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The Canada Strong 2025 Federal Budget Breaks Conservation Promises

November 19, 2025–Luke Bondi

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Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy•Climate Change

Ottawa © Jock Rutherford CC BY SA 2.0

While the federal government has made bold promises to protect nature, their Canada Strong 2025 Budget tells a different story, prioritizing harmful subsidies over conservation funding, and ignoring the overwhelming ...

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Ontario Nature Launches Inaugural Nature at Queen’s Park

November 12, 2025–Tony Morris

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Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy•Nature Network•Recreation and Events

Inaugural Nature at Queen's Park © John Hassell

On the first day Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) were back in fall session after an extended 137-day break, Ontario Nature hosted its inaugural Nature at Queen’s Park. This event ...

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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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