Forest Fires on Rampage in Northern Ontario - is This Climate Change?

Winnipeg Free Press 
Timmons under state of emergency.
Full story here.

 (Christine Rosche/Ministry of Natural Resources/Canadian Press)

Stop the Pipeline - Join the Movement

Greenpeace Canada

Local Paper Gives Editorial Support to Citizens in the Rural Municipality of Shell River

Roblin, Manitoba - The Roblin Review in this west-central Manitoba town has come to the defense of citizens trying to get information about a new sewage lagoon their RM is planning. See editorial, below.

Please also read Larry's letter-to-the-editor here.

Ottawa Appeals Court Declaration That Said it Broke Wheat Board Law

By: Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press May 23  - '12

 

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OTTAWA - The latest chapter in the long and bitter saga of the Canadian Wheat Board played out Wednesday in the Federal Court of Appeal. Full story here.

What Cost, the War On Weeds?

By Melody M. Bomgardner - Chemical and Engineering News

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New crop traits that allow use of older herbicides may help farmers manage resistant weeds. Full story here.

Pollution in Thunderstorms is Warming the Atmosphere

Planetsave

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Summer thunderstorm clouds strengthened by pollution are warming the atmosphere, says a new study by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. Full story here.

The Play's the Thing to Catch Conscience of Parliament

Frances Russell - Winnipeg Free Press
It's time for opposition brinksmanship in Ottawa; time for real drama to highlight Parliament's degradation. Full story here.