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Atlantic Salmon Returns to Credit River After 100-Year Absence

3:43 pm in animals, canada, fish, ontario, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

sockeye-salmon-photo Photo: Flickr, CC Because we can't write only about bad news... While it seems like Pacific salmon off the West coast of Canada is in serious trouble (and scientists who study it are possibly getting muzzled), there are some good news coming from the other end of the country. After an absence of more than 100 years, Atlantic salmon are finally coming back in good numbers to Credit River in On...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Take Action: Ontario’s Proposed Mega-Quarry Could Contaminate Drinking Water for A Million People

7:50 pm in canada, concrete, drinking water, environmental footprint, ontario, Take Action by TreeHugger

melancthon-quarry.jpgImage: Rabble.ca. Proposed mega-quarry deeper than Niagara Falls As Lloyd detailed in an earlier post on the enormous ecological footprint of concrete, a US-owned hedge fund is proposing a mega-quarry in Melancthon, about an hour and a half away from Toronto. It's an area best known for its excellent agricultural land and favourable micro-climate, but if the project goes ahead, thousands of acres will ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How To Get Elected In Ontario: Promise Cheap Energy, No Matter What The Cost

8:52 am in Business & Politics, ontario, politics by TreeHugger

clowns.jpg Andrea Horvath, Dalton McGuinty, Tim Hudak Gerry Rafferty wrote:
Clowns to the left of me! Jokers to the right! Here I am stuck in the middle with you.
That's how one feels in Ontario, Canada these days, as we approach a fall election and everyone starts making promises. The polls are predicting a right wing Conservative landslide, and my vote would normally go to the New Democrats on the left. But when it comes to energy policies, it looks like we are stuck in the middle with Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty right now. He was our Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Prefab News: "Mobile Home" Gets New Meaning As Entire House Stolen

8:20 am in new york times, ontario, prefab, prefabricated housing by TreeHugger

via internet design architecture I always wondered why manufactured homes were called "mobile homes" when they are usually plopped on a foundation and become completely immobile. But they are certainly mobile in Dundalk, Ontario; according to the Daily Mail:
An Ontario-area man faces criminal charges for allegedly stealing an entire house.Canadian police have charged Jeffrey LaForest, 43, with stealing a mobile home from the community of Dundalk, and falsely claiming it was his. Investigators said the victim re...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Ontario Reacts to Live Asian Carp Spilled in River

11:49 am in Business & Politics, fish, great lakes, ontario by TreeHugger

thames-river-bridge-ontario.jpg Photo by Robert Taylor This was an actual test. But only a test. Like those emergency tones you hear on your TV when a storm is approaching. Officials in Ontario, Canada, think the possibility of a live Asian carp invasion via truck is real. People have been caught trying to bring the invasive fish to the Toronto fish market, Read the full story on TreeHugger

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