The scenario conjures up eerie reminders of ministers bailing from the federal Conservative cabinet in the run-up to the 2015 national election campaign. Continue reading →

Environment Minister Glen Murray is leaving his cabinet position and will resign his Toronto Centre seat in a few weeks. Continue reading →

Environment Minister Glen Murray says the funds for the remediation of the English-Wabigoon River system in northwestern Ontario will be used to design and implement the cleanup, and for long-term monitoring. Continue reading →

The June auction in the system aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions follows the inaugural one in March, which also sold out. Continue reading →

The Liberal government estimated in last year’s budget that the program would bring in $1.9 billion per year, but this year’s budget projected $1.8 billion for this fiscal year, and $1.4 billion annually starting in 2018-19. Continue reading →

Auditors are investigating five Ontario government ministries after staff at the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change altered dates on freedom of information requests to improve their compliance statistics. Continue reading →

The Northern Ontario First Nation has dealt with mercury poisoning since a paper mill in Dryden, Ont., dumped 9,000 kilograms of the substance into nearby river systems in the 1960s. Continue reading →

Ontario’s environmental commissioner is urging the Liberal government to get better information about the province’s groundwater as it reviews the permits for bottled water companies. Continue reading →

Officials in a northern Ontario community where a train carrying crude oil derailed last year are urging CN Rail to do more to clean up the water. Continue reading →

Ontario’s opposition parties want the public to have a say as the Liberal government overhauls the province’s water-taking permit program this fall. Continue reading →