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Apr 20th, 2016
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        Coal-Free Ontario with Morgan Freeman From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance The leadership of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance in helping Ontario to become the first jurisdiction to end the use of coal-fired electricity for health and environmental reasons has not gone unnotic...
Apr 17th, 2016
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Chiarelli population allocations of vital importance in plan for village to be turned into a city By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The stage is set for a hearing in May at which Simcoe County councillors will deal with applications from developers for an extra population allocation of 7,500 people ...
Apr 9th, 2016
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STOP more trees being destroyed in Beeton – again Petition from Beeton residents Dayfoot Street – has become a major thoroughfare in Beeton – it does need a sidewalk for a large part of the 1.5kms – most will agree . We will be getting sidewalk on the West side of the road – from […]...
Mar 11th, 2016
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Looking back: A woman holds her dog as they are scanned for radiation in March 2011 at a scanning centre for residents living close to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. By Linda Pentz Gunter The Ecologist Five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster began to unfold, the searing psychologi...
Mar 8th, 2016
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Treehugger.com AWARE News Network March 7 2016 The world mourns the loss of Berta Cáceres, an Indigenous woman who peacefully yet persistently resisted the destruction of waterways in Honduras for mining projects. Berta Cáceres, a hugely influential environmental activist, Indigenous leader, and winn...
Feb 29th, 2016
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by Naomi Klein TheLeap-ThisChangesEverything AWARE News Network Naomi Klein delivered the following remarks in Ottawa on February 29, at the Leap Day launch of Delivering Community Power, a proposal to turn postal offices into green community hubs to power Canada’s next economy. Leap Day is the offic...
Feb 26th, 2016
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from the Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County  AWARE News Network Dear APPEC supporters, We are pleased to announce that APPEC’s appeal of wpd’s White Pines Wind Project has been upheld in part. The Tribunal has found that the White Pines project will cause serious and irreversible ha...
Feb 25th, 2016
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LETTER TO Mayor – Rick Milne Town of New Tecumseth Councillor – Chris Ross Town of New Tecumseth Councillor – Richard Norcross Town of New Tecumseth and 3 others Deputy Mayor – Jamie Smith Town of New Tecumseth Councillor – Michael Beattie Town of New Tecumseth Councillo...
Feb 22nd, 2016
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Keith and Ina Wood surrounded by supporters at the Site 41 protest camp, August 6 2009 ( See below for August 4 2009 SDS41 news release) AWARE News Network We have lost a friend. The Earth has lost a champion. And all those who fight to protect water, land and life have lost a passionate advocate [&h...
Feb 22nd, 2016
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Grassy Narrows representatives in Geneva First Nation tells UN Committee Canada is violating its economic, social and cultural rights From Grassy Narrows Support AWARE News Network Today Grassy Narrows First Nation addressed an expert committee of the United Nations which is currently reviewing Canad...