... but to take extra care with carcasses destined for Japanese consumers!By Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife and Field Producer Philip Ling, CTV News Nov. 28, 2012OTTAWA -- Federal beef inspectors at the XL Foods plant in southern Alberta whose E. coli crisis sparked the country’s largest meat recall...
By Kate Allen Toronto Star November 29 2012When Sherri Mason sailed a brig across the Great Lakes this summer collecting water samples, she and her team of students and fellow scientists expected to find plastic.Plastic pollution is a well-documented problem in oceans. But nobody had ever published r...
We gave each other hope for the world in her devastationBy Cindy Hillard AWARE News Network November 29 2012 After my son and I attended the "Big Heart" ceremony to start the encampment to stop the Mega Quarry I was so moved by my experience that day that I went home and wrote it all down so that I w...
Musician Sarah Harmer among those concerned about omnibus budget legislationCBC News Nov 27, 2012Musicians, including environmental activist Sarah Harmer, are joining those raising concerns about the Harper government's second omnibus budget legislation.C-45 includes changes to the Navigable Waters P...
Report: $100 billion a year to help poorer countries still unfunded BY HEATHER SCOFFIELD THE CANADIAN PRESS November 26, 2012OTTAWA — A $100-billion-a-year promise from rich nations — including Canada — to help poor countries deal with climate change is still unfunded as of the end of 2012, a new rep...
AWARE Simcoe November 26 2012 The following is the text of Justice Charles Hackland's decision:...
MNR Is Being GuttedEmail from Peaceful Parks Coalition November 26 2012 The Ministry of Natural Resources is being gutted by staff layoffs and budget restraints. To cope with the cutbacks, it is streamlining programs and handing off responsibilities to ‘stewardship partners’ such as hunting and an...
Tree killers spreading into forests that were once too cold for themTHE CANADIAN PRESS NOVEMBER 26, 2012 N e w research suggests mountain pine beetles have become so widespread they're not just benefiting from global warming. They're starting to contribute to it."The effects of climate change cascad...
Public has until December 15 2012 to commentFrom Clearview Community Coalition November 25 2012As mentioned in the CCC Newsletter, Walker Industries has applied for an amendment to their current license to allow an additional 600,000 tonne extraction. The amendment application has been posted on the ...
By Paul Morden Sarnia Observer November 24, 2012Sarnia’s Ron Plain has been elected to a two-year term as president of the international environmental organization Global Community Monitor....
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