Archive for June 1st, 2008
Provinces join forces
In an extraordinary muscle-flexing display from Canada’s two largest
provinces, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Quebec Premier Jean
Charest emerged yesterday …
Going green shouldn’t be hard: Stelmach
Premier Ed Stelmach and Environment Minister Rob Renner urged Albertans
today to commit “one simple act” to help the environment.
Struggling KFC agrees to more humane slaughter method
After a rancorous five-year campaign, People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals is praising KFC Canada for agreeing to adopt a new set of
standards for killing chickens.
Canadians critical of food safety system
Canadians don’t think the federal government has enough health inspectors to make sure the food for sale in grocery stores is safe, a newly released federal focus group report has found.
Scientist warns over Arctic quest
The federal scientist leading Canada’s quest to secure
thousands of square kilometres of seabed territory in the Arctic
Ocean says the country’s grasp for potential undersea oil and other
submerged…
Time for us to assert ourselves once again: Que., Ont. premiers
Quebec and Ontario are rebranding themselves as ‘Central Canada,’ with plans to work more closely together that include a Quebec City-to-Windsor high-speed train, as a green alternative to a new…
Green groups take on oil industry
EDMONTON –A small army of environmentalists are convinced
they can sway public opinion to scale back Alberta’s lucrative
oilsands projects.
Small Steps
Local farmers’ markets will be popping up in your community
in the next few weeks. You can avoid excessive costs — to you and
the environment — of buying food from supermarkets by buying…
Denise Ryan on Going Green
My yoga teacher once said to me that what you do on your
birthday sets the tone for the rest of the year. It sent me into a
panic.
PEI to evaluate biofuel options
The government of Prince Edward Island has established an Interdepartmental Committee to consider proposals for gen… [Full Story]
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