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Son Flies to Ontario and Personally Thanks the Restaurant Worker Who Cheered His Ailing Dad

The son of an ailing senior was so grateful for the kindness showed to his dad by a diner employee, he made sure to personally thank the worker.

Syrian Refugee Saves Ontario Wedding With Master Sewing Skills

It's strange how one tiny zipper tooth can create such big problems – and such amazing resolutions. It was Jo Du's wedding day in Ontario,...

Ontario is First Region in North America to Curb Pesticide Blamed for Killing Bees

Ontario is making life sweeter for honey bees. The Canadian province will become the first jurisdiction in North America to limit bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides...

Ontario: Where Did All the Smog Go?

Southwestern Ontario's hot and sticky weather is back, but a close cousin -- serious, even dangerous smog -- is noticeably missing. The London region hasn't...

Ontario Students Counter Anti-Immigration Flyer with Positive Message

In May 2014, this controversial anti-immigration flyer began circulated around Brampton, Ontario. A member of the Facing History education organization in Ontario, teacher Lanny Cedrone,...
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Bridging the Gap Between Arabs and Jews, in Ontario Lake Country

As long-awaited peace talks resumed last week in Washington, young Jewish and Arab kids are learning peaceful co-existence in the great Canadian outdoors. For...
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21 Year-old Saves 100 From Ontario Fire, Hailed as Hero

James Slatcher is being hailed a hero, credited with saving more than 100 lives, after a devastating fire tore through a 36-unit townhouse development...
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2009 a Record Year for Organ Donations in Ontario

Nearly 700 lives were saved last year thanks to a record number of organ donations. Organ donations rose 17 percent in 2009, two...
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Ontario and South Korea Sign New Green Energy Deal

Canadian Premier Dalton McGuinty has signed a landmark agreement with a South Korean consortium to generate 2,500 megawatts of wind and solar power in...
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Ontario Shuts 4 Coal-Fired Power Stations

Ontario is shutting down four coal units by 2010 in a move the World Wildlife Fund says will make the province a leader...

Ontario Hailed as First to Subsidize Solar Power

Ontario, Canada announced an historic proposal to buy clean, renewable electricity from homeowners and entrepreneurs who produce solar, wind or other green power over...

Good News in History, April 12

467 years ago, Cuenca was founded in Ecuador, a city of such beauty that it has become known as the "Athens" of South America....

Good News in History, March 4

1,172 years ago today, a Duke named Trpimir I wrote in a charter in the Latin language that he was Duke of the Croats...

Good News in History, January 27

210 years ago today, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was born in Paris. As an architect, his fame blossomed from his work restoring dozens of France's most...

Readers’ Choice Top 10 Good News of the Year 2023

Individual stories of hope and miracle color in this year's review of the most popular good news on the internet. There are some that...

Good News for California Bees: Governor Signs Law to Help Protect Pollinators From Toxic Pesticides

Thanks to the persistence of state legislators, and a change of heart from Governor Gavin Newsom, California has passed a new law that will...

Potential Cure for Most Common Deadly Pregnancy Complication Was Already Invented–For Treating Alzheimer’s

A protein long believed to be linked with Alzheimer's has now been identified as a potential smoking gun for the most common cause of...

Good News in History, September 1

59 years ago today, relief pitcher Masanori "Mashi" Murakami trotted onto the mound for the SF Giants to pitch the final inning of a...

500 Million Year-Old Jellyfish–Oldest Ever Found–May Have Swallowed Prey Whole

Cast the metaphorical (and metaphorically real) net back into the sea 500 million years ago and you'd pull up a variety of strange creatures...

Good News in History, August 7

135 years ago today, American inventor Theophilus Van Kannel received a patent for his vision of a seamless and fluid way of entering and...