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TORONTO — The Ontario government is celebrating Canada Day by offering all Canadian residents the opportunity to fish for free in Ontario from June 28 to July 6, 2025. During these dates, people across Ontario are invited to experience the joys of fishing – whether for the first time or […]

Indigenous elder Gene Nowegejick says it’s all about the “four-legged, the winged, the swimmers and the crawlers,” when building a veterinary school. “You have to acknowledge these other (forms of) life,” Nowegejick said. “When we talk holistic, we’re asking the animal spirit to join us in the celebration, just as […]

While living in one of the driest parts of the United State, Carol Adduono has seen her share of desert. In Arizona, where she sometimes spends the winter, sightings of natural water bodies can be so rare “everyone gets excited when they see a puddle,” Adduono recalled on Monday. It’s […]

A heat wave gripping southern Ontario has ushered in a wave of ripe strawberries in Haldimand and Norfolk. “The crop, with this heat, is progressing really fast,” said James Richardson from Richardson’s Farm and Market in Dunnville. “So we’ve abandoned our early varieties, and our later varieties are starting to come on heavy, with good size to the fruit.” […]

Early summer is peak tick season in Eastern Ontario and Western Québec. Numerous agencies continue to remind citizens that ticks can carry and transmit Lyme disease, and that proper protective measures should be taken to prevent infection. Public Health Ontario (PHO) defines Lyme disease as an infection transmitted through the […]