Humans have always had a close connection with Lake Ontario. For centuries, this Great Lake has been a backbone of the region’s economy — relied upon for trade, food and industry. But a ...

Even its name is lake-derived from the eponymous Lake Ontario, an adaptation of a word meaning “sparkling water” from the Haudenosaunee Indigenous Peoples. Nearly one-fifth of the world’s ...

Daniel Macfarlane does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Georgian Bay, tucked into Ontario's Lake Huron, is a bit of a misnomer. At 5,792 square miles it's not that much smaller than Lake Ontario (7,320 square miles), earning it the nickname "the sixth ...

Some Ontario communities could see more than 50 cm of additional snowfall by the time the potent snow squalls finally wind down late-day Tuesday. Consider postponing non-essential travel until ...

and parts of southern Ontario will face the prospect of lake-effect snow heading into the weekend. Stay up-to-date on your local weather alerts, and be sure to check the latest highway conditions ...

Last Boat on the Lake tells a character-driven story of commercial fisheries, some of them multi-generational, in the Great Lakes and how much they contribute to the local food chain in Ontario ...

This wouldn't be the first time climate change has affected how humans use this Great Lake, as I show in my new book "The Lives of Lake Ontario: An Environmental History."During the Little Ice Age ...