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Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry looking for help to find turtle egg poachers
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry looking for help to find turtle egg poachers

Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry looking for help to find turtle egg poachers

“We’re looking for the public’s help with finding who’s responsible for taking these eggs. Over 100 eggs, snapping turtle eggs and midland painted turtle eggs — and we’ll be hoping that the public can assist with providing us with some…

Ministry investigating coyote carcasses dumped along Niagara Parkway
Ministry investigating coyote carcasses dumped along Niagara Parkway

Ministry investigating coyote carcasses dumped along Niagara Parkway

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers are investigating the killing of a dozen coyotes in Niagara-on-the-Lake, but it may be too late for them to determine how the animals died. Ministry spokeswoman Jolanta Kowalski said Tuesday that officers had…

Canadian fire crews cheered in Australia as front-line teams prepare for the worst
Canadian fire crews cheered in Australia as front-line teams prepare for the worst

Canadian fire crews cheered in Australia as front-line teams prepare for the worst

Firefighters use brief weather respite ahead of another dangerous heat wave. Exhausted after a nearly 16-hour flight from the opposite side of the world, Canadian wildfire specialists were cheered by Australians on arrival at Sydney’s airport. They’re the latest to…

Woman, 62, dies on northwestern Ontario island after evident bear attack, police say
Woman, 62, dies on northwestern Ontario island after evident bear attack, police say

Woman, 62, dies on northwestern Ontario island after evident bear attack, police say

A 62-year-old woman is dead after what Ontario Provincial Police say is an evident black bear attack on an island in a northwestern Ontario lake. Officers, along with local firefighters and paramedics, were called to Red Pine Island on Rainy…

‘Nothing else to cut’: Conservation authority axes environmental program for kids
‘Nothing else to cut’: Conservation authority axes environmental program for kids

‘Nothing else to cut’: Conservation authority axes environmental program for kids

Conservation authorities in Ontario told to shutter programs in wake of provincial funding cuts The Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority (SSMRCA) says it has already axed its only program that falls outside of its ‘core mandate’ as outlined by…

Evacuation of Pikangikum to continue Friday ahead of forest fire
Evacuation of Pikangikum to continue Friday ahead of forest fire

Evacuation of Pikangikum to continue Friday ahead of forest fire

Nearly 1,600 people in Pikangikum First Nation started leaving the community late Thursday afternoon as a forest fire continues to burn out of control. The Canadian Air Force (CAF) C-130 Hercules transport plane that was dispatched to the remote community…

Fighting last summer’s wildfires cost $212M, but province saying little else Social Sharing
Fighting last summer’s wildfires cost $212M, but province saying little else Social Sharing

Fighting last summer’s wildfires cost $212M, but province saying little else Social Sharing

Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry refusing to disclose the cost of fighting individual fires Natural Resources and Forestry Minister Jeff Yurek told the provincial legislature in the midst of last summer’s busy fire season that resources were in “good supply”…