Email from Friends of NDACT April 26 2012Tuesday, Apr-24 was disappointing because the Ontario budget passed with only a few modifications to appease the NDP including a wealth surtax, extra daycare help and corporate tax cut freeze. The hidden environmental amendments were ignored. ...
By SARA ROSS Orillia Packet & Times April 26 2012A First Nation solidarity camp on Coldwater Canadiana Heritage Museum property must be removed, museum stewards say.Without permission, three Anishinabe men have occupied the privately owned property off Highway 12 for more than two weeks, taking a sta...
News release from the camp April 25 2012Coldwater Heritage Museum Board of Directors have requested to the organizers of an Anishinabek Oshkimaadzig Camp to pack up and leave the Museum's property as soon as possible in a show of good faith after setting up camp without permission....
Harper Government to Eliminate Habitat Protection Provisions in the Canada Fisheries Actby Otto Langer Pacific free Press March 12 2012 To date the Harper government has shown little regard for the protection of the environment and over the past few years has supervised the almost total elimination o...
Voice Your Concern regarding MOE Proposal to Exempt Transportation of Hazardous Waste from Licensing RequirementsAction Alert from the Canadian Environmental Law Association April 23 2012The Ontario Ministry of Environment is proposing to exempt waste haulers transporting hazardous waste from the req...
These residents are tryingBy John Spears Toronto Star April 20 2012STAYNER—The little hut not far from the end of Kevin Elwood’s airstrip looks more like a hobbit house than anything: almost a play house, a mere 16 by 20 feet. ...
By BILL HENRY, QMI AGENCY April 17 2012Meaford is among the top Ontario municipalities for keeping organic materials and recyclables out of landfills.Meaford’s overall 60% waste diversion rate is up 10% from 2010, according to the 2011 waste management summary report accepted by council at last...
By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians April 13 2012The Canadian Press reports, “Mayors in Atlantic Canada say they want to participate in ongoing free trade negotiations between the federal government and the European Union. The mayors, who are holding their regular meeting in Halifax, say municip...
Critics accuse Tories of ‘abdicating’ government’s responsibility to protect environment By Andrew Davidson, CBC News April 17 2012The federal government is reducing the number of departments and agencies that can do environmental reviews from 40 to just three to speed up approvals...
Massive call-in needed to NDP and PCs to urge rejection of amendments to environmental legislationAWARE Simcoe is passing on two alerts about the Liberal government's Omnibus Bill 55 which amends a number of environmental bills while circumventing normal posting under the Environmental Bill of Rights...
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