City of Winnipeg Needs to Prepare Better for Changing Climate: Councillor Vandal

Winnipeg Free Press

A veteran city councillor says emergency situations resulting from climate change will be more frequent in the future and the city needs to be better prepared to deal with them. Details here.

CWB Alliance to Hold Public Meeting Updating Farmers on Marketing Chaos

                                 Canadian Wheat Board Alliance

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(Pelly, Sk., March 3, 2014)  The Canadian Wheat Board Alliance is inviting farmers to a public meeting, Sunday, March 9^th, one PM, at the Elks Hall in Raymore, Saskatchewan. 

Beautiful Relationships: Local Biz Sees the Upside of Dung

THE TYEE

For Cowpower, green and local energy is only a field away. Details here.

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Ahhh...That's Awful! That's Tetley! Please sign!

Larry,

Recent reports disclose the horrific reality behind the Tetley tea empire --workers on plantations in northern India, including children, are paid less than $3 a day to pick our tea.

Boycott Tetley!

Ex-Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark Blasts the Current PM for Attacks on Environmentalists

WASHINGTON – Former prime minister Joe Clark says he can’t understand why the Harper government would bar the opposition from a delegation to Ukraine and suggests its combative approach to international issues sometimes hurts the country. Details here.

Canada Agrees to Work to Prevent Fishing in High Arctic

CBC News

Five nations work on deal to block commercial fishing until more studies done. Details here.

Is the Solution to Climate Change in British Columbia? An American Perspective.

climateprogress

There’s something happening north of the border that can give Americans a glimmer of hope. It’s a carbon tax. And it seems to be working fine. Details here.

Related: "Manitoba's Climate Change Chickens."