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Jul 24th, 2012
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Daylong event includes celebrities, musical extravaganza, BBQ and marketplaceNews release from NDACT July 23’d 2012Honeywood, ON – The stars are coming out for this summer’s big event to raise funds and awareness about the proposed Highland mega quarry north of Shelburne, Ontario. Organizers of the S...
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Jul 24th, 2012
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Ontario government news release July 24 2012Ontario is launching a new initiative to help communities protect their part of the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund provides grants to community groups for grassroots activities such as cleaning up a beach or shoreline, restoring a wetl...
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Jul 19th, 2012
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by DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press July 19, 2012The International Joint Commission (IJC) was told Monday that a “do nothing” approach to restore the water levels of Lakes Michigan-Huron and Georgian Bay is unacceptable.Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton joined Great Lakes advocate Mary Muter of the Sierr...
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Jul 19th, 2012
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Politicians, scientists, activists, citizens urge action on Upper Great Lakes water levelsBy Kate Harries AWARE News Network July 19 2012MIDLAND – People care about water. There’s a visceral understanding of how important it is.We saw that in the Dump Site 41 battle, and we saw it again Monday night,...
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Jul 19th, 2012
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‘We have already lost one-quarter of the submerged habitat in wetlands since the 1990s’ AWARE News Network July 19 2012 The following are notes or text of five presentations made to the July 16 meeting of the International Joint Commission in Midland.  Bruce Stanton MP Simcoe North  George Lawrence, ...
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Jul 19th, 2012
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By Morgan Ian Adams, Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin July 18 2012COLLINGWOOD — For a brief moment, it appeared as though this public meeting was about to get out of hand.About two-thirds of the way into its hearing and with about 300 people crammed into the ballroom at the Bear Estate on Tuesday — ma...
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Jul 18th, 2012
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From Mary Muter: presentation to public meeting International Joint Commission July 16 2012  Chairs Comuzzi and Pollack, Commissioners Knott, Glance and Moy, As you are aware, I am the Great Lakes Section Chair for Sierra Club Ontario and acting Co-chair of the Bi-national Great Lakes Coordinating Co...
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Jul 18th, 2012
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From Dr. Pat Chow-Fraser, Professor and Director of Life Sciences, McMaster University, Department of Biology, Hamilton, ON – presentation to public meeting  International Joint Commission July 16 2012 I am speaking on behalf of those organisms that cannot speak:  the fish, the turtles, the fro...
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Jul 18th, 2012
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From Paul Cowley: presentation to public meeting on low levels in Upper Great Lakes International Joint Commission July 16, 2012 Good evening Co-chairs, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen My name is Paul Cowley and I am President of the Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations (FoTTSA). We...
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Jul 18th, 2012
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From Tiny Deputy Mayor George Lawrence: Notes for remarks to public meeting International Joint Commission  July 16 2012 Thank I.F.C. for the opportunity to have our water level concerns addressed! It is apparent after 17 million dollars spent on research, there is a problem! Our local municipalities...