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William Bog: Conserving a Significant Wetland Within the City of Thunder Bay

August 21, 2025–Keith Wade

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Nature Network•Protected Places•Wetlands

Stewardship class, William Bog, Thunder Bay

William Bog, a Provincially Significant Wetland in Thunder Bay, ranks as the second largest wetland located entirely within an Ontario city. The bog is well known by naturalists for the ...

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Bill 5 and the Erasure of Indigenous Consent: A Haudenosaunee Development Institute Perspective

May 29, 2025–Aaron Detlor

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Campaigns and advocacy•Indigenous Relations

Towards Haldimand County © Adam Moss CC BY 2.0

The Government’s of Ontario’s Bill 5 — dubbed the “Protecting Ontario by Unleashing its Economy Act”— isn’t just a reckless step toward unchecked development. It’s a sweeping attack on Haudenosaunee ...

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Ontario Rally and Vigil for Endangered Species

May 23, 2025–Noah Cole

Join us to stand up for species-at-risk and our shared natural ecosystems! We will take over Queen’s Park to speak for the animals, plants and fungi the Ford government seems ...

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Bill 5: A Moment to Mobilize for Nature in Ontario

April 28, 2025–Shane Moffatt

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Conservation News•Land-use planning•Species at Risk

Polar bears, Threatened (COSSARO, 2021) © John Pitcher

After years of neglect, endangered species in Ontario are facing their biggest threat in a generation in the form of Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, ...

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New Hope for a Small but Mighty Minnow in the GTA?

March 28, 2025–Shane Moffatt

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Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Reduce Your Footprint•Water•Wild Species

Redside dace © rkluzco, iNaturalist CC BY-NC 4.0

The federal government has just announced a crucial habitat protection order for the redside dace, a mighty minnow fighting for survival in and around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Under ...

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