Darlington reactors on hold
Smitherman said Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. delivered the best bid for the contract for reactors that were to have been built for 2018, but said Ontario is concerned about "uncertainty" at the troubled nuclear agency.
He called on the federal government "to clarify the future ownership of AECL" before Ontario will proceed.
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Court quashes government cancellation of wind farm near Cornwall
CORNWALL - Construction of a wind farm in eastern Ontario will move ahead after a court quashed a provincial government decision to cancel the project.
In a ruling released Wednesday, a panel of Ontario Superior Court judges said the province's decision to scrap the Nation Rise Wind Farm in December 2019 did not meet the proper requirements.
At the time, Environment Minister Jeff Yurek revoked the approvals of the project near Cornwall, Ont., citing the risk to three bat species.
That decision came despite a ruling from the province's Environmental Review Tribunal that determined the risk the project posed to the bat population…
