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Ontario Wildfire Smoke Moves East
After a slow start to Canada’s 2026 fire season, activity picked up by the end of June amid dry, warm conditions and returned closer to the 25-year average. By mid-July, almost 850 fires were actively burning across the country, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 180 of those were burning in Ontario. This NOAA-21 image, acquired on the afternoon of July…
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Jefferson’s Bourbon Heads North Expanding Availability Across Ontario
Jefferson’s Bourbon, known for its innovation and boundary pushing approach to whiskey blending and unique maturation, proudly debuts its flagship product, Jefferson’s Bourbon in Ontario this fall. This expansion marks a significant milestone for the brand, allowing enthusiasts to experience the distinctive taste of Jefferson’s, which has earned a loyal following in the U.S. and beyond. Jefferson’s Bourbon Heads North Expanding Availability…
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World’s First Climate Positive Gin – Nàdar Gin Available at Select LCBO Locations on April 1st, 2024
Nàdar (“nature” in Gaelic), the world’s first climate-positive gin, arrives at the LCBO in Ontario just in time for Earth Day celebrations on April 22nd. This innovative spirit boasts a negative carbon footprint of -1.54 kg CO2e per 700ml bottle, meaning it actively removes greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. To quote John Stirling, Director of Arbikie Distillery: Nàdar Gin (CNW Group/Wine Lovers Agency) “Our…
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Make a Splash this Summer with Hands-On Fun at the Ontario Science Centre
Kick off the first long weekend of summer with curiosity-sparking fun at the Ontario Science Centre! Journey through an underwater world in newest exhibition Voyage to the Deep: Underwater Adventures and beginning July, enjoy new ocean-themed programming and go on an extraordinary adventure in new IMAX® film, Turtle Odyssey. Explore an incredible world beneath the waves at Voyage to the Deep: Underwater Adventures, the newest interactive…
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Gigabit Internet speed coming soon to Haldimand County, Ontario
Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada’s leading rural-focused broadband provider, is pleased to announce that its Metro Loop business has started our state-of-the-art fibre network expansion in Haldimand County, Ontario. The project is scheduled to be completed within two years. Xplornet Communications Inc. Logo (CNW Group/Xplornet Communications Inc.) At project completion, Xplornet will have deployed over 600 kilometers of fibre optic cable, making fibre-to-the-home broadband…
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Ontario’s first craft brewery introduces most Canadian beer ever?
KITCHENER, ON, Nov. 18, 2020 /CNW/ – While Canadian content may be easier to measure in radio and television than in craft beer, Waterloo Brewing’s Maple Spiced Pecan Old Ale has to be a frontrunner for the Most Canadian Beer Ever. HIGHLIGHTS: Waterloo Maple Spiced Pecan Old Ale (CNW Group/Waterloo Brewing Ltd.) Waterloo Maple Spiced Pecan Old Ale joins the brewery’s long-running series of seasonal…
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