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Ontario to refurbish nuclear plant to meet growing electricity demand
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Ontario is about to decide whether to overhaul Canada’s oldest nuclear power plant. Does it deserve a second life?
The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, in Pickering, Ont., is seen Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. Ontario is asking to extend the life of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station by one year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Drivers will pay more to use Highway 407 in Ontario starting in February
Drivers will have to pay more to use Highway 407 between Burlington and Pickering in Ontario next year after four years of rate freeze. The 407 ETR logo is seen in this undated handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
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Two Ontario municipalities ask province to compensate them for Greenbelt work
Trees touch a skyline in the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve, part of Ontario's Greenbelt, on Monday, May 15, 2023. Two Ontario municipalities are asking the provincial government to reimburse them for more than $400,000 in costs they incurred while working on the now-reversed Greenbelt land removals in their communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Thanksgiving shooting at Pickering casino leaves security guard dead
Police in a city east of Toronto say a man is in critical condition after he was stabbed multiple times while he was pushing his granddaughter in a stroller Tuesday morning. A Durham Regional Police car is shown at a Bowmanville, Ont. shopping centre parking lot on Tuesday Feb. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
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Centrepiece of Doug Ford’s Greenbelt housing plan faces multiple roadblocks
The Reeser family plot of farmland, as well as other farm holdings within the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve, in Pickering, Ont., Monday, June 19, 2023. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Police say fiery collision on 401 highway near Pickering leaves two dead, shuts down traffic
Ontario Provincial Police say a multi-vehicle collision has left two people dead and sparked a massive fireball on Highway 401, at Brock Road in Pickering, east of Toronto.
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Seventeen-year-old boy dead after shooting in Pickering, Ont.
A Durham Police Vehicle is shown in Bowmanville, Ont., Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. Durham Regional Police say three people are dead and two people have been critically injured in a collision in Brock Township, Ont., on Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
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Pickering city council rejects Ford government’s special order for new nursing home
Participants react during a vigil for COVID-19 victims at the Orchard Villa long-term care home in Pickering, Ont. on Monday, June 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Early spring shopper snags postwar back split in Pickering
Done Deal, 875 Grenoble Blvd., Pickering, Ont.
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Pickering house with in-law suite gets five bids as market perks up
Done Deal, 310 Whitevale Rd., Pickering, Ont.
featured reports
Leaders of tomorrow: How private schools teach kids to handle big issues
opinion
Ontario and Quebec must act fast to address looming electricity shortages
Konrad Yakabuski
Konrad Yakabuski
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Extending Pickering nuclear plant a mistake, critics say
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Ontario to extend life of Pickering nuclear plant until 2026
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Human remains found buried in rural area of Pickering, police say
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Shawn Mendes postpones world tour for three weeks to focus on his mental health
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Listed low, Pickering townhouse gets bumped-up offer after negotiations
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Ontario woman, 25, charged in brazen killing of Quebec man inside busy restaurant
opinion
Seventy-five towers? In Pickering?
Marcus Gee
Marcus Gee
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Three buyers bid on Pickering bungalow with pool, bunkie and bar
investigation
Canada’s nuclear regulator overlooked dubious data when renewing Pickering plant’s licence, documents show
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Everything you need to know about the Ford government’s changes to conservation and planning
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False alarm about incident at Pickering nuclear power station was result of human error, investigation finds
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Police say three people injured after shooting on Highway 401 in Pickering, Ont.