Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk found Ontario’s home warranty agency ‘favoured the interests of builders at the expense of homebuyers’ Tarion Warranty Corporation has overseen the industry for the past 40 years The Canadian Press...

By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press Ontario is proposing to extend a moratorium on water bottling permits for nine months to give the government more time to consider the science behind it. Over the past year, the government reviewed the state of wate...

Photoshopped sidewalk from Collingwood staff report, looking south on Hurontario Street at Golfview Drive.  Preliminary sidewalk designs for the east side of Hurontario Street between Lockhart Road and Tracey Lane were considered by committee on Monday...

  AWARE News Network Kudos to Nancy McBride and other public-spirited water warriors who have finally brought a national spotlight to bear on their long-standing pleas for action on their water. It happened through the work of an investigative tea...

Chain of bangles: Rules for making a case to municipal council are intimidating and process is archaic, says Jo By Allan Baker in Oro Medonte Rules and Codes in governance are commonly written in ambiguous language by lawyers and planners, seemingly fo...

Danny Beaton and Tyler Shipley: Beaton is wearing an Iroquois ribbon shirt and Gustowa (headdress) in solidarity with his brothers and sisters down south. Shipley is the author of ‘Ottawa and Empire -Canada and the Military Coup in Honduras.̵...

By Bill French – Springwater News I attended the Springwater Council meeting last week as the first reports from the newly hired Integrity Commissioner (IC) were on the agenda. As a bit of background, the Ontario Government passed legislation req...

Peter Gagnon, founder of a Soo-area residents’ group which has battled for years to protect an important coastal wetland area. The case is one of two heard by the Supreme Court of Canada today. –Northern Hoot photo Email from Ecojustice Eco...

Ontario Government bows to the aggregate industry, moves to block municipal efforts to protect groundwater News release from Environmental Defence, Ontario Nature, Wellington Waterwatchers and Gravel Watch Ontario Groups say the Ontario Government is p...

From Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition We hope you can join the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition and the Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust for this free event: The state of natural areas protection in the Lake Simcoe Watershed and the nearby Oak Ridges Moraine and ...