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Investors reshaped Canadian home real estate. Something similar is happening in agriculture
Big investors are increasingly buying up Ontario farmland — a trend experts say is making it increasingly difficult for small or aspiring farmers to acquire land and could have far-reaching consequences on rural communities.
Moving nuclear waste through traditional territories could face opposition, Ontario First Nation says
A First Nation in southwestern Ontario says even if the community votes yes on a proposed $26 billion dump for nuclear waste within their traditional territory, it would likely be opposed by other First Nations, through whose territories the more than 5.5 million spent fuel rods would have to pass.
Proposed fixes to temporary foreign workers program fail to address power imbalance, critic says
A Senate report lays out six recommendations for an overhaul of Canada's temporary foreign worker program, one the report states is 'not working for migrant workers and could be better for employers.'
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With cash incentives and jobs aplenty, Fanshawe College's PSW school is churning out grads
Student personal support workers can land a job within six months, amid tuition and relocation incentives to meet a projected shortage of 50,000 PSWs in Ontario.
Wildfires and tornadoes have a tangled relationship. Ontario researchers work to learn why
As another wildfire season gets underway in Canada, researchers with the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University in London, Ont., are noticing a curious relationship between wildfires and tornadoes.
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High-tech London, Ont.-area farm delivers fresh produce all year. Could it be an answer to high grocery costs?
At a farm north of London, Ont., researchers with Western University are planting the seeds for a new chapter in farming — one that could bring year-round harvests and fresh produce to remote northern communities with minimal environmental impact.
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After a fire in a London homeless camp, 'home' is what they hang onto
To outsiders, it's a collection of tents on the forested edge of London's Watson Street Park, but for the people who live in them, they try to make the best of it.
Hate crimes in London rose in 2023 for the 4th consecutive year
A new report to the London Police Service Board says reports of hate crime rose by nearly 40 per cent since 2022 and have nearly tripled since 2019.
An Ontario farm town will vote in October on whether it wants to house Canada's largest nuclear waste dump
Residents in the Ontario municipality of South Bruce will decide in an online referendum this October if they want their quiet rural town to be the site of a multi-billion-dollar project — Canada's largest permanent tomb for millions of bundles of spent nuclear fuel.
Location, location location: Why real estate's golden rule also applies to morel mushrooms
Spring has sprung and so have morel mushrooms, but hunters are warned to be cautious about where they're harvested. Morels have a tendency to absorb and concentrate toxins found in their environments, according to research.