Canada’s human rights record to be reviewed in GenevaNews release Amnesty International Canada - 16 February 2012On February 22 and 23, Canada’s record on combating discrimination will be examined by a highlevel body of the United Nations. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CE...
Superstar investor Seth Klarman's controversial plan to develop a quarry in Ontario could pay off bigtimeBy Scott Cendrowski, writer-reporter February 15, 2012FORTUNE -- Drive an hour northwest from Toronto along Highway 10 and you come across some of the best farmland in Canada. Folks here call it t...
By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner February 13 2012 Wireless sensitivity is like a peanut allergy you can’t see. For the people who have it, it’s hell. But for everybody else, you’re just ruining a really good sandwich. Read more CBC News : Ban Wi-Fi in classroom, Ontario teachers u...
McGuinty Government Creating Waste Diversion System That Protects Consumers Ontario government news release February 9 2012 Ontario is creating an action plan for diverting waste from landfills and keeping harmful chemicals out of our communities while protecting consumers from unnecessary charges. R...
By KIM MACKRAEL AND SEAN SILCOFF Globe and Mail Feb 9 2012 Ontario’s Environment Minister has ordered a sweeping review of the body that oversees hazardous waste recycling in the province, including an examination of Stewardship Ontario’s finances and its newly established incentive pricing program. ...
Letter to the Barrie Examiner February 11 2012 Both Premier Dalton McGuinty and Environment Minister Jim Bradley have been repeatedly quoted as saying that the setback requirements in Ontario are ‘some of the toughest in the world’ and ‘the best in North America’. Read more ...
China has pledged $2 billion to build Northern Gateway pipeline By David McLaren It was a text-book case of misdirection.Like snake-oil salesmen of old warming up their marks with a shell game, Prime Minister Harper and Joe Oliver accused radical environmental groups of using “foreign money” to “hija...
By JOHN ALLEMANG Globe and Mail February 10 2012 Here he comes, the embodiment of Joe Oliver’s worst nightmares. Bobby Kennedy is running late, a morning-after effect the environmental movement has learned to expect from a celebrity speaker who draws big crowds and big money to galas that keep ...
We all benefit from cleaning functions of community trees By Mark Cullen Toronto Star February 10 2012 Trees are the lungs of the earth — inhaling carbon dioxide and exhaling oxygen. The health of our own lungs may in fact be more interconnected with surrounding trees than we may think, according to ...
Significant increase in spent lead-acid batteries crossing the border Environmental News Service February 8, 2012 MONTREAL – The transboundary movement of spent lead-acid batteries in North America has environmental and public health consequences to communities in Mexico that are the subject o...
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