Holly McKenzie-Sutter

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Damage to grapevines caused by cold temperatures and frost is shown at Southbrook Organic Vineyards in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on Thursday, September 1, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Nick Iwanyshyn

Ontario wine producers look for solutions to extreme weather threats

One extremely cold day last winter was all it took to cause widespread damage to Bill Redelmeier's wine crops.

News | October 13th 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey tour the damage cause by post-tropical storm Fiona in Port aux Basques, N.L. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Presss/Frank Gunn

Trudeau visits N.L. post Fiona, promises Ottawa 'will be there' to help

Distraught residents of a southwestern Newfoundland town shared stories of survival with Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, as the prime minister got a close look at yet another coastal town shattered on the weekend by post-tropical storm Fiona.

News, Politics | September 29th 2022

Heavy machinery clears up washed-up buildings and rubble in the harbour in Burnt Island, Newfoundland and Labrador on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn

Fiona wiped out N.L. fish processing plant, threatening livelihood for fishers

Colourful fishing stages bobbed in the water by Rose Blanche-Harbour Le Cou Tuesday as Cliff Bateman watched from his property.

News | September 28th 2022

A Canadian Forces Ranger examines damage to a home in Port aux Basques, N.L., on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn

Future is uncertain for displaced Port aux Basques residents after Fiona

Denise Anderson shouted a list of items into her phone over the sound of pouring rain, along with instructions on how to find them: clean socks, a new pack of underwear, prized pieces of jewelry and important documents.

News, Politics | September 27th 2022

People take part in a rally for migrant rights in Christie Pits park in Toronto on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Holly McKenzie-Sutter

Migrants call on Ottawa for regularization, permanent status

Thousands of migrants and their supporters held rallies across Canadian cities on Sunday, September 18, 2022, to call on Ottawa to extend permanent status to undocumented people.

News, Politics | September 19th 2022

Residents are shown at Idola Saint-Jean long-term care home in Laval, Que., on February 25, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Lack of data grinds long-term care home testing project to a halt

A think tank that's been compiling data on COVID-19 in Canadian long-term care homes says it has to stop its work because provinces are no longer making enough information public about the spread of the virus in the sector.

News | July 28th 2022

Doug Ford, Scott Bell, François-Philippe Champagne,Canadian Technical Centre, McLaughlin Advanced Technology Track, Oshawa, Ontario,

Federal, Ontario governments spend big to support GM electric vehicle manufacturing

The federal and Ontario governments are spending $259 million each to support production at General Motors facilities in the province, including an electric vehicle production line they say will be the first of its kind in the country.

News, Politics | April 5th 2022

A person walks past an LCBO in Ottawa, on Thursday, March 19, 2020. The leader of Ontario's Liberal Party is asking the LCBO to stop selling Russian products following that country’s invasion of Ukraine. File photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Canadian liquor stores pull Russian booze

Crown liquor stores in several Canadian provinces were pulling Russian products from their shelves on Friday, February 25, 2022, in light of Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.

News, Politics | February 26th 2022

Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer attends a media briefing in Toronto on Monday, November 29, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Chris Young

Omicron variant case count rises

Canada logged three more cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant on Monday, November 29, 2021, and was investigating other potential infections as hundreds of people who recently travelled back from countries deemed high-risk for the new strain were encouraged to get tested.

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News, Politics | November 30th 2021

Bonnie Lysyk, Auditor General of Ontario arrives for her Annual Report news conference at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Monday, December 7, 2020. File photo by The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn

Ontario allows companies to pollute and harm species at risk

The Ontario government is ignoring the public's right to consultation on environmentally significant decisions as it allows companies off the hook for pollution costs and harm to at-risk species, according to a new set of environmental audits.

News, Politics | November 23rd 2021