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Former NDP MP Peter Julian said the party should take six months to talk to members across the country, take stock of what led to the disastrous 2025 election result and build a stronger foundation to move forward before jumping into a leadership race.

Protected bike lanes in Toronto must remain in place for now, an Ontario judge said on Tuesday. The Ford government had appealed a previous ruling that ordered the bike lanes to remain, but failed.

If the Bill 5 megaprojects proposed by Ontario Premier Doug Ford — like mining in the Ring of Fire or building Highway 413 — push federally listed species, such as the boreal caribou or redside dace, to the brink, only the federal Species at Risk Act still stands in the way.

Humber Polytechnic is partnering with the Canadian Nuclear Association to help train the next generation of nuclear workers. This comes as the Ford government invests billions in massive nuclear energy expansion.

The Ford government is pushing ahead with legislation that would give it sweeping new powers to decide which companies — particularly data centres — can connect to Ontario’s electricity grid. Critics say the move could open the door to political interference, weaken public oversight and erode investor confidence.

At Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, the decision to stop using the common anesthetic gas desflurane during surgeries made a big difference. The hospital reduced carbon emissions from anesthetic gases by more than 90 per cent — going from 860 tonnes of CO2 per year to just 80.

Passage of Bill C-5 an "assault on science and democracy" say critics.

“We are not only failing to uphold democratic values — we are failing the very people who elected us to represent them,” a Quebec representative wrote in her resignation letter.

Each year, Canadian conservationists release dozens of young Eastern loggerhead shrikes into the wild, hoping to reverse the decline of one of the country’s most endangered songbirds. 

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s controversial Bill C-5 is all but guaranteed to become law, but politicians have one last opportunity to make changes to the bill.

Backed by a $70-million investment from GE Vernova Hitachi, the engineering and service centre will support Ontario's $20-billion small modular reactor (SMR) megaproject at the Darlington nuclear site. The plan projects a major shift toward nuclear power to meet rising electricity demand — while also showing increased reliance on fossil fuels over the next decade.

The bill will give cabinet enhanced powers to approve and accelerate projects it deems to be in the national interest. It now goes to the Senate for final approval, where it is expected to pass.

After meeting with 39 Anishinabek Nation chiefs, Ontario Premier Doug Ford reversed his position and pledged that no mining or development projects in First Nations communities — including in the Ring of Fire — will move forward without their consultation. 

The boreal caribou relies on 1,000 square kilometres of undisturbed northern forests in Ontario for habitat. But under Premier Doug Ford’s new controversial Bill 5, that critical habitat has been reduced — on paper — to just a calving site.