Mega-quarry News September 17 2013It's been two years since the Ontario government announced a review of the outdated Aggregate Resources Act, but we're inching ever closer to seeing a report on possible revisions. As the outcry over the proposed Highland Mega Quarry escalated in 2011, the Liberals a...
CELA news releasr Sep 17 2013Over twenty-five environmental groups will ask the federal Joint Review Panel today to suspend the hearings assessing Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) radioactive waste dump proposal until the company clarifies the actual volume and types of radioactive wastes it plans to...
Government announces plan of action, seeks public input by December 12 Health Canada news advisory - Sept. 13, 2013 - Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has determined that current agricultural practices related to the use of neonicotinoid treated corn and soybean seed are havin...
Bones of First Nation’s ancestors that had spent decades in boxes at the University of Toronto and the Ontario Heritage Trust are re-interred at a heritage site near VaughanBy Jane Gerster Toronto Star Sep 14 2013 There was no bitterness and no anger, just a sense of closure as members of the Huron-W...
New regulation permits industry to ignore Act’s main purposesOntario Nature news release September 10, 2013TORONTO—Environmental groups are suing the Ontario government for its decision to exempt major threats to species at risk from the province’sEndangered Species Act (ESA).Ecojustice lawyers, acti...
By David Suzuki with contributions from Ian Hanington, Communications Manager Many urban areas have built or are considering building waste-incineration facilities to generate energy. At first glance, it seems like a win-win. You get rid of “garbage” and acquire a new energy source with f...
By Rob O’Flanagan The Record August 30 2013ELORA — During a public forum Wednesday, a relatively new class of pesticides with difficult to pronounce names like clothianidin, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam were singled out as the likely culprit behind the catastrophic collapse of bee populations here ...
By Roger Klein, CTV Barrie September 10, 2013 Colonies of bees are dying off in massive numbers, all across the province.Federal inspectors are in Grey County this week, getting a first-hand look. Pesticides are being blamed, a ban isn't likely. Honeybees were active in Dave Schuit’s Saugeen Country...
By Kate Harries AWARE News Network September 10 2013Listed below are the members of the Ontario Bee Health Working Group, from a list on the Ontario government website. Most of the committee is made up of the very bureaucrats, federal and provincial, that have allowed the use of neonicotinoids. ...
Megaquarry News September 9 2013It's back to Queen's Park for Ontario's MPPs today and, over the coming weeks, we'll be paying close attention to the fate of the Aggregate Resources Act. Over the summer, the Standing Committee on General Government began writing its report on possible revisions to th...
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