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Nov 13th, 2013
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Letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne from Beth Brass Elson I am writing on behalf of Springwater Park – Camp Nibi.  My name is Elizabeth Brass Elson and I and many other traditional/spiritual natives and non-native people have been participating in ceremony and teachings on the Provincial Park land...
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Nov 11th, 2013
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A plan to increase nuclear power generation would cost twice as much as what Quebec is selling: clean, renewable power for right now By Jack Gibbons Ontario Clean Air Alliance  Nov 11 2013 If someone offered you renewable energy at half the cost of nuclear power, would you buy it? I think most Ontari...
In Water
Nov 10th, 2013
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Environmental Defence  November 10 2013 The Ontario Municipal Board is set to hear an important case regarding whether to allow future development on the Oak Ridges Moraine, beginning November 23, 2013.The hearing will take place in King Township, the site of a proposed 600-person outdoor banquet/eve...
Nov 10th, 2013
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Movement that began with a teach-in claims 254,000 supporters By Daniel Schwartz, CBC News  Nov 10, 2013 Idle No More, the indigenous movement that began a year ago today, says it has a database of 254,000 supporters. Some, however, are concerned about the direction its founders want to go. A Saskato...
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Nov 8th, 2013
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By Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press November 6, 2013 TORONTO -- Ontario's environmental watchdog is again taking aim at the governing Liberals, saying new rules they brought in this year threaten the protection of endangered species. ...
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Nov 7th, 2013
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Response from the office of Rosario Marchese (NDP) November 5 2013Thank you for this email. I think you make some fair points.This is a consensus report between all three parties, and while it includes many good measures and establishes some promising themes, this is obviously not the report Rosario ...
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Nov 7th, 2013
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NDACT Call to Action November 4 2013We have drafted a template letter for you to send to the members of the Standing Committee on General Government in response to the report on the Aggregate Resources Act. ...
Nov 3rd, 2013
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Forty years ago, Ontario devastated the community of Grassy Narrows by dumping mercury into its river system. If the province goes ahead with its logging plan, it will do it again By:Simon Fobister Toronto Star   Nov 03 2013 Premier Kathleen Wynne came to our community in the summer of 2012 and said ...
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Nov 3rd, 2013
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Megaquarry News November 1 2013We continue to analyze the Standing Committee's report on the Review of the Aggregate Resources Act and are extremely disappointed. There are no recommendations to protect prime farmland and source water regions. The presentations made by agricultural stakeholders were ...
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Nov 2nd, 2013
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From Amnesty International Canada November 1, 2013The province of Ontario is asking for public comments on a plan to resume clearcut logging in the traditional territory of the Grassy Narrows First Nation. The people of Grassy Narrows have already said no to such logging. Amnesty International believ...