Is This What Climate Change Looks Like?

The water tower in my home town is barely 

visible in smoke said to have spread all the way from Washington State, about 2,000 kilometres away! PinP photo.

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Cover Up? TTIP Negotiators Outed for Secret Talks With Big Tobacco

Common Dreams

Forced by freedom of information request, officials release documents scrubbed of all content and names. Story here.

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Latvia, Greece Win "Opt-Out" From Monsanto GM Crop

Manitoba Co-Operator

Monsanto's MON810 is only GM crop grown in EU. Story here.

Monarch Butterfly Release Prompts City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Cancel Mosquito Fogging in Park

CBC News

Winnipeg zoo's tag and release program for monarch butterflies now in fifth year. Story here.

The Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement is a License to be Unfair to Canadians.

bilaterals.org

Since winning a majority in 2011, perhaps the most significant and irreversible decision by the Harper government was its lopsided investment deal with China. Story here.

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New Centre For Climate Risk Reduction on the Prairies

MB Co-Operator

The centre will focus on building community resilience. Story here.