Written by Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities on 14 September 2017
Ontario Forestry Coalition Says Fact-Based Arguments Should Trump Emotional Rhetoric KAPUSKASING, ON – A coalition of municipal leaders, chambers of commerce, unions, and the forest sector are raising alarm bells that draft provincial species at risk policy will jeopardize jobs in northern and [Read more]
Written by Reader Submission on 27 May 2014
*Susan Bryan, Nature Reserves Committee Chair spoke to OntarioNewsNorth.com in greater detail about the importance of this parcel and some of the unique flora and fauna that live within it, and much more (including photos, map, etc) at www.youtube.com/OntarioNewsNorth Thunder Bay Field Naturalists [Read more]
Written by Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities on 14 February 2013
Mayor Alan Spacek of Kapuskasing and President of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) joined forces with other municipal and trade organizations to support the provincial government’s newly proposed regulation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the forest sector. [Read more]
Written by Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association on 13 February 2013
KENORA/TORONTO, ON – In an Environmental Registry posting on January 24, 2013 the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) outlined its preferred transition measures for various economic development sectors under the Endangered Species Act (2007). This proposed regulation is consistent with a [Read more]