Cut road salt use, says Ontario watchdog
The governing Liberals should curb the use of road salt on Ontario roads by forcing municipalities to take advantage of modern technology, the province’s environmental watchdog said today after releasing his annual ...

Fight urban sprawl, environmental czar says
The Liberal government should make the environment a top priority by addressing urban sprawl in southern Ontario and protecting the boreal forest in the north, the province's environmental commissioner said ...

McGuinty pledges to protect reservists' jobs
Rob Ferguson  
Military reservists called up for duty in Ontario would have their civilian jobs protected under new legislation promised today by Premier Dalton McGuinty.

Will Conservatives let Tory stay on as party leader?
Ian Urquhart  
Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory is quietly conducting a campaign to save his job.

Not enough time for civil rights
Thomas Walkom  
How casually we take civil rights. A Commons committee is examining the government's plan to fix an unconstitutional law that allows it to lock up non-citizens indefinitely without charge. But committee members won't ...

Barrie man charged in border assault
Josh Wingrove  
A 50-year-old Barrie man is in U.S. custody in Buffalo today, after a U.S. customs officer said he was hit in the face during a border dispute on the Peace Bridge Thursday.

Wasaga fire 'end of an era'
Isabel Teotonio  
The bustling Main Street Mall was always filled with plenty to do: arcades, roller skating rinks, bingo halls, bowling alleys and even an amusement park. And, of course, there was "the beach," filled with ...

Ontario urges bravery medal for slain officer
The Ontario government is joining the call for the federal government to award a slain Cobourg police officer the Cross of Valour.

Took Smith to task in '99, Young says
THERESA BOYLE  
Ontario’s former chief coroner said he took Dr. Charles Smith to task in 1999 after his office was forced to distance itself from questionable findings the pathologist had made in the death of an 11-month-old boy.

Fire razes Wasaga beachfront
ISABEL TEOTONIO  
All that is left of what many consider to be the heart of the popular tourist area of Wasaga Beach are the smoking, charred remains of historic buildings overlooking Georgian Bay.

Smith criticisms 'didn't sink in'
Theresa Boyle  
Ontario's former chief coroner says he was "dumbfounded" to learn earlier this month that a judge had serious misgivings about Dr. Charles Smith's work as far back as 1991, even though this information ...

McGuinty gets credit for making native people a priority
Ian Urquhart  
There was one real surprise in yesterday's Speech from the Throne at Queen's Park: the section on the province's native peoples.

Charity won't tap war chest
Kevin Donovan  
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario says putting 12,000 life-saving defibrillators in community centres across the province is a priority – but not a big enough priority to part with a slice of the charity's burgeoning ...