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Public Healthcare not Greenbelt Highways

September 6, 2024–Noah Cole

Ontario is facing emergency room closures and shortages of nurses, family doctors and other health professionals.  At the same time, our provincial government plans to spend tens of billions of ...

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How The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Achieves a Climate-Safe Future

June 20, 2024–Sandra Dosen

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Campaigns and advocacy•Climate Change•Reduce Your Footprint

Pinery Provincial Park © Helena Jacoba

Nature-based solutions to address the climate crisis are important and gaining popularity but they alone cannot address it effectively while the burning of fossil fuels – the primary driver of ...

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Ontario’s 2024 Budget is a Chance to Get in on Federal Funding for Nature Protection

January 29, 2024–Guest blogger

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Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy

Lake Nipissing shoreline wetlands © Vanessa Denov

As the Government of Ontario seeks input on its next budget, will it consider a golden egg from the federal government? A year has passed since COP15 – the United ...

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Helping Kids and Teens Cope During Trying Times: A Case for Activism Through Letter Writing 

August 31, 2022–Susan Sheard

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Reduce Your Footprint•Stewardship and restoration•Youth

Writing exercise at YCME Leadership Retreat © Delenn Kershaw

When I was in Grade 12, my Environmental Science teacher, Janice Palmer, had us scour local newspapers for environmental stories. At least once a week for a couple of months, ...

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The Housing Crisis: What You Need to Know 

April 8, 2022–Anne Bell

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Greenbelt and Greenway•Land-use planning

Toronto skyline © Rick Harris CC BY-SA 2.0

As the June 2 provincial election approaches, affordable housing is understandably emerging as a lightning-rod issue, with rents and purchase prices soaring. Unfortunately and unfairly, the issue is being used ...

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