60 h. ago Ontario plans to ban parking outside child care centres after tragic death of toddler

Paul Calandra said in a statement released Thursday afternoon he wanted to stop people from parking immediately in front of or beside child care centres and playgrounds.

Events

66 h. ago Dogs saved from testing lab at Ontario hospital will soon go up for adoption

A group of dogs recently saved from an animal testing facility that was secretly — and shockingly — housed in an Ontario hospital will soon be among the most eligible adoptable pets in the province.Citizens were appalled when news broke last month that scientists at St. Joseph's Health Care in London had been surreptitiously experimenting on pups, forcing them to undergo hours-long heart attacks and eventually killing them in the name of cardiac research.Staff from the medical facility's Lawson Research Institute did their best to hide evidence of the dogs, many of whom were under a year old, going as far as disguising discarded animal food bags and blasting music to cover the noise, according to an Investigative Journalism Bureau exposé that ran in the National Post in early August.Following condemnation from animal activist groups, Premier Doug Ford and the general public, the hospital announced on August 11 t...

Science

4 d. ago Doug Ford's vow to ban research on dogs will have chilling impact: Carleton researcher

Andy Adler's research was going to help veterinarians with surgery. He shut it down when Doug Ford promised to ban medical testing on cats and dogs.

Transport

2 w. ago Animal Alliance of Canada Commends Premier Ford’s Commitment to Ending the Use of Dogs and Cats in Research

TORONTO, Aug. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Animal Alliance of Canada commends Premier Doug Ford for his recent announcement that Ontario will move to ban the use of dogs and cats in research, as reported by CBC News. This pledge represents a pivotal moment in advancing ethical and effective science in the province. Animal Alliance […]

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2 w. ago Ford to maintain U.S. booze ban until tariffs removed or new trade deal reached

CALEDON, Ont. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will maintain his ban on American booze despite Canada dropping some retaliatory tariffs in the ongoing trade war with the United States. Ford says he will drop the ban on selling U.S. alcohol at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario when U.S. President Donald Trump removes […]

Economics

2 w. ago Ontario to end medical research testing on dogs, cats following whistleblower exposé

'If there's anyone else out there that's doing this to animals, come clean, because we're gonna catch you,' says Premier Doug Ford

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2 w. ago Ontario to ban research testing on dogs and cats, premier says

Ontario will ban research testing on dogs and cats, Premier Doug Ford said Monday as he called the practice “cruel. “You aren’t going to use pets — dogs or cats — to experiment on any longer,” Ford said at an unrelated news conference in London, Ont. “Simple as that. We just don’t do that, it’s […]

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3 w. ago UWindsor distances itself from dog testing at London lab tied to professor

The University of Windsor says it does not conduct canine experiments.

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3 w. ago Dogs at centre of London, Ont., hospital testing controversy may be re

Following the announcement that they would stop using dogs in medical research, St. Joseph’s Health Care London says it is working with another agency to explore re-homing them.

Science