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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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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: A Moment to Mobilize for Nature in Ontario

April 28, 2025–Shane Moffatt

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Conservation News•Land-use planning•Species at Risk

Polar bears, Threatened (COSSARO, 2021) © John Pitcher

After years of neglect, endangered species in Ontario are facing their biggest threat in a generation in the form of Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, ...

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Navigating the Forest – How Sustainable Forestry Certifications Compare

April 2, 2025–Ontario Nature Staff

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Boreal Forest•Habitat•Indigenous Relations•Land-use planning•Reduce Your Footprint

Wabigoon Forest (FSC), Nabish Wetlands © Brittney Vezina

As public concern over the climate and biodiversity crises grows, so too does public demand for more environmentally friendly products. Often products that companies claim to be environmentally friendly come ...

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Ontario’s New Provincial Planning Statement: A Step Backward for Sustainable Growth

October 29, 2024–Jenna Kip

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Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy•Land-use planning

Central Ontario sprawl

On October 20, 2024, Ontario’s new Provincial Planning Statement (PPS) officially came into effect. This overhaul of the province’s land use planning framework merges the former PPS (2020) with the ...

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