A new project led by researchers at Western University aims to collect data on every tornado in Ontario this year. We talk to Professor Gregory Kopp about his team’s unique New Year’s resolution — and about the risks and rewards of storm-tracking.

New Statistics Canada numbers shows a substantial increase in reported hate crimes. We talk to UOIT professor Barbara Perry about right-wing populism, the reliability of data, and how police can do more.

Vomitoxin is exactly what it sounds like — and it’s turning up in corn throughout southwestern Ontario.

Bill C-75 could strip law students of opportunities to gain practical experience. It could also deny some Ontarians their best shot at legal representation.

Thousands of Japanese Canadians were interned in B.C. and sent to do menial jobs in other provinces. Stony Nakano, now 97, looks back at his postwar life in Chatham-Kent.

Street parties broke out. Effigies of the kaiser were burned. But in Kitchener, the celebrations had a darker side.

In 1916, army recruiters scoured communities across Ontario looking to enlist volunteers for the Great War. Here's why dozens of teamsters, farmers, and blacksmiths in the tiny township of East Flamborough signed up to fight.

University of Guelph researchers are harnessing the power of hexanal to fight food waste across the globe.

Ontario is the world’s largest exporter of American ginseng to China — but disease and trade disputes are putting the lucrative industry at risk.

Canada may suspend armoured-vehicle exports to Saudi Arabia. That has some in London — where those vehicles are assembled — again wondering how to balance economics and human rights.

There are dozens of boil-water advisories on reserves across the country. Can one research team’s innovative approach help fix that?

With a Twin Otter and vanilla-scented packets, the province is winning the battle against the disease.

Remote electronic voting will be the only option in more than 150 municipalities this October — but experts say security and accessibility are still major concerns.

Scientists are warning that the province may not be able to meet phosphorus-reduction targets for the lake — so what’s putting Ontario behind schedule?

On October 22, London will become the first city in Ontario to use the ranked-ballot system — whether voters are ready for it or not.

OPINION: Couples once used the prenuptial event to set themselves up for married life. Now the Ontario custom seems more about financing a dream wedding, writes Mark Crawford.

ANALYSIS: Municipalities across Ontario want to attract them — but university and college campuses are not a cure-all for ailing downtowns, writes Norma Zminkowska.