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]
From Northwatch: Prime Minister Trudeau urged to show leadership by stopping pipeline reviews and overhauling National Energy Board OTTAWA, ON – More than 50 groups from across Canada sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Natural Resources Minister Carr urging the federal government to [Read more]
From: The Guardian “Pluto flyby photos thrill New Horizons scientists after nine-year Nasa mission Nasa spacecraft makes history as the first spacecraft to reach distant dwarf planet, the last unexplored world in solar system.” [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The young scientists in Ms. McLeod’s class recently had the most interesting and exciting opportunity to dissect owl pellets. The students learned that after an owl eats the small rodents, birds, and bugs that are a part of its nightly diet, its stomach cannot digest [Read more]
Provincial Investment Ensures Research and Innovation will Continue Ontario and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) have signed an agreement to continue vital freshwater research at the Experimental Lakes Area — the only freshwater research facility of its kind in [Read more]
A few years back I wrote about the challenges for bees (especially honey bees) as colony collapse disorder was a growing concern and phenomenon. Recent news items show the problems aren’t reversing but are only getting worse. This is significantly bad news and the implications could be felt [Read more]
