Indigenous women from the North and South Americas gathered in Paris against false solutions and extractive industries – IEN photo IEN news release by Suzanne Dhaliwal Indigenous peoples from Canada, U.S. and the world were initially elated to hear that Canada’s Minister of Environment and Clim...
Example of beach vegetation -Ontario Parks photo By Roger Klein CTV News Barrie December 7 2015 Some of the sand at Wasaga Beach is being plowed and that has caused some concern for environmentalists. Scott Martin says he couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw that large swaths of rare vegetatio...
From Indigenous Environmental Network December 6 2015 An all-Indigenous flotilla of kayaks took to the waters of Paris today, followed by a press conference featuring Indigenous leaders from the Americas delivering strong messages: warnings of the worst consequences of climate change, and holistic so...
By Leanne Grieves and Hazel Wheeler Wildlife Preservation Canada One of the interesting challenges of modern-day conservation is that it’s no longer enough simply to get people to switch from unsustainable practices to greener ones. The problem now is that there are simply so many of us, with such gr...
AWARE News Network UPDATE December 7 2015 Springwater Council received a report from its planning director on requests from developers for support in seeking additional population allocations to be used in the Midhurst area. The allocations are part of a bonus 20,000 population granted to Simcoe Coun...
Commemoration Part of Ontario’s Commitment to Soil Health News release from Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs November 30, 2015 To commemorate its important role and historical significance in the development of Ontario’s agri-food sector, the province is designating the Guelph So...
By Bill French Springwater News I am totally flabbergasted at how a simple request for an Election Compliance Audit of my 2014 Election Expenses has taken on a life of its own and is now out of control. I understand people being vindictive and petty minded, but this is beyond comprehension. I have de...
From WIPSM Friends of Grassy Narrows in Winnipeg: Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 22:03:03 -0600 Subject: Blockade anniversary 2002-2015 dec 2 From: judy.da…@gmail.com Gwawich, lynx clan (Roberta Keesick) writes: “I like how Grassy people are, I like how we still speak our language, and how our peo...
AWARE Simcoe note: check out the ECO website for alerts, updates, quick links from ECO website The ECO team warmly welcomes our newly appointed Environmental Commissioner, Dr. Dianne Saxe, chosen with unanimous agreement of Ontario’s Legislative Assembly earlier this week. Her appointment takes effec...
Rare dragonfly in Minesing wetlands declared at-risk species By Sara Carson Barrie Advance November 30 2015 An endangered dragonfly could lose its only known Canadian habitat if development takes place atop the Snow Valley ski hill, said Ellen Schwartzel, acting Environmental Commissioner of Ontario ...
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