Lake effect snow squalls are expected to impact parts of Ontario throughout the weekend with peak snowfall rates of 2 to 4 in per hour, according to Environment Canada.

Environment Canada is warning of snow squalls in parts of Ontario north of the Greater Toronto Area this weekend, with more than 75 centimetres of snow accumulation possible in some areas.

Difficult driving conditions continue into this weekend across portions of Ontario as powerful snow squalls continue whipping off all five of the Great Lakes. These potent bands of lake-effect snow will continue through Sunday,

Canada selects Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Ignace to host its first deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel.

A region in northern Ontario was chosen Thursday as the site to hold Canada’s nuclear waste in a deep geological repository, a critical milestone in a $26-billion, decades-long project to bury millions of used fuel bundles underground.

Northwestern Ontario has been chosen for Canada's first deep geological repository, a multibillion-dollar project that aims to eventually store the country's nuclear waste. In an announcement Thursday morning,