Posts Tagged ‘Environment’
Written by Press Release on 20 April 2021
From: Environmental Assessment for the Marathon Palladium project IAAC The Joint Review Panel (the Panel) conducting the environmental assessment for the proposed Marathon Palladium Project is announcing the receipt of the amended environmental impact statement (EIS Addendum) (CIAR# 727) [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 19 November 2019
The Council of Canadians is available to comment about the Government of Ontario’s proposal to extend the moratorium on new permits for bottled water production facilities until next October, four years since the moratorium was first enacted. Council of Canadians supporters have sent more [Read more]
Written by admin on 18 December 2018
FROM http://www.youtube.com/Seeker Broken sails don’t mean broken spirits for Ben Lecomte and his team. After six grueling months on the water, ‘Seeker’ has landed in Hawaii with a treasure trove of rare data and a commitment to a cleaner future. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Not [Read more]
Written by Nuclear Waste Management Organization on 06 December 2017
NWMO provides funding to recognize leadership in advancing Canada’s Plan TORONTO, ON – The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) will focus efforts on fewer areas in the site selection process for a deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel. The area around Blind River and Elliot [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 28 June 2017
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – NDP Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Critic Michael Mantha issued the following statement regarding recently-announced funding for the cleanup of mercury contamination in the English-Wabigoon River: “After forty years and of living with the toxic legacy of the [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 07 April 2017
UPDATE: Ontario Community Environment Fund (OCEF) Watersheds Canada has been awarded an OCEF grant of over $960 from funds collected from environmental penalties. The organization will use the funds to improve two existing walleye spawning beds on Twin Sisters Lake by first making an assessment of [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 14 February 2017
Grassy Narrows Chief Simon Fobister is responding today to a new commitment made on Friday by Premier Wynne to clean the English-Wabigoon River. The river has been highly contaminated since 1962 when a paper company in Dryden began dumping 9,000 kg of untreated mercury waste into the river [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 30 November 2016
HAZELTON, BC – Marketwired- TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) today announced that its Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project (PRGT) has signed a project agreement with 12 hereditary chiefs of the Gitxsan Nation. The hereditary chiefs each represent a Wilp (house [Read more]
Written by Reader Submission on 18 September 2016
by Brennain Lloyd, Northwatch OTTAWA, ON – For north of Superior communities involved in the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s “Learn More” program, revisions to the design and layout of the NWMO’s nuclear waste burial plans might mean it’s more a case of “learn again” as [Read more]
Written by Liberal Media on 25 May 2016
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay-Superior North and Mr. Don Rusnak, Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay-Rainy River held two town hall sessions today on clean growth and climate change. The town halls provided an opportunity for constituents [Read more]
Written by Holy Angels Catholic School on 22 October 2015
SCHREIBER, ON – This week, the Grade 1/2 class at Holy Angels School are participating in the of Waste-Free Lunches. From October 19th to 23rd students are observing, sorting and recording their own classroom lunch materials.The Waste-Free Lunch Challenge is a province wide initiative run [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 30 September 2015
Two Northwestern Ontario residents have been fined $1,500 each for catching and keeping walleye out of season. Kristi Kasprick of Beardmore and Kenneth Labbe of Thunder Bay pleaded guilty to fishing for walleye during the closed season and were each fined $1,500. Court heard that on May 15, [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 28 July 2015
WAWA, ON – A Sault Ste. Marie man has been fined $500 for failing to extinguish a fire that spread to a nearby forest. Jeffrey Fleming pleaded guilty and was fined $500 for failing to extinguish a fire that spread to a nearby forest. He was also ordered to pay $2,200 to the Ministry of [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 06 June 2015
Ministry Seeks Public’s Help in Identifying Individuals who Discarded Moose Meat The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individuals responsible for discarding moose meat near Manitouwadge. Conservation officers received a complaint on the [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 14 May 2015
From: Northwatch Federal Report is Flawed – Ontario Must Take Action QUEENS PARK, ON – Calling the federal review report issued last week on a proposal to bury nuclear waste beside Lake Huron “deeply flawed”, one hundred public interest groups have issued an “Open Letter to the [Read more]