Environment
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(Ottawa) – Today, Jim Watson presented the draft 2019 City of Ottawa budget. The most notable aspect of this budget is what it did not say. In Jim Watson’s... more
February 6, 2019
The NCC’s January 24th board meeting illustrated why Gatineau Park is an ongoing administrative nightmare. A number of questionable statements were made and... more
By J-P Murrayp
February 6, 2019
Canada's most populous province has launched a sweeping review of a law protecting endangered species in order to find "efficiencies for businesses."
Ontario... more
January 18, 2019
On June 19, Ottawans woke up to some bad news. Ford had just gutted the GreenON program, the province’s program for helping people save money on energy through... more
By Robb Barnes
July 6, 2018
What is a “year of living politically”? Is it any different from a “year of living dangerously”? A friend asked if it was to be political everyday or a... more
Painter John F. Marok is inviting the general public to attend the closing of his art exhibit The Lights and Shadows of Gatineau Park, which Ottawa Magazine... more
April 1, 2017
Dear MP Sarai –
I have been told that you handle the correspondence for the Pacific Caucus, and it is to the Caucus that I address this letter.
First, I want... more
By DianneVarga
November 18, 2016
8 reasons I will not buy a Zibi condo on islands in the Ottawa River
By Warren McBride
I care about my pocketbook and I have a social conscience. That's why I'... more
November 17, 2016
Chelsea, July 10, 2016 -- The municipality of Chelsea has confirmed it will conduct shoreline inspections along the northeastern section of Meech Lake the week... more
July 10, 2016
Dear Hon Premier Wynne:
Now is the time to clean up the mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows. Your government cannot continue to drag its feet on this... more
June 27, 2016
On May 31, three years following my access to information request, I received documents that the Quebec Commission of Access to Information had ordered the... more
June 2, 2016
The South March Highlands (SMH) is a 10,000 year-old "wild island", currently 3x larger than Vancouver's Stanley Park, inside the City Limits of Ottawa. It is... more
By Paul Renaud
January 10, 2016
Do you honestly think that those so-called progressive elites actually believe the words they preach? Just this past weekend in Ottawa, David Suzuki was once... more
By Kevin Harris
December 1, 2015
Dear Ms. McKenna:
I am honoured that you have agreed to serve Canadians as Minister of Environment and Climate Change.
We have promised Canadians a government... more
By unpubadmin
November 22, 2015
When many think of the environment and the industry which has the greatest negative environmental impact, they may think of our reliance on oil and how we must... more
April 18, 2015