By Jennifer Bain Toronto Star February 8 2012 An off-the-cuff remark by Galen Weston at the Canadian Food Summit has enraged the farmers’ markets community and local food lovers. “Farmers’ markets are great. . . ,” Weston said Tuesday during a speech to about 600 people at the Metro Toronto Conventio...
By Ian Macleod Ottawa Citizen February 5 2012 OTTAWA- For at least eight hours Monday, Ontario is once again forecast to produce more electricity than it consumes, and the recurring glut has one top energy executive warning of temporary nuclear power plant shutdowns. Read more: ...
Current plan for managing water levels has hurt ecosystem IJC news release – January 31 2012 The International Joint Commission (IJC) is developing a potential new approach for managing water levels and flows in the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River system. The system’s current water regula...
Weeklong radio series on public service refprm CBC Radio January 31 2011 CBC’s Mary Wiens has found a growing movement among policy experts that the way forward must go beyond the debate over service cuts or maintaining the status quo. Read more ...
Japanese Minister apologizes to sufferers of Minamata disease By Elizabeth Batt Digital Journal Jan 29, 201 Minamata – Sufferers of Minamata disease not yet certified with the illness, are still awaiting relief measures decades after a company dumped an estimated 27 tons of mercury compounds in...
Largest free trade agreement since NAFTA nearing fruition BY KIT SAUDER – CONTRIBUTOR JAN 29 In December of 2011 the Government of Canada announced that it had completed its ninth round of trade talks with the European Union on the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Re...
Mining Watch Action Alert January 25 2012 The Harper Government wants to gut the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. Read more ...
By Associated Press January 25, 2012 AWARE Simcoe note: contrary to the tone of this report, this is not good news WASHINGTON — The government’s colorful map of planting zones is being updated for a warmer 21st century. Read more ...
UODATED – Bradley response link below OFA news release January 20, 2012 Guelph, ON – Escalating concerns about industrial wind turbines have prompted the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) to urge the province of Ontario to suspend further development until farm families and rural residen...
Innisfil woman fighting to stop recreational hunting of endangered snapping turtles UPDATE: 11,000 people have now signed the petition By IAN MCINROY – Barrie Examiner January 19 2012 INNISFIL — How a creature like the snapping turtle can be listed as a ‘special concern’ under the ...
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