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Power lines are seen against cloudy skies near Murvale, Ont., northwest of Kingston, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Ontario says federal clean electricity regulations would add $35B in costs

Ontario challenges federal electricity rules, citing $35B in added costs by 2050, rising bills, and feasibility concerns.

A Nuclear Waste Management Organization senior transportation engineer explains transportation signage for waste uranium during a tour of NWMO's facility in Oakville, Ont., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gu
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Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository

Ontario's Ignace chosen for Canada's nuclear waste repository, a $26B project requiring decades of regulatory and construction work.

A Nuclear Waste Management Organization senior transportation engineer explains transportation signage for waste uranium during a tour of NWMO's facility in Oakville, Ont., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gu
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Northern Ontario First Nation says yes in referendum on possible nuclear waste site

The town council of Ignace voted in favour earlier this year, and its counterpart Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation has now also voted yes.

Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce delivers remarks at Lakeshore Collegiate Institute in Toronto on August 31, 2023. Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says he wants the province's electricity system to not just be able to meet an expected 75-per-cent increase in demand, but to exceed it and be able to sell excess power to other jurisdictions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Ontario aiming to become energy superpower, Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says

Ontario's energy minister aims for the province's electricity system to exceed a projected 75% demand increase and sell excess power.

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Natural gas opposition ‘ideological,’ new Ontario energy minister says

Ontario's new energy minister is unapologetic about the use of natural gas to partly fuel growing energy needs in Canada's largest province, calling...

A plastics plant in Sarnia, Ont., that has been subject to recent orders and regulations from both the provincial and federal governments over benzene emissions says it is permanently shutting down. A petrochemical plant is seen in Sarnia, Ont., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario chemical plant, subject to government orders over benzene emissions, permanently closing

A plastics plant in Sarnia, Ont., that has been subject to recent orders and regulations from both the provincial and federal governments over...

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Honda to get up to $5B in government aid for EV battery, assembly plants in Canada

Honda is set to build an electric vehicle battery plant next to its Alliston, Ont., assembly plant, which it is retooling to produce...

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Ontario secures more natural gas, battery storage for electricity supply

Combined with a previous round of securing new generation, the IESO says today's announcement means Ontario will have enough electricity for the rest...

A sign for the Aamjiwnaang First Nation Resource Centre is shown in Sarnia, Ont., on April 21, 2007. Ontario's Ministry of the Environment has ordered a petrochemical facility in Sarnia to suspend its production operations after high benzene emissions, first flagged by a neighbouring First Nation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Craig Glover
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Ontario suspends chemical plant approval over benzene emissions

Ineos temporarily shuts down facility after environment ministry declares benzene levels too high.

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Ford uses announcement of carbon tax referendum bill to take digs at Bonnie Crombie

Ontario plans to introduce a law requiring any future government to put a new provincial carbon pricing program to a referendum, Premier Doug...

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