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Cassin heads Invasive Species Centre – Sault Star
Nov 26, 2024 Colin Cassin is the new executive director of Invasive Species Centre. He begins his new role Dec. 16, a release says. Cassin is currently the centre’s policy manager. He has worked with all three levels of government, Indigenous groups, environmental groups, industry and stewardship groups. “I believe in the mission of the […]
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Passage of Bill 212 Leaves Canada’s Federal Government with No Alternative but to Restore Federal Impact Assessment Act Oversight of Highway 413
November 25, 2024 Statement from Phil Pothen, Counsel & Land Use and Land Development Program Manager, Environmental Defence By exempting Highway 413 project from Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Act, Greenbelt Plan and circumventing Indigenous consultations, the new law removes any serious pretense of a provincial environmental process. Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the […]
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Saugeen Ojibway Nation – Statement from the Joint Chiefs and Councils Re: Community Pre-Engagement Sessions
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IIPFCC COP29 Closing Statement
Madam. President and Parties. Indigenous Peoples from the seven socio-cultural regions wish to condemn the unethical methods and even more unethical outcomes this COP has produced. There is nothing to celebrate here today. As Peoples, as Sovereign Nations, we join the several other Nations that have voiced their vehement objections to these unacceptable decisions that […]
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Federal Commitment Will Help Improve Vital Winter Road Network to Remote Communities
THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler welcomes new federal commitments to address the increasing fragility of the winter road network after meeting with First Nation leadership, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, and community members today on winter road planning and climate adaptation strategies. “Last winter our Chiefs were forced to […]
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Aamjiwnaang leads new path forward at UN plastics treaty talks – Ecojustice
November 25 2024 The fifth and final round of the United Nation’s global plastics treaty negotiations kicks off this week in the Republic of Korea. More than 4,000 representatives from around the world are gathering together at INC-5 to work towards a legally binding agreement to tackle the urgent environmental and health impacts of the […]
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The Government of Yukon provides update on heap leach failure at Victoria Gold’s Eagle Gold Mine
Site remediation and infrastructure progress Construction of groundwater monitoring and interception systems in accordance with earlier direction is now complete. This includes the construction of 18 monitoring wells, 11 interception wells to intercept groundwater at depth and several large sumps to intercept shallow groundwater flows. Further work may be undertaken depending on needs that may […]
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As COP29 wraps up, Canada reaffirms its commitment to global climate action and remains determined to keep 1.5 °C alive
From: Environment and Climate Change Canada November 24, 2024 Minister Guilbeault shared a statement as Canada wraps up its participation at the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). “Canada came to COP29 with a purpose: to demonstrate that multilateralism matters—both to respond to the climate crisis, and to support ambitious and inclusive international climate […]
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Environmental Assessment Bulletin
The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has announced the following relative to Part 10 Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Act. UNDERTAKING REGISTERED: Upper Humber River Residential Subdivision (Reg. 2335) Proponent: Town of Deer Lake The Proponent is proposing to develop a residential subdivision on a 16-hectare site connecting to an […]
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Chalk River nuclear waste facility challenged in court, again – National Observer
November 25th 2024 Construction of a radioactive waste mound near the Ottawa River was challenged in federal court last week. The contentious project would allow Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) to permanently dispose of one million cubic metres of radioactive waste in a shallow mound about 190 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, as a solution to radioactive […]
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