Guelph To Share Groundwater Data With Nestle
The City of Guelph has signed an agreement to provide Nestlé Waters Canada with access to analysis from its science-based groundwater flow model through a consultant. The model was developed…
Climate Change Must Be Confronted Says MPP Ted Arnott
Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott spoke in the Ontario Legislature on Tuesday March 6th, 2018 in reply to a Minister’s Statement on climate change. Mr. Arnott is the Official Opposition…
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Getting Ready For The Returning Monarch Butterfly
2017, was an interesting summer and fall. Initially, it seemed to be a great year for the Monarch butterfly. Numbers from 2016, seemed to indicate a slight upward trend in…
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Growing The Greenbelt
This week we attended a meeting, ‘Growing the Greenbelt’. The Ontario government has plans to greatly increase the Greenbelt boundaries and is going through the consultative process. The biggest driving…
The People’s Guarantee On The Environment – Part 2
For the second consecutive week, Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott has spoken in the Ontario Legislature about the environment plan in the People’s Guarantee. In doing so, he rebutted false…
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Do Trees Talk?
Trees and plants communicate to each other, and their community, above and below the ground. Above soil level, when trees are being attacked (stressed) they release volatile organic chemicals (VOC)….
Guelph, Cambridge wells impact two-thirds of Puslinch
by Mike Robinson. Puslinch councillors have good reason to be concerned and to be prepared as both Cambridge and Guelph plan to increase city water supplies in the future. On…
Protecting The Pollinators
Recently, the Ontario government launched the Pollinator Health Action Plan in response to substantial declines in most animal pollinator populations since 2006. The Health Plan spans quite a wide range…
Wellington expresses concern over drinking water study that urges expanded protection of wellheads
Wellington County officials are expressing concern about possible impacts of a major technical study into protecting Guelph’s drinking water supply. The townships of Puslinch and Guelph/Eramosa and the Town of…
Six County Properties May Have Received Contaminated Fill
by Olivia Rutt. Six properties in Wellington County may have received contaminated fill from Mississauga street sweepings, says a report from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change…