Ontario News
|
Waterloo -
Waterloo Regional Police are warning members of the public to be aware of a street drug that looks just like cannabis, but actually contains powerful opioids.
|
|
Kemptville -
Environmentalists are concerned the Ontario government has cut $4.7 million in funding for a massive tree planting program. One of the nurseries in the program said it will likely have to destroy about three million trees because of the cancellation.
|
|
Toronto -
A total of 11 cannabis retailers in Ontario who have failed to open their stores by a government-set deadline of April 15 have been fined $12,500 each for failing to comply.
|
|
Ontario -
First Cobalt Corp. announced it has successfully produced a battery grade cobalt sulfate using the First Cobalt Refinery flowsheet, bringing the company closer to recommissioning the only permitted primary cobalt refinery in North America.
|
|
Toronto -
Ontario’s first brick-and-mortar cannabis stores are open today, but it’s unclear just how many will be ready to serve customers. Of the 25 stores approved by the Progressive Conservative government to open on April 1, only 10 stores are ready.
|
|
Toronto -
The owner of Cannabis & Coffee is suing the Ontario government for $1.1 million in damages he claims he incurred over the Ford government's abrupt decision to cap marijuana retail store licenses
|
|
Ontario -
Cannabis firms with Limited Partnership (LP) support have started setting up partnerships with winners of the Ontario retail pot lottery - creating a grey area that may be a problem for the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO).
|
|
Ontario -
Alberta-based High Tide Inc. has been chosen to assist a second lottery winner selected to apply for one of the first 25 cannabis retail licenses in Ontario.
|
|
Last Friday, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario announced the names of the 25 winners of the lottery for retail cannabis licenses. Problem is, very few have any experience or connections to Canada’s cannabis industry.
|
|
Toronto -
A short drive north of Timmons, Ontario, Canada is the world's oldest copper and zinc mine. The gaping pit is 100 meters (324 feet) across and up to 10,000 feet (3,300 meters) deep. But the mine holds a secret not many people know about.
|
|
Toronto -
Ontario's Progressive Conservative government on Wednesday loosened the province's Smoke-Free Ontario rules — allowing Ontarians to smoke recreational marijuana wherever it’s legal to smoke tobacco.
|
|
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has granted the province’s request to stay a lower court judge’s decision that set aside a law slashing the size of Toronto city council.
|
|
Ottawa -
Canada's economy lost 51,600 jobs last month in a decrease that drove up the unemployment rate and essentially wiped out a big gain in July, Statistics Canada said Friday.
|
|
Toronto -
Tesla buyers in Ontario will be getting their $14,000 rebates after Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government lost in court against the California-based electric car company.
|
|
Toronto -
An Ontario court has ruled in favor of Tesla Motors Canada after the company filed an application claiming the Ontario government targeted the company when it canceled the province’s electric vehicle rebate program.
|
|
The largest forest fire in northeastern Ontario is continuing to grow despite aerial and ground-level efforts to stop its spread.
|
|
Toronto -
If the political climate in Ontario wasn't so darned serious - it would be almost laughable. Premier Doug Ford has become Canada's very own version of Donald Trump, using his power to halt some elections, and many feel he has stepped over the line.
|
|
Ontario -
This year's unusually active fire season in North America has taken another firefighter's life, this time in Northwestern Ontario on Thursday.
|
|
Kelowna -
Some 123 fires are burning across the province, of which 41 are in the Kamloops Fire Centre, which includes the Okanagan. There are also significant wildfires raging in central and southeast B.C. and in Ontario.
|
|
Toronto -
With Doug Ford in the leader's chair, Ontario will never be the same and Canada, instead of becoming a leader in tech and innovation, as well as an active player in the clean energy sector, will end up suffering, much the way the U.S. has under Trump.
|
|
Toronto -
Some Tesla customers say they now have to fork over an extra $14,000 for their new Model 3 electric cars because of Ontario's sudden decision to end an incentive program for electric and hydrogen vehicles.
|
|
Due to the extreme fire hazard, several recent periods of heavy lightning and the large number of wildfires burning, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has implemented a Restricted Fire Zone in some areas of Northeastern Ontario.
|
|
Toronto -
In a statement released Tuesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has revoked the regulation that kept the province's carbon pricing system in place.
|
|
Ontario -
The leaders of Ontario's three main political parties are hitting the trail one last time this weekend as campaigning begins to wind-down before the June 7 provincial elections.
|
|
AI is a game changer during election time and it's made its way into the Ontario election with Polly — the AI from Advanced Symbolics Inc., a company that describes itself at the intersection of artificial intelligence and market research.
|
|
Doug Ford’s campaign has confirmed that actors were hired to play Progressive Conservative supporters outside the Monday night Ontario leaders’ debate in the June 7 provincial election.
|
|
Toronto -
The 42nd Ontario general election takes place on on June 7, 2018, and among the leading parties there are the established positions on taxation rates, health and education. One more interesting area of policy debate centers on the environment.
|
|
Thunder Bay -
A new agreement between Ontario First Nations, the federal government and the province will see 16 northern communities connected to the power grid in a $1.6-billion project that will end their dependence on diesel fuel for power.
|
|
Toronto -
The Ontario government will use Shopify's e-commerce platform for cannabis sales online and also in stores. The province intends to be the only distributor of legal recreational cannabis.
|
|
Ontario -
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says her government will introduce a bill this month to retaliate against any U.S. state that adopts Buy America provisions.
|
apis-395775 apis-394452 apis-393762 apis-392060 apis-391799 apis-389117 apis-388340 apis-388220 apis-386129 apis-378064 apis-377674 apis-376916 apis-375816 apis-375292 apis-374980 apis-372508 apis-372400 apis-372355 apis-371814 apis-371315 apis-371288 apis-371277 apis-370394 apis-367640 apis-367065 apis-365508 apis-365374 apis-361885 apis-358283 apis-357750
Ontario Image
London, Ontario: This court remains unplowed Tuesday afternoon and the occupants trapped by the deep, drifting snow.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada Adolch
Some of the supporters of the Hanlon Creek 5, listening to the brief updates provided by the protesters.
The press conference held in front of Guelph City Hall, April 23, 2010 by the Hanlon Creek 5.
A polar bear and her two cubs, the centrepiece of the 2010 Christmas Flower Show in Toronto's Allan Gardens.
Toronto Ontario, Canada - June 5, 2012. Greg Taylor, left and Cam Heaps, two of the three co-founders sit across from each other in the companies open concept office amonst their employees. The third co-founder Greg Cromwell lives in Australia. Located in a former Canadian Pacific Rail steam locomotive roundhouse, Steam Whistle brewery produces an average of 120,000 bottles of their Pilsner beer every day. During June and July their production will double to keep pace with demand.
Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament Kathleen Wynne announces her bid for Liberal leadership in Toronto at the Japanese Cultural Centre.
Lakeridge Ski Resort. © Lakeridge Ski Resort
Kathleen Wynne is the Premier of Ontario
Parts of the Korean lantern display at the 2013 Niagara Falls, Festival of Lights display.
Ornge is the air ambulance and ground transportation service for the province of Ontario Ahunt
_swimming_in_the_Lower_Don_River.JPG)
Beaver (Castor canadensis) swimming along the Lower Don River bank
_swimming_along_the_Lower_Don_River_bank.JPG)
Beaver (Castor canadensis) swimming along the Lower Don River bank
A large laker heads out of the Welland Canal, Lock 3 in St. Catherines, heading toward Lake St. Clair as another large Comercial laker waits to enter from the other direction to be lowered toward Lake Ontario.
Hundreds of people gather at Queen's Park in Toronto calling for freedom and democracy in Iran.
Endangered African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) at Toronto Zoo
Monday, July 8, 2013 — Heavy afternoon rain and a severe thunderstorm created nightmares for commuters across the Greater Toronto Area mark.watmough
|
|
