Canadian Democracy: Death by Pipeline

Andrew Nikiforuk  "OnEarth - a Survival Guide for the Planet"

Shipping dirty tar sands oil could rip apart Canada’s wilderness -- and its democracy. Details here.

Unprecedented Safety Study Finds Harm From GM Corn

Canadian Biotechnology Action Network e-News 

  First-ever long-term safety test finds severe health impacts. Full story here.

Please also read: "Field of Nightmares" (exposing the dark side of Roundup)

New Ontario Legislation Will Encourage People to Buy More Locally-Grown Food

Winnipeg Free Press

AYR, Ont. - The Ontario government will introduce legislation to encourage people to buy more locally-grown food, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced Tuesday. Full story here.

Onions from my garden. Can't get any more local than that! PLT photo

Manitoba Pork Producers Seek $130 Million to Deal With Financial Crisis

Winnipeg Free Press
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba farm group is calling for $130 million in government loan guarantees to help producers deal with what it calls the worst crisis in the history of Canada's pork industry. Details here.

Head Stuck in the Tar Sands

Agrarian Magazine

Shutting down Canada’s prized Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) is the latest atrocity in Harper Government’s war on evironmental science - by James Beddome
Please help us persuade the Government of Canada to reverse the decision to close Canada’s Experimental Lakes Area by signing the
 Public Petition to Save ELA!


ELA photo by CBC News

Canada to Stop Defending Asbestos, Striking Blow to Once-Mighty Industry

Brandon Sun
MONTREAL - The federal government has tossed in the towel and will stop fighting international efforts to list asbestos as a dangerous substance, striking another blow to a once-mighty Canadian industry now on the verge of extinction. Full story here.

Please also read: "The New Harper Government Sharpens its Claws on 'The Enemy'"