Experimental Lake Area gets $9.5 million
The Experimental Lake Area (ELA), a unique, world-renowned freshwater study area in northwestern Ontario, will get $9.5 million for research.
Jumping worms threaten Ontario forests
Invasive species experts are sounding alarms with the arrival of an earthworm that could menace Ontario’s forests.
Staycation tax credit welcome
Outdoors tourism operators welcome the province’s planned staycation tax credit announced in the 2021 Fall Economic Statement.
Northern businesses get more than $26 million
More than $26 million has been doled out to 1,384 businesses in 166 communities through the Northern Ontario Recovery Program (NORP), provincial funding aiming to help entrepreneurs adjust to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trolling for Stanley
Veteran NHL forward Matt Duchene of Haliburton is passing down the angling legacy he inherited to his own son.
Learning about the Wolverine
It wasn’t until my son Joseph and I were plying the weed-choked Scugog River just north of Lindsay during the this year’s bass opener that I really fully appreciated our newly refurbished Wolverine canoe.
Lack of rain sparks busy wildfire season
A lack of rain that created drought-like conditions in northwestern Ontario is to blame for a surge in wildfires this season, according to the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources, and Forestry.
Invasive caterpillars booming
Invasive caterpillars have ravaged trees across the province, but experts with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) Invading Species Awareness Program (ISAP) say healthy trees will survive by growing a second wave of leaves.
Don’t pose with bass during catch-and-release season, MNRF reminds
Angling community leaders have a better understanding of regulation changes for smallmouth and largemouth bass in FMZ 20 after a recent virtual meeting with Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) representatives.