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Category: Natural Resources
Province to permit six-storey wood structures
Government announcement on proposed changes to Ontario Building Code hailed as good news for northern forestry sector and for housing development and municipal planning across the province. ...
Sousa says Cliffs exit not indictment of Liberal Ring of Fire plans
Minister of Finance Charles Sousa defended his government's record on the Ring of Fire Thursday, as rumours swirled of Cliffs Natural Resources beating a retreat from Ontario. ...
Exemption is extended for farmers who harm threatened birds
No action to be taken until December, 2015, against those who kill or harass bobolinks (pictured) or eastern meadowlarks. ...
Province preparing answer to reported federal ultimatum on Rouge National Urban Park
Infrastructure Minister Brad Duguid is preparing a response to a letter from the federal government that reportedly says Ottawa is dismissing the province's environmental concerns. ...
Happening: Bids sought for new urban park and waterfront trail at Ontario Place
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Heard: Provincial tree planting program expands to northern Ontario
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Happening: OPG officially opens Atikokan biomass station
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First Nations chiefs to go to court to enforce 1850 treaty
Ojibwa chiefs say they will take "next major step" to enforce an 1850 treaty that gives them resource rights on their lands along Lake Superior and Lake Huron. ...
Green groups applaud province’s stand on Rouge Park lands
Ontario won't transfer its 5,400 acres that was to form part of the country's first national urban park until Ottawa has enacted law that sufficiently protects the environment there. ...