As a resident of Emsdale, there's no reason for MacPhail to worry about losing that dark sky. Perry Township's official plan details that future developments in the municipality be dark-sky compliant.

As a resident of Emsdale, there’s no reason for MacPhail to worry about losing that dark sky. Perry Township’s official plan details that future developments in the municipality be dark-sky ...

Emsdale amateur astronomer Bob MacPhail won’t have to worry about future development in Perry Township ever disrupting his nighttime viewing with added light pollution. That’s thanks to the ...

It started as a hobby watching the night sky with a small telescope as a kid in Etobicoke. Little did Bob MacPhail, now 71 of Perry Township, know back then that his interest would grow to the ...

When Ontario crossed into 2025, it was supposed to do so as an accessible province. Instead, advocates say it's missed its own deadline. In 2005, a unanimous vote carried in Queen's Park to make ...

1:40 Winter blast set to swoop in across Canada, U.S. Some areas of Ontario are forecasted to see up to 60 cm of snow as Environment Canada has issued snow squall warnings for a portion of the ...

A new year means new laws and regulations in Ontario, ranging from caps on child-care fees to tougher penalties for immigration fraud. Updated Jan. 2, 2025 at 12:36 p.m. Dec. 31, 2024 ...

Dube is a former lumberjack who moved to Emsdale in 1997 from Kitchener-Waterloo when the logging industry softened in southern Ontario. He’s no longer a lumberjack and for the past 11 years ...