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Ontario school board invokes secrecy provision to withhold records on $34K fine art collection
A London, Ont., school board is using one of Ontario's most powerful secrecy provisions to avoid disclosing records about a modest art collection.
Political control over ancient sites sparks alarm in Ontario
In Ontario, where ancient Indigenous burial grounds and village sites lie beneath rapidly expanding suburbs, the government has granted itself powers to bypass archaeological protections, raising fears that centuries of history could be lost with the stroke of a minister’s pen.
Divers seeking lost shipwreck near Toronto find an even older mystery
An exploration dive team seeking the century-old wreck of the Rapid City has instead found a much rarer prize: a virtually undisturbed vessel, potentially dating back to the first half of the 19th century.
Old caves yield new secrets from Canadians who went over the top at Vimy Ridge
A hidden archive of what for many were last thoughts and tributes to Canada is emerging from the soft chalk tunnels beneath the Vimy Ridge battlefield more than a century after they were created.
LCBO refuses to say what U.S. liquor is in its cellar — citing 'cabinet confidence'
Documents obtained by CBC News reveal an effort by the Ontario government to hide details about the LCBO's inventory of American alcohol, valued at approximately $79.1 million at cost, pulled from store shelves amid the province's ongoing trade war retaliation against the United States.
Security flaws left Ontario's 2022 municipal online elections highly exposed to attack, analysis finds
A new study suggests the integrity of online voting in the 2022 Ontario municipal elections could have been undercut by two fundamental security flaws that would have left 70 percent of municipal elections at high risk of compromise.
As Ontario Beer Stores close, new tenants move in — but no one wants the empties
Empty Beer Store locations are filling with new tenants, from restaurants to pet shops — but no one seems to want to take Ontario's 1.6 billion empty containers.
How beavers could help fight wildfires
New research out of the western U.S. suggests dams and ponds built by beavers can slow floods, store water and even create green firebreaks in wildfire-prone landscapes.
Beef costs more than ever, but Canadians won't let that ruin barbecue season
Canada's love affair with the summer burger is proving stronger than inflation. Ground beef hit $14.67 per kg in May 2025 — a 25 per cent increase over the same time last year. Yet, despite the sticker shock, Canadians appetite for beef shows no signs of waning.
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Goldfish, traps and electric currents: Inside Canada's quiet war against invasive carp
With invasive carp breeding just across the border, it’s not a question of if, but when they arrive in Canada. Now federal scientists are racing to root out the carp before they crash the party and to capture an ecosystem on the brink of irreversible change.