TORONTO — A Scarborough, Ont. restaurateur has pleaded guilty and was heavily fined for illegally possessing spiny softshell turtles and listing them for sale on his menu.

The case, which was recently held in a Scarborough courtroom, heard  Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) officials give evidence they found 31 at-risk turtles in a freezer at a Cantonese restaurant.

MONTREAL — P.F. Chang’s will open its first Quebec location in Montreal on April 18.

"It is an honour for me to share my passion for cooking and my Chinese culinary heritage. It is my sincere wish that Quebecers embrace the P.F. Chang's experience, our warmth, our varied and refined menu, our commitment to quality and our desire to offer the best Chinese food." said Philip Chang, co-founder of P.F. Chang's.

GUELPH, Ont. – With the aim to make local food more accessible at Ontario’s restaurants, markets, grocery stores and institutions, the Ontario government recently introduced a new Local Food Act.

The act intends to create a system that supports farmers, increase awareness of the importance of eating local and set quotas for public sector organizations, holding them accountable to the public.

TORONTO — After only seven months on the job, Chef Ryan Gallagher has announced via Twitter that he is leaving his post as executive chef of Reds Wine Tavern.

“Hey people of the twitter world. No longer at Reds. Going in different directions... keep you all posted on what’s next for me,” tweeted Gallagher last week.