From the Green Party of Ontario Meet Gord Miller, who served as Environment Commissioner of Ontario for the past 15 years. Some have called him the Lorax, the one who speaks for the trees, guardian of our ecology. Last month, Gord made the move from public service to an active political bid to be a [...
Environment Canada Explains Facebook Rebrand With Confusing Statement The Huffington Post Canada | By Zi-Ann Lum Environment Canada quietly changed the name of its Facebook page earlier this week — scrubbing the name of the actual federal department from its profile. As of Tuesday, “Environment Canad...
The Ramsay Road Woodlot By John Bacher Sierra Club Ontario In 1993. as the provincial government was working to develop legislation to give municipalities ability to strengthen their powers to regulated tree cutting on private land, came one of the worst assaults on the environment in Niagara since t...
By Phil Brennan AWARE News Network Last month, when the Heartland Institute, a so called free market-oriented group vigorously fought to discourage Pope Francis from “lending his moral authority to the politicized and unscientific climate change agenda of the United Nations, ” I found mys...
By Dr. Trevor Hancock Times Colonist For the past three years, I have been leading an important project for the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), which led to the release on May 25th of our Discussion Paper and a 100-page technical report on global change and public health. In these document...
from Ontario Beekeepers Association In a recent letter to members, the chair of the Grain Farmers of Ontario, reacting to new regulations to limit the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments, indicated that his members will likely resort to foliar sprays that are even more toxic to bees. The letter also...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online A week removed from a unanimous decision to issue the Tottenham airport property owner an ultimatum to conduct bore hole tests for contaminated soil at the fill import operation underway as part of its runway expansion, councillors last night agreed to wait for a Town ...
AWARE News Network A yearling bear was photographed wandering through Beeton June 13 2015. Recently, after a young bear was shot in Newmarket, naturalist Bob Bowles had the following comment in his Orillia Packet & Times column. ‘Young black bears that were born in winter dens in Jan...
News release from MTM Conservation Association The MTM Conservation Association is hosting the First Annual Tiny Marsh BioBlitz on Saturday June 27, 2015. “This is a very exciting opportunity for newcomers to the world of nature to find out what’s going on, and for naturalists to experience the rich ...
By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times Accusations of impropriety levelled at township councillors over the future of Strawberry Island echoed through the Ramara Centre Monday night. Nearly 200 people packed the Atherley building for a second public meeting about the proposed official plan ...
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