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Northwestern Ontario nuclear waste storage site moves forward as 5 vendors chosen
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has chosen five vendors to design and plan Canada’s first deep geological repository — a multibillion-dollar project in northwestern Ontario that aims to eventually store the country's nuclear waste.
First Nations health authority targets vaccination rates after measles confirmed in Thunder Bay
The Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA) is reminding people of the importance of vaccination after Thunder Bay’s first lab-confirmed case of measles was reported on Friday.
MPP calls on integrity commissioner to probe Premier Ford and ministers over Dresden, Ont., landfill project
Ontario's integrity commissioner is being asked to investigate the alleged connection of Premier Doug Ford, two of his cabinet members, and a former minister to a proposed landfill in Dresden, Ont.
Hamilton hospital appeals for living donors as more than 100 people await life-saving kidney transplants
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton is appealing for living donors to help meet growing demand for kidney transplants. The hospital carries out between 120 to 160 transplants each year, but only about 30 per cent of the kidneys are from living donors.
Celebrated Canadian chef Matty Matheson set to open restaurant in new Hamilton Arena
International culinary star Matty Matheson is set to open a restaurant at the new Hamilton Arena, which is scheduled to open later this year, Oak View Group (OVG) has announced.
Sticky situation: U.S. tariffs could make maple syrup a 'prime target' for fraud, Guelph researcher warns
Maple syrup has become "an ideal and prime target" for fraud, a researcher in the University of Guelph's department of food science has warned.
Police identify man killed in shooting in Mandarin restaurant parking lot in Burlington, Ont.
Halton police are trying to find a grey Honda Civic after a shooting that killed a man in a Mandarin restaurant parking lot in Burlington on Tuesday.
Lane reopens on Highway 403 near Burlington after driver seriously injured in single-vehicle crash
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) closed a lane on Highway 403 near Burlington following a single-vehicle crash Thursday morning but it has since reopened.
Wilmot Township to hold special meeting this month on future of Prime Ministers Path project
A special meeting has been planned for later this month to discuss the future of the Prime Ministers Path project, as Wilmot Township councillors try to determine if the controversial project can move ahead.
Jury makes 39 recommendations after inquest into 2018 death of Brennan Bowley, 23, at Barton jail
A coroner's inquest into the 2018 overdose death of a 23-year-old man at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre ended recently with the jury making dozens of recommendations to prevent similar deaths at the facility in the future.