From 350.org We need your voice at the Georgian Triangle Climate Change consultation! The meeting will be at the Collingwood Public Library on Wednesday August 24th at 6:30 pm. ‘Town hall’ meetings like this one have been requested by the Federal government and are being held across Canad...
By Rebecca Morelle Science Correspondent, BBC News A 5p charge for plastic bags was introduced in England in 2015 Plastic bag use has plummeted in England since the introduction of a 5p charge last year, the government has said. In the six months after the levy was brought in last October, 640 millio...
The steady drip of the neurotoxin mercury has percolated through river sediment, the food chain and generations of Grassy Narrows First Nations residents for more than four decades, killing a community’s livelihood and then contaminating its people By David Bruser and Jamie Poisson Toronto Star GRASS...
News release from Save Oro Mere days before the beginning of the WayHome concerts, Oro-Medonte resident Wendy McKay will be in court Tuesday July 19 to pursue her private prosecution of concert promoters Republic Live in connection with alleged bylaw violations at last year’s Burl’s Creek concerts. T...
A new report examining impact of mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation says obvious symptoms are the “tip of the iceberg” By Jayme Poisson and David Bruser Toronto Star The level of mercury found in the umbilical cords of babies in Grassy Narrows First Nation was high enough to affect thei...
Did decades of mercury poisoning play a role in Azraya Kokopenace’s suicide? By Bernie Farber NOW Toronto Her name was Azraya Kokopenace, and she was only 14 years old when she took her life. Police had left the Grassy Narrows First Nation youth at the hospital in Kenora on April 15. She was fo...
From Environmental Defence Ontario’s award-winning Greenbelt protects farmland, forests, wetlands and abundant clean water supplies. It also supports a thriving rural economy including the $11 billion agriculture and food sector that provides 110,000 Ontario jobs. A bigger and strengthened Greenbelt ...
By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times The County of Simcoe’s decision to use one of its forests to create an organics processing facility could lead to another Site 41 fiasco. That’s a warning from an opponent to the plan passed by county council earlier this year to build a compost and materi...
By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times Oro-Medonte council has opted for the status quo when it comes to this summer’s music festivals at Burl’s Creek. During a boisterous meeting Wednesday, the township’s council voted unanimously to approve a special-events permit for 92 of ...
Statement from Grassy Narrows Support A few minutes ago, supporters of Grassy Narrows First Nation created a chemical dump on the front steps of Queen’s Park, shutting down Premier Kathleen Wynne’s front door. We are calling on Ontario listen to Grassy and immediately commit to cleaning up the Wabigo...
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