper entirely…
Southwestern Ontario health unit reports 3 new measles exposures | CBC News
Officials at Southwestern Public Health are warning people who visited two healthcare…
Ontario promised one of ‘most ambitious infrastructure projects in the world’
Ontario PC leader Doug Ford doubled down on his wildly ambitious plan…
Beer stores in Ontario are abruptly closing
Beer Store locations across Ontario are shutting down as the chain faces…
suggestions & complaints, Ontario 511 website
— 2024-12-20 – Friday sent the following via the “Contact Us” page…
Ontario may still re-acquire 407 ETR to fix gridlock
Premier Doug Ford has assured Ontario residents that “anything and everything is…
Toronto to Montreal in 3 hours? Canada might be finally ready to build a high speed rail line — but how fast it will be remains an open question
In the coming weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet is expected to…
minimum wage increase, ontario, 2024-10-01
minimum wage going up! unless dougie puts the kibosh on it. but…
Doug Ford announces proposal for tunnel under Highway 401 to carry more traffic
Ford is touting a tunnel from Brampton to Scarborough to carry more…
A ‘serial pooping problem’ or something else? What’s really behind the rumours about people defecating at Wasaga Beach
When a local resident accused immigrants of defecating in the sand at…
The true cost of repairing the Ontario Science Centre is much, much less than what Infrastructure Ontario has been saying—and the proof is in its own documents
Two figures have been cited by the Ontario Government: $478 million and…
About half of opioids seized by London, Ont., police last year were prescribed Dilaudids | CBC News
Police in London, Ont., say roughly half of the opioids they seized last…
How the LCBO makes money for the Ontario government | CBC News
LCBO retail outlets — the 680 stores currently shut by strike — account…
Martin Regg Cohn: The simple science and complex politics of the crumbling Ontario Science Centre
Much of the incredulity over the sudden closing of the science centre…
Is The Beer Store finished? Experts say retail operations will likely close as corner stores start selling beer
The Beer Store counters that it will “adapt and thrive,” by expanding…
Doug Ford says beer and wine are coming to Ontario corner stores
There will finally be beer and wine in corner stores after Labour…
‘Shock and fear for their jobs’: This Ontario public college is slashing 29 programs after international student drop
Unions representing hundreds of staff at Peterborough’s Fleming College say they were…
Ontario ‘task force’ prepares Canadians for total solar eclipse — and beyond
With a name that sounds like science fiction, the Ontario Eclipse Task…
Highway signs asking Ontario drivers to telework during solar eclipse ‘not approved’ | Globalnews.ca
On Monday night, highway signs had advised drivers to avoid traffic by…
Immigration minister slams Conestoga College over foreign enrolment
Using foreign tuition to build a $100M surplus “isn’t the vocation of…
Canada’s maple syrup reserve almost empty as sap season at risk of becoming another casualty of the winter that wasn’t
Will maple syrup always be available for breakfast? A collision of forces…
How Ontario can transform nuclear ‘waste’ into 5,000 years of noncarbon energy
By using Canada’s nuclear waste Ontario can decarbonize industry, transportation and heating…
thoughts on recently [ proposed | added ] ontario cannabis regulations.
The two following posts are on recent changes to (or proposed) Ontario’s…
Loblaw seeks regulatory reforms to how cannabis is sold in Ontario | National Post
The grocery retailer is already operating in the cannabis industry through its…
How deadly has COVID been in 2023? Here’s what the Ontario numbers are telling us
A comparison between recent COVID-19 deaths and annual fatalities from motor vehicle…
Mandarin or clementine? Canada is divided when it comes to big boxes of tiny holiday citrus | CBC News
Boxes of tiny orange-coloured citrus fruits are flooding into grocery stores. But…
Small Ontario town to sell off plots of land for just $10
A small town in northern Ontario will offer up plots of land…
Doug Ford unveils plans to allow beer and wine sales in Ontario convenience stores — in two years
The premier is uncorking additional choice for drinkers of beer, wine, hard…
Ontario to announce plan to allow beer in corner stores
The new arrangement would end Beer Store’s quasi-monopoly in the province while…
Ontario COVID wastewater signal hits one-year peak: ‘Your chance of being exposed is very high’
The province’s wastewater signal and nationwide hospitalizations for the virus continue to…
How Ontario’s battery recycling system has all but collapsed amid a toxic feud
Battery recycling levels are plummeting and the regulator is warning battery producers…
Magic mushroom dispensaries multiplying in southwestern Ontario, with no cap in sight | CBC News
Flying in the face of local law enforcement agencies, a chain of illegal…
