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Ghostly Grey Specters
How unprecedented water levels are fluctuating in the Georgian Bay, impacting the lives of long-standing residents, including humans and trees.
Wild fish spring to life in Lake Ontario, despite dams, pollution and hatchery competitors
Non-native species of salmon and trout have become an important part of Lake Ontario’s ecosystem. Keeping them healthy is often at odds with stocking fish for anglers.
‘You start with us’: Conservation authority head has parting message for Ontario government
Outgoing CEO of Conservation Halton reflects on government cuts and how to enable development while protecting nature and future generations.
Ontario weakens watershed protections (again) as natural resources minister gets new powers
New rules reduce buffer zones between development and wetlands and empower Doug Ford’s cabinet to issue permits without their say.
‘You start with us’: Conservation authority head has parting message for Ontario government
Outgoing CEO of Conservation Halton reflects on government cuts and how to enable development while protecting nature and future generations.
Ontario weakens watershed protections (again) as natural resources minister gets new powers
New rules reduce buffer zones between development and wetlands and empower Doug Ford’s cabinet to issue permits without their say.
Great Lakes Moment: Gordie Howe International Bridge becomes part of binational trail system
World’s longest trail is about to become even longer. Plans are underway to make the Trans Canada Trail connect from Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan.
Ontario sides with Enbridge Gas in fight to connect new homes to natural gas
Saying fossil fuel use will decline, the Ontario Energy Board told Enbridge Gas to charge developers, not homeowners, for new natural gas hookups.
Points North: Can AI Caribou Lead Us To Our Prehistoric Past?
A team of archaeologists looks for signs of prehistoric life 100 feet underwater in Lake Huron. But they need help narrowing their search. So, they turn to artificial intelligence.
Restoring Ontario’s lost grasslands is as important as planting trees
Most of the grasslands that once dotted Ontario have been lost to development and agriculture. Bringing back these carbon-rich landscapes would be good for birds, bees, butterflies and people.
Twenty companies pledge to use all parts of Great Lakes fish by 2025
Fish-leather purses and wallets may make their way into Great Lakes fashion with an initiative to use 100% of commercially caught fish by 2025.
WATCH: Ontario’s greenhouse sector with The Narwhal
The Catch took a look at why experts are saying water from greenhouses in southern Ontario could be harming Lake Erie. Journalist and farmer Matt McIntosh recently reported on the issue for The Narwhal.
Lake Erie is full of algae again. Southwestern Ontario’s exploding greenhouse sector won’t help
Experts say nutrient-rich water from greenhouse farms could be harming Lake Erie, but Ontario’s Environment Ministry has issued very few fines for potential algae-causing infractions.
We’re going to need a bigger fishbowl
Tracking escaped goldfish in Hamilton Harbour could help control the invasive species.
Canada says it can fight climate change and be major oil nation. Massive fires may force a reckoning
Thousands of wildfires in Canada this year have incinerated an area larger than Florida, releasing into the atmosphere more than three times the amount of carbon dioxide that is produced by Canada in an entire year. And some are still burning.
Great Lakes imports and exports halted by strike
After failing to reach an agreement, hundreds of workers stationed between Lake Erie and Montreal walked off the job. Thousands of trips per year are made by ocean-going ships passing through the St. Lawrence Seaway.