You won’t be given a plastic bag from Ontario liquor stores any more. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario has banned plastic bags at all of its retail stores.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) is widely acknowledged as the greatest Baroque sculptor for his monumental works such as Apollo and Daphne (1622–25) and the Ecstasy of St. Theresa (1647–52). His unparalleled talent as a portrait sculptor transformed the practice and earned him the patronage of the Catholic Church and nobility in 17th- century Rome, as well as important commissions from foreign rulers.

Theatre Ontario is pleased to announce the productions that will be participating in Theatre Ontario Festival 2008 in North Bay.

This year, the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) has assembled an exciting and enlightening program for its visitors, including three major consecutive exhibitions starting in June: The 1930s: The Making of "The New Man", Caught in the Act: The Viewer as Performer, and Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture.

In collaboration with the Canada Council for the Arts, the National Gallery of Canada opens an exhibition today devoted to the eight winners of the 2008 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts (GGAVMA), which are organized by the Canada Council.

Teachers, students, art historians, researchers, and all art enthusiasts in Canada and throughout the world can now visit CyberMuse, the on-line research and education tool of the National Gallery of Canada, via www.canadianart1930.gallery.ca to access new research. On-line access is now available to more than 8,000 digitally archived images and documents linked to the major exhibition Canadian Painting in the Thirties, which was first presented by the National Gallery Of Canada in 1975.

Digital Media is the hot sector du jour in Ontario, and for good reason. It is one of those rising sectors that are the great hope to support economic growth in an age of de-industrialization. In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a bit of a government-led gold rush going on.

Three-billion-year-old zircon microcrystals found in northern Ontario are proving to be a new record of the processes that form continents and their natural resources, including gold and diamonds.

By Doug Hadfield

It may not be the sexiest of metals to investors, but iron is also arguably one of the most important. That was the message of Brian Thurston, President of Raytec Metals Corp. (TSX.V: RAY) in a recent interview with Resourcex.com. The junior exploration company has turned its focus from uranium in the Athabasca Basin to iron ore in Ontario and South America.

Earlier this week, Bayfield Ventures [TSXV:BYV] and Rainy River Resources [TSXV: RR] announced that they have entered into an option agreement on Bayfield’s Burns Block property, which easterly adjoins Rainy River’s 17/ODM gold zones.

Bayfield is currently pursuing some promising new opportunities with strong indications of future gains in the highly stable political/geographical area of Northwestern Ontario known as Rainy River.

All dreams, rumors, and other Fleetwood Mac references aside, Bayfield Ventures (TSX.V:BYV) really is at the “Edge of 17” as it gets set to drill its newly acquired parcel of land adjacent to Rainy River Resources’ (TSX.V:RR) #17 gold zone. Management has successfully negotiated a deal to tie up certain patent mineral rights totaling 80 acres (known as Parcel #15961) in the Richardson Township.