By John Bacher Niagara at Large Tragically few seem to appreciate the wonders of our relatively well ecologically restored landscape around the eastern edge of Lake Ontario where most of the province’s population lives. In the 1950s, part of what is now the core of Ontario’s Greenbelt, the Oak Ridges...
Report from Day 1 of the hearing By Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press TORONTO — An expert tribunal was entitled to conclude a proposed wind farm would devastate a population of already threatened turtles, Ontario’s top court heard Monday. The case, which pits turtles against turbines, coul...
y Matthew Sitler 103.3 Moose FM A local tree service company employee is taking a stand against Swift River Energy Ltd’s plans at Bala Falls. The company’s District Manager for Muskoka North Kyle Vincent says Swift River approached the company recently about getting an arborist report and tree remova...
Wynne has been silent on Ostrander Point debate By Anna Sand Save Ostrander Point This Monday and Tuesday, will bring to a finale a 4 year legal battle. The fight? To stop the construction of 9 industrial wind turbines (IWT) in Ostrander Point, one of North America’s most important migratory routes f...
Prince Edward County naturalists challenge a proposed wind farm in Ontario’s highest court, over the future of a rare turtle By John Spears Toronto Star Turtles and wind turbines head for what’s likely to be a final legal showdown Monday in Ontario’s highest court. At stake: The fate of a proposed w...
By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians The Canadian Press reports, “TransCanada Corp. will halt all work on an oil terminal in eastern Quebec in response to concerns the project could hurt a beluga habitat. The company said Monday it is ‘standing down’ on all work in Cacouna after ...
The October 27th municipal election resulted in another huge turnover in the membership of County Council, more than 50%. In some municipalities none of the incumbents on council survived. One of the biggest issues almost everywhere is transparency. People want easy access to information, not to be s...
From Maude Barlow Council of Canadians I have big news to share with you this morning. Internal company documents leaked by Greenpeace just hours ago reveal oil giant TransCanada has teamed up with the world’s largest public relations firm, Edelman, to smear the Council of Canadians and build p...
from Cheryl Anderson Prince Edward County Field Naturalists On Dec 8-9, PECFN will be defending the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) ruling that overturned the Ministry of the Environment’s approval of the Gilead wind turbine project. We are appealing to the Appeal Court of Ontario because, subseq...
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