By Rob Ferguson Toronto Star June 28, 2012Job cuts and office closures are coming to Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources as it chops $70 million or 10 per cent of its spending over three years, Minister Michael Gravelle confirmed Thursday....
Ontario’s quarry conundrumBy Bill Tremblay Barrie Advance Jun 28, 2012 ORANGEVILLE - Ontario’s thirst for aggregate must no longer trump the need to maintain agricultural land, heard the committee charged with reviewing the province’s Aggregate Resources Act (ARA)....
Canadians kick off international coalition to fight new Internet restrictions proposed in TPP trade agreementNews release from OpenMedia June 27, 2012 OpenMedia.ca launched a campaign today, supported a by a group of organizations, to stand against the new Internet restrictions, including new content...
Expert panel finds 12 per cent drop in bird populations since 1970The Canadian Press Jun 27, 2012 A huge proportion of Canada's bird species are in serious decline, threatened by disappearing habitat and climate change, the first comprehensive report on the health of the country's avian populations ...
Artists at their easels, area bus tour, live music await the public north of ShelburneNDACT news release June 25 2012Hornings Mills ON – For the second year, dozens of artists are gathering in Hornings Mills, north of Shelburne, to capture the landscape threatened by the proposed Highland mega-quarry...
U.S. residents protest Bruce nuclear waste proposalBy John Spears Toronto Star June 26 2012It ought to be a tourist area’s dream: The Lake Huron shoreline north of Kincardine is gaining a reputation across the U.S.But the attention coming from states as far-flung as California, Missouri, Tennessee an...
CathNews June 22 2012Sr. Rosalie Bertell, GNSH, Ph. D, an internationally recognized environmental epidemiologist, cancer researcher and public health advocate, died June 14, 2012, at age 83 in Saint Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA, in the 54th year of her religious life....
International Joint Commission holds public meetings in Midland, Collingwood July 16, 17AWARE Simcoe JUne 21 2012The International Joint Commission is coming to report on their plans to manage changing water levels and flows in the upper Great Lakes system. This your last opportunity to comment on th...
'The artwork has been rejected'Blogpost by Mike Hudema - Greenpeace Canada - June 19, 2012 Last week after Alberta suffered yet another pipeline spill, this one threatening the drinking water supply of tens of thousands of Albertans, we wanted to send Premier Alison Redford a very clear message about...
Movement to protect nature and democracy in Canada will continue to buildNews release from Black Out Speak Out June 18 2012Today, our elected Members of Parliament passed Bill C-38, ignoring thousands of Canadians who spoke up for nature and democracy. The budget, which represents sweeping changes t...
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