Council of Canadians news release March 13 2012 t is becoming clearer from multiple sources that Canada was the country that pushed to have language that explicitly affirmed the United Nations recognized right to water and sanitation removed from the Ministerial Declaration of the World Water Forum –...
Shane Baghai, real estate mogul turned farmer, charges into Toronto’s Burger War Toronto Star Maqrch 12 2012 it’s ridiculous that we import 54 per cent of our produce in Ontario,” says condo developer Shane Baghai. “We have used up our valuable farmland north of Toronto, year after year, and en...
Why Ontario effectively paid its neighbours $214,584.24 in one weekend hour to take our power By John Spears Toronto Star March 13 2012 Mild temperatures, high winds, spring run-off and a weekend combined to send the price of power below zero on Sunday in Ontario. But despite the near-record negative...
Public invited to dig into landfill debate By John Tapley Woodstock Sentinel Review Friday, March 9, 2012 INGERSOLL – – Get involved, stay informed, ask questions and provide feedback. Walker Environmental Group (WEG) is encouraging public participation in its proposal to develop a land...
By Ellen Moorhouse Toronto Star March 3 2012 Trash Talk delves into some nasty stuff occasionally, but Toronto resident Maureen Reilly has been doing just that almost daily for 15 years. Her subject: sewage and sewage sludge. Read more ...
Highland, Walke, M.A.Q.: citizens in 3 townships fight quarry proposals By KRISTEN SMITH Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin March 9 2012 The Highland Companies, Walker Aggregates, and M.A.Q. Aggregates have all submitted applications to quarry areas within 30 kilometres each other, although they’r...
By David Fleischer Simcoe.com Mar 08, 2012 The agriculture industry is rallying to change your thinking about how food gets from the farm to your plate. “The opportunities are endless here,” Greater Toronto Area Agricultural Action Committee executive director Janet Horner told members of the region’...
World is eyeing Canada’s resources – and Harper government is ready to sellBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe March 9 2012Canadians should prepare for an unprecedented assault on our resources, Maude Barlow warned on Wednesday.“There’s a free-for-all coming, I feel it,” the chair of the Council of Canadian...
McGuinty Government Takes Steps to Address Mineral Exploration Impasse Ontario news release March 4, 2012Ontario has withdrawn lands in the vicinity of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) from prospecting and mining claim staking to give clarity to the province's mineral exploration industry and avoid ...
By Jim Wilson MPP February 1 2012 Nobody knows what’s best for a community better than the people, small businesses and local councillors who live there. That is why it is so maddening to see signs of large industrial wind and solar projects pushing ahead despite endless local opposition....
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