Ontario

By Victoria Witke

Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.

The post What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

A man was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound after he was shot near Dundas and Wellington streets on Tuesday.

A Free Press reader says Doug Ford is right about the school board situation in Ontario being in crisis, but believes his solution is wrong.

The Ontario government has introduced draft legislation that aims to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats.

Police officers and firefighters pressed into action every day face enormous risks that often go unpublicized.

A group of Canadian divers exploring beneath the surface of Lake Ontario encountered the wreck of a British ship believed to have sunk 200 years ago. Read the full story […]

Under the new provincial legislation, businesses, farms, industrial sites, and institutions will be ineligible for curbside collection.

Ontario’s highest court pointed to errors in the judge’s final instructions to the jury regarding the testimony of a reluctant witness.

What better way to usher in the holiday season than with a festive meal shared with old friends and former colleagues? More than two dozen members and guests of the South Bruce Retired Women Teachers of Ontario/Organization des enseignantes retraitées de l’Ontario (RWTO/OERO) gathered at the Kincardine United Church on Nov. 19 for lunch, to […]

When we talk about London’s future, two words dominate every conversation: housing and workforce. They’re not separate issues. They’re two sides of the same coin. And how we respond today will determine whether our city continues to grow or falls behind.   At the London Cross-Cultural Learner Centre, the Doorways to Dreams campaign is building […]

We’ve seen snowstorms and a beaver moon, Northern Lights and dark dinner hours. And as sure as these are signs of November, so too are the arrivals of craft stouts, the seasonals that matter most to beer fans and word about Ontario’s chilliest beer festival. Locally, the autumn stout groupthink begins in Old East Village […]

The owner of a winery in St. Thomas is investing in upgrades the management team hopes will make the venue a premier destination of its kind in Southwestern Ontario. Skye Chase Estate Winery, originally Quai du Vin Estate Winery, was purchased in 2021 by Kyle MacDonald, who is now overseeing the construction of a 5,000-square-foot […]