Stop Logging in Castle Special Place
2012-02-15Use your voice and tell the Alberta Government to stop loggin in Castle Special Place Use Your Leverage as a Visitor or Voter to Stop Clear-Cutting in Alberta's Costa Rica!It's URGENT you act...
View ArticlePremier Charest: Call 'Time-Out' on A5 HWY Extension
Media Release (March 1, 2012) OTTAWA – Sierra Club Canada has joined with local Wakefield residents, Gatineau Park protectors, and large and small environmental groups in a call on Premier Jean...
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#BlackOutSpeakOut Ottawa Teach-in May 30th
Dear Friends,It has been a busy few weeks here in Ottawa and across the country. People everywhere are talking about devastating changes to environmental law and regulation (Canadian Environmental...
View ArticleUPDATE: #BlackOutSpeakOut Events
Media Release, May 29, 2012 #BlackOutSpeakOut UpdateWe are just a week away from #BlackOutSpeakOut day (June 4th). I can tell you the campaign momentum is building! The list of participating...
View ArticleSierra Club Canada - Submission to the Senate Committee on Energy (Re: C-38)
May 31, 2012 Submission to the Senate Committee on EnergyRe: Bill C-38John Bennett, Executive DirectorSierra Club CanadaThursday, May 31 201 read more
View ArticleCome See the Forest AND the Trees at the Planet in Focus festival
We are very excited to be involved in the 13th Annual Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival, October 10–14, 2012! Sierra Club Ontario is cosponsoring the screening of Rainforest: The Limit of...
View ArticleGovernment has “Nothing to Report” from Required Wildlife Monitoring Program...
Losing our Touch (pt 2) ECO Annual Report 2011-2012 Author: Gord Miller, Environment Commissioner of Ontario Source:...
View ArticleCornell University online catalog of almost 150,000 animal calls
Have you heard a loon call? If you haven't, you should. It is an eerie, spectral sound. Now you can find it and almost 150,000 other animal calls collected in one place online.I heard about this via...
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Getting to Know Ontario’s Wildlife: The Coyote
By Julia KoleSneaky suburban invader? Pesky predator? Mangy mutt? Wile E. Coyote?Are any of these the taglines that come to mind when you think of the Canis latrans? Many people are familiar with this...
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A beautiful day for tree planting in Birchwood Park (Mississauga)
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View ArticleOntario Government Abandons Endangered Species
Environmentalists decry Cabinet decision to gut law protecting imperilled wildlife Toronto, May 31, 2013 – The provincial Cabinet announced today its approval of sweeping exemptions for industry under...
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Shame on Ontario for undermining protection for species at risk: Editorial
Ontario industries no longer have to work as hard to protect vulnerable creatures under new environmental rules. Author: Op-ed Source: The Toronto Star Date published: Sat, 2013-06-08Tony Bock /...
View ArticleEXPERT GUIDED WALKS OFFER GLIMPSE INTO HRM’S URBAN WILDERNESSES
Monday, June 17, 2013 [Halifax, NS] - HRM Diverse, a program run by the Sierra Club Canada, Atlantic Canada Chapter is hosting a series of expert guided nature walks this summer throughout the HRM....
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Erindale Park’s Tree Planting Concludes Planting for the Season
By: Carolyn McDonaldOn Tuesday October 22, Sierra Club Ontario, Sierra Club Peel Region Group and Credit Valley Conservation hosted a tree planting at Erindale Park, Mississauga. This event concludes...
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FIGHTING ILLEGAL LOGGING WITH NUMBERS
A USA law, the Lacey Act, has shown to be effective in decreasing the trade of illegal wood products. This story shows how Canada can also be making steps towards prevention.read more
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Save Niagara’s Green Lifeline
By John BacherFrom the raging torrents of the Niagara River to the placid Welland Canal one can walk for ten miles through the wooded forest gardens of the Niagara Escarpment. Here in some patches, old...
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Heart Lake Pollinator Party in Brampton on June 7th
Come join us at Heart Lake Conservation Area in Brampton on Saturday, June 7th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m!Learn about the Conservation Area, pollinator plants, and the Gitigaan Mashkiki Medicine Wheel...
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Sierra Club’s John Bacher Receives Forestry Award
Photo of John Bacher (on right) receiving award from David Milton, Executive Director of Ontario Professional Foresters AssociationBy Dan McDermottread more
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Save David Dunlap Forest
By John Bacher One of the most important environmental struggles in the greater Toronto region is to rescue the 125 acre David Dunlap Forest in the center of the urbanized core of Richmond Hill between...
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Brampton Tree Planting - September 6, 2014
Trees improve air and water quality, and mitigate climate change. Help green our communities! No experience necessary, there will be demonstrations on site. Gloves, shovels, and light refreshments...
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