LUCAS OLENIUK/TORONTO STAR
Cheers as beach fence torn dow
Joanna Smith  
Elisabeth Marion was cooking dinner in the kitchen of her beachfront home when she heard the kind of roar one would hear in a crowded stadium.
Waterloo student develops plastic bag composter
Kristine Owram  
As jurisdictions across Canada take action to ban the use of landfill-clogging plastic bags, which can take up to 1,000 years to decompose, an Ontario high school student has discovered a way to break down ...
Small-town love for a big land
Daniel Dale  
Across the country, smaller communities unite to celebrate their patriotism - and secure bragging rights.
Buyers stuck with pigeons as firm closes
Michael Oliveira  
Some farmers across North America are alleging that a now-defunct pigeon-breeding business was run like a pyramid scheme, and animal welfare advocates voiced concerns yesterday that hundreds of thousands of birds ...
Ontario's wind power dilemma
The sun was shining, the wind was gentle, and the water calm as a boatload of visitors to Kingston, guests of budding offshore wind developer Trillium Power, embarked last week on a three-hour tour of Lake Ontario.
 
Canoe trek: week by week
Harlan Schwartz plans to be the first person to cross Ontario east to west, from Algonquin Park to Lake Winnipeg, using only inland waterways. The Star is following his progress through weekly calls and on an interactive map.
 
Auction's mane attraction
Quilts and furniture can be had at the Chesley Amish sale, but the big draw is the horses.
Onley looks back at Queen's '59 visit
Rob Ferguson  
It was late June of 1959.

Police get calls after pigeon breeder goes under
Fraud police in Ontario say they've received complaints from across Canada and the United States following the closure of a pigeon-breeding business that some allege was running a pyramid scheme.

Dead OPP officer identified
An off-duty provincial police officer killed in a motorcycle crash has been identified as Det.-Sgt. Paul Clairmont.

Driver charged after car slams into garbage truck
A 27-year-old man from Bright's Grove has been charged following a crash early today on Highway 402 near Sarnia.

Norfolk County man faces attempted murder charge
A 46-year-old Norfolk County man has been charged with attempted murder following an alleged domestic assault in Turkey Point.

Ontario streamlines human rights process
Emma Reilly  
Ontario residents filing human rights complaints will have faster service and access to free legal support as a result of changes to the province's Human Rights Code taking effect Monday.

Officials probe Waterloo pigeon-breeding scheme
Documents were seized from a Waterloo, Ont., office last week as officials try to determine the scope of a collapsed pigeon-breeding operation.

Boaters rescued near Parry Sound
A Canadian Coast Guard vessel has rescued two boaters stranded near the eastern shore of Georgian Bay in the Snug Harbour area.

Two injured in crash near Sarnia border crossing
A 27-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving after a car slammed into the rear a garbage truck near Sarnia, Ont., early today.

Man with chainsaw hacks beach fence to cheers
Jackson Hayes  
A controversy brewing in the tiny beachside town of Balm Beach, on the shores of Georgian Bay, reached a boiling point yesterday as a mob brought down a fence that had enraged residents for years.

Toronto man dies in bid to save Huron kayakers
Jackson Hayes  
A Toronto man who came to the rescue of three kayaking teenagers on the shores of Lake Huron near Kincardine is dead after slipping in the water and drowning.