Stop the hunt of snapping turtles in Ontario From the David Suzuki Foundation February 24 2012 Join thousands of Ontarians who are calling on the Ontario government to protect snapping turtles from hunting. Read more ...
UPDATED City lawsuit was a SLAPP By Rob O’Flanagan, Guelph Mercury Feb 23 2012 GUELPH — A $5 million lawsuit against a group of five Hanlon Creek Business Park protesters has been discontinued, Guelph’s city solicitor confirmed Thursday. Read more ...
Coming to town to ignite debate about proposed mega-quarryw/ Barrie Examiner February 23 2012 She’s a Canadian author and activist with a global reach. Yet Maude Barlow, national chairwoman of the Council of Canadians and board chairwoman of the Washington-based Food and Water Watch, also take...
By Frank Matys Orillia Today Feb 23, 2012 ORILLIA – Lakehead University is laying the groundwork for an environmental research facility in Simcoe County. Read more ...
Speculation about a showdown at Good Roads convention By JIM MERRIAM London Free Press Saturday, February 18, 2012 Municipal council members throughout rural Ontario are deciding whether or not to turn their backs on Premier Dalton McGuinty later this month. This drama, if it develops as expected, wi...
Rural Voices Network launches the 'Let your voice be heard' News release from Rural Voices Network- February 15, 2012 Guelph – Your Voice is important to rural Ontario! This truth is the basis for the participant driven survey distributed to over 10,000 rural residents in Ontario. The Rural Voices ...
News release from Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment abd other groups - February 20, 2012Vancouver – Leading public health physicians, environmental lawyers and academics warned today against haphazard federal attempts to undermine environmental reviews for projects like Enbridge...
By Mary Ormsby Toronto Star Feb 18 2012It was a theft that also highlighted the vulnerability of the Ontario snapping turtle, a popular target of poachers and a creature at the hub of a hunters-versus-protectionists debate: the ancient, armoured snapping turtle is on the Canadian and provincial endan...
Council of Canadians blog February 16 2012Toronto’s executive committee has voted to endorse the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) seven principles for the Federal Government to apply to the Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and future trade deals...
By ROBIN MACLENNAN Barrie Examiner February 16 2012 The Huronia Woodland Owners’ Association is spearheading a program to plant another 1,500 trees across Simcoe County this spring. That would bring the total trees planted over the past six years to about 12,000. Read more ...
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