Newsroom Search Tips

Tweak your Newsroom search for the best results.

More words: The more information you provide, the better the results. To return more relevant results, use more words in your search. For example, search "Ontario Pension Plan" instead of just "pension".

Not case sensitive: A search query in lower case, UPPER CASE, oR a CoMBiNAtiOn returns the same search results.

Exact quotes: If you know the exact name or title for what you're searching, put quotes around the phrase. For example, searching "Progress Report 2008" only returns pages with that exact phrase.

Common words like the/of/it/and: Frequently used "stop words" will be ignored by the search engine. For example, a search for "the Government of Ontario" or "Government Ontario" returns the same results.

Narrow your search: Use the Organizations tab, on the menu to the left, to filter your search results by organization. The tab displays the number of results for your entire query, and also by specific organization. To see results from just one of those organizations, click on it.

Media type: If you know the news format for which you are searching, you can limit your search by media type (video, photo or news).

Published between: If you know when a news feature was published, you can specify a date range to limit your results.

Region: If you know the region of Ontario that your news is about, you can specify a region to limit your results.

Saving searches as RSS Feeds: The Ontario Newsroom lets you create your own feeds by saving searches as RSS Feeds. Once you complete a search, on the Search Results page, click the orange RSS icon in the top-right corner of the screen. For example, you could search "children health benefits" and subscribe to those results. Whenever a new news item is posted that meets these criteria, you will be sent a feed of that story. To learn more about using RSS, click here.

Advanced search: Visit the Advanced News Search page for more advanced search functions.