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Bill 5 and the Future of Ontario’s Polar Bears: A Wake-Up Call

October 8, 2025–Shane Moffatt

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Campaigns and advocacy•Land-use planning•Reduce Your Footprint•Species at Risk•Wild Species

Mother polar bear and cub, Hudson Bay © Emma Bishop CC BY 2.0

Polar bears are icons of the north – powerful, resilient and increasingly at risk. Some of Canada’s polar bear population live in Ontario, and how we protect them matters not ...

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Boulevard Biodiversity: Legally Naturalizing a Municipality

September 18, 2025–Erin Kobayashi

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Campaigns and advocacy•Gardening•Habitat•How To•Pollinators

Pollinator-friendly habitat along a boulevard © Blooming Boulevards

After retiring from teaching, Jeanne McRight found herself back in the classroom to earn a horticulture diploma from the University of Guelph. Among her assignments? Create an urban sustainability project ...

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Leader or Laggard? The Reality of Ontario’s Contributions to the Global Wetlands Treaty

July 23, 2025–Ontario Nature Staff

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Campaigns and advocacy•Wetlands

Georgian Bay Island wetland © Joe Crowley

Communities and conservation groups across Ontario have been sounding the alarm about the province’s rollback of wetland protections for years. However, Canada’s latest report to the Ramsar Convention – a ...

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Budget 2025 Puts Ontario’s Nature at Risk: Here’s Why.

June 13, 2025–Luke Bondi

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Conservation News•Boreal Forest•Campaigns and advocacy•Climate Change•Land-use planning•Protected Places•Species at Risk

Cochrane Area Wildfire 2023 © AFFES-MNRF

During a global climate and biodiversity crisis, Ontario’s 2025 budget, introduced as Bill 24, Plan to Protect Ontario Act, fails to deliver critical investments in nature protection and conservation. Instead, ...

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Bill 5 and the Erasure of Indigenous Consent: A Haudenosaunee Development Institute Perspective

May 29, 2025–Aaron Detlor

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Campaigns and advocacy•Indigenous Relations

Towards Haldimand County © Adam Moss CC BY 2.0

The Government’s of Ontario’s Bill 5 — dubbed the “Protecting Ontario by Unleashing its Economy Act”— isn’t just a reckless step toward unchecked development. It’s a sweeping attack on Haudenosaunee ...

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