Three days of advance polling in Ontario’s Feb. 27 election open Thursday. Here’s all you need to know if you want to cast your ballot ahead of time. Jonathan Juha reports.  THE BIG PICTURE  With one week to go in Ontario’s snap election, its first mid-winter vote in 44 years and the first early election […]

Ontarians will be headed to the polls next week, and you’d be forgiven for not noticing. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, seeking a third straight majority mandate, triggered a snap election more than a year before the scheduled vote, plunging Ontario into a subdued campaign hampered by blizzard conditions and drowned out by U.S. President […]

Canada and the U.S. are being asked by the science advisory board for the International Joint Commission to designate microplastics as a chemical of mutual concern under the Great Lakes […]

The health of the Great Lakes, a vital resource and historical treasure for millions, faces an uncertain future as President Donald Trump’s temporary freeze on grants and loans takes effect. […]

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Parts of Southwestern Ontario are losing more than two weeks of sub-zero days each winter due to climate change, a new report says. In London and Middlesex County, there are an average of nine additional above-freezing days each December to February, a trend that may lead to more ice storms and flooding, one renowned climate […]

In December, several First Nation members came together for the first time to plan collaborative conservation efforts around Lake Superior with representatives from Lakehead University and the International Joint Commission. […]