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Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, has announced that it will switch to using only cage-free eggs in all its Canadian products by 2025. This is the latest in a series of similar announcements from some of North ...

Throughout the holiday season, many Ontarians enjoy one decadent feast after another. Why not burn off those newly-acquired calories by helping our feathered friends? The Christmas Bird Count, initiated by American ornithologist Frank Chapman in 1900, is a one-day bird ...

Don Huff — Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner, Dianne Saxe, warns that the provincial government must fill several key gaps in its work to conserve Ontario’s biodiversity. In her first annual Environmental Protection Report, Small Steps Forward, released today, Saxe called upon ...

Frank Touby — On Sept. 16, 2014, a big black Labrador retriever named Tank became an orphan. His owner, Danny Murphy, died that night and along with Danny’s remains, Tank was removed from their apartment the next morning and sent ...

Elizabeth McSheffrey — National Observer A whopping increase in the number of animals used for by Canadian scientists for research and education purposes is sparking outrage from animal advocates across the country. The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) recently released ...

Neville Crabbe — The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) is alarmed and disappointed by the decision of the Newfoundland and Labrador government to release the proposal by Grieg NL Seafarms Ltd. from any further environmental assessment. Grieg plans to produce up ...

Tom Moffatt — At a special session on salmon farming, held at the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO) meetings in Germany on June 8, leading scientists, including the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), confirmed that ...

Dennis Hanagan — Corktown dog owners want a bigger and better off-leash dog-run than the current gravel one in Corktown Common park. “We’re looking for a more environmentally-friendly space for the dogs,” Kristin Halliwill, with Dogs of Corktown, said in ...

After what watchers called a confusing court date in Milton on March 24, activist Anita Krajnc must return to Milton on May 10 for yet another pre-trial. “We didn’t quite understand the outcome,” one supported reported. “As best as we ...

There’s no doubt that Toronto’s Downtown is growing and has been for decades. In fact, the Downtown population has doubled since the last comprehensive urban planning framework initiative took place in the 1970s—which is where TOCore, a new urban planning ...