Tag: Canada

Citing Climate Change, Ontario May Finally Stand Up To Nestle Waters’ Ruthless Extraction Practices

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Citing Climate Change, Ontario May Finally Stand Up To Nestle Waters’ Ruthless Extraction Practices
Ontario Stands Up: Province May Kick Out Nestle Waters Using Climate Change As Justification Anyone who has been following the ongoing water wars pitting companies like Nestlé against…well, against everyone, really, surely remembers the recent skirmish in Guelph, Ontario Canada. That’s where residents’ efforts to limit or ban Nestlé’s water division from depleting the area’s water were rebuffed by officials who never met a business they didn’t like–even if it steals a non-renewable resource away from its own residents for mere pennies on the dollar.… Read the rest

Water To Sell, But None To Drink: Ontario Town Cries Foul Over Gov’t Renewing Nestlé Waters Permit Without Public Comment

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Water To Sell, But None To Drink: Ontario Town Cries Foul Over Gov’t Renewing Nestlé Waters Permit Without Public Comment
Water As Commodity: The Battle Lines Are Drawn In Canada As Town Cries Foul Over Gov’t Handing Nestlé Millions Environmental groups in Ontario, Canada are crying foul over government plans to reissue Nestlé’s water extraction unit new permits without allowing for public comment. Nestlé’s water-taking permits near the towns of Guelph and Aberfoyle in southwestern Ontario expired on July 31, but the company has been allowed to continue extracting water from local wells despite the fact that the region is in the midst of a severe drought.… Read the rest

Disturbing Environmental News From British Columbia: Seabird Deaths Raise Alarm About Looming Wider Environmental Disaster

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Disturbing Environmental News From British Columbia: Seabird Deaths Raise Alarm About Looming Wider Environmental Disaster
Pacific Seabird Deaths From Chile To Canada: Is Larger Environmental Disaster In The Offing? When volunteers patrolling beaches near Victoria, British Columbia in Canada found one or two dead rhinoceros auklets in years past, it was considered something worth noting, but not anything terribly unusual. Life is hard out there for an auklet, a relative of the puffin that migrates annually from Alaska to California, and is often found nesting on Vancouver Island in the winter months.… Read the rest

Stunning Verdict Ignores The Evidence: Grieving Anti-Vaccination Parents Likely To Be Sentenced To Prison After Child’s Death

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Stunning Verdict Ignores The Evidence: Grieving Anti-Vaccination Parents Likely To Be Sentenced To Prison After Child’s Death
Anti-Vaccination Parents Found Guilty After Child’s Death; Exculpating Evidence Ignored As Grieving Couple To Be Sentenced To Prison Time. You Can Say NO to Vaccine Mandates Here: http://TinyURL.com/VaccinationISViolation In a case that has been closely followed by people on all sides of the vaccination debate, a verdict came down the other day for a Canadian couple who lost their 18-month-old unvaccinated son, and the results defied logic, no matter where you stand.… Read the rest