AWARE Essa meeting focuses on disappearing bees, effects of neonicotinoids and loss of food security
By Anne Learn Sharpe AWARE Essa In spite of a spring snowstorm, more than 70 people gathered at Utopia Hall in Essa Township on Saturday, March 22, to watch the movie Vanishing of the Bees. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, only 15 minutes of the movie was shown, but on a positive note, t...
Final push joined by Atwood in Twitter feed Today, the 5,000th person signed the petition to save the village of Midhurst (population 3,500), preserve the 756 hectares of surrounding farmland and stop the proposed effluent discharge into the Willow Creek and the internationally treasured Minesing We...
News release from Save Ostrander Point PICTON — A great cheer went up last evening from the crowd gathered to hear Terry Sprague speak at the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists monthly meeting. Myrna Wood, president of the club and leader in the fight to Save Ostrander Point announced that ...
OBA news release MILTON: The Ontario Beekeepers Association (OBA) has received and read the final report from the Bee Health Working Group presented today by Premier Wynne, acting as Minister of Agriculture. Our response to this report is guided by our concerns related to declining populations of be...
Sierra Club Canada applauds Obana administration’s investment in restoring Michigan-Huron and Georgian Bay water levels Sierra Club Canada Foundation news release After 50 years of failing to complete the terms and conditions of a U.S. / Canada agreement to compensate for the loss of water from Lakes...
By Kate Harries The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority has voted in favour of requesting that the federal government add the Nottawasaga River to the new federal Navigation Protection Act. NVCA chair Nina Bifolchi, a Wasaga Beach councillor, attempted to defer the decision, but lost on a tied ...
Comment closes April 25 on province’s new land use policy for rural Ontario The Ontario government released its Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) 2014 on February 24, which goes into effect on Aprl 20, 2014, replacing the PPS 2005. It also released two draft documents for discussion dealing with the ...
The human race and our planet need a new water ethic By Maude Barlow Have you heard? The world is running out of accessible clean water. Humanity is polluting, mismanaging, and displacing our finite freshwater sources at an alarming rate. Since 1990, half the rivers in China have disappeared. The Oga...
From the Midhurst Ratepayers Association Our goal is to protect the local farms of Midhurst, and to stop treated effluent from this huge manufactured city from flowing into an internationally renowned wetland – the Minesing. We want to ensure that the food and water resources of Midhurst and it...
Government responds to ARA report! From NDACT (North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce) As you’ll recall, we were deeply disappointed in the review of the Aggregate Resources Act which was completed by the Standing Committee on General Government last fall. Despite excellent recomme...
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