Sierra Club of Canada’s Wild Salmon Strategy Calls for Major Federal...
Sierra Club of Canada 2003-01-30<P></P> <BR> Version FrançaiseOTTAWA—Today Sierra Club of Canada and its B.C. Chapter released a major report calling for a complete overhaul of...
View ArticleLa stratégie pour le saumon sauvage du Sierra Club demande une révision...
Sierra Club du Canada 2003-01-30<P></P> <BR> English VersionOTTAWA—Le Sierra Club du Canada et sa section de la C.-B. ont publié, ce jour même, un rapport d’importance demandant une...
View Article"Federal Department of Justice switches sides: Supports Sierra Club of...
Sierra Club of Canada 2003-08-26<P></P> <br> Ottawa – A surprising development was revealed today in the on-going dispute over a proposed industrial scale mussel farm in St. Ann's...
View ArticleBounty Bay Retreats... Drops Challenge to Sierra Club Court Victory
Sierra Club of Canada 2004-05-04<br> <br> The mussel aqua-culture companies, Bounty Bay Shellfish of Prince Edward Island and 5-M Aqua Farm of Cape Breton, have abandoned their appeal to...
View ArticleParliament Threatens Canadians’ Rights and Waterways
Sierra Club Canada 2008-06-18(Ottawa) Sierra Club Canada warns that Canadians could soon lose their right to enjoy Canada’s waterways unless Parliament reverses the course 2767 read more
View ArticleBluefin tuna ban opposed by island fishermen
Author: CBC staff Source: CBC.ca Date published: Thu, 2010-02-11Tuna fishermen gathered in Charlottetown Thursday to plan for the season ahead, but talk around the table focused on a possible...
View ArticleSandy Pond Alliance to launch legal challenge
Mayor believes best choice made Author: ELIZABETH MACDONALD Source: The Charter Date published: Tue, 2010-03-30A newly formed group is planning to launch a lawsuit to challenge the loophole in the...
View ArticlePesticide a Lake for Earth Day
OTTAWA--At an annual general meeting held 20 kilometers south of Parliament Hill, members of the community of Lakeland Estates in Greely, Ontario, took a pesticide oath and voted in favour of a...
View ArticleExtinction risks increasing?
Assessment finds cod still on the decline; province, union disagree Author: TERRY ROBERTS Source: The Telegram Date published: Wed, 2010-05-05Despite nearly two decades of moratoriums and other...
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Free Trade with Europe (Toronto Star Editorial )
“Such proposals are all hugely controversial — or they would be if anyone were paying attention. The problem is that the Canada/EU negotiations are taking place below the Canadian radar screen. Helena...
View ArticleFeds silence scientist over salmon study
Author: Margaret Munro Source: PostMedia News Date published: Thu, 2011-07-28 Top bureaucrats in Ottawa have muzzled a leading fisheries scientist whose discovery could help explain why salmon...
View ArticleSaving fish by leaving them alone
Author: Fred Wilson Source: St. John's Telegram Date published: Sat, 2011-10-08 I write in response to the Dave Gillis letter of Sept. 30, "Seals, science and culls." In his letter, Gillis points to...
View ArticleProvincial rivers plan slammed
Little protection, potential harm to fisheries Author: Karen Kleis Source: Edmonton Journal Date published: Wed, 2011-08-31 EDMONTON - Federal officials and independent experts say Alberta’s plan to...
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#BlackOutSpeakOut Ottawa Teach-in May 30th
Dear Friends,It has been a busy few weeks here in Ottawa and across the country. People everywhere are talking about devastating changes to environmental law and regulation (Canadian Environmental...
View ArticleUPDATE: #BlackOutSpeakOut Events
Media Release, May 29, 2012 #BlackOutSpeakOut UpdateWe are just a week away from #BlackOutSpeakOut day (June 4th). I can tell you the campaign momentum is building! The list of participating...
View ArticleSierra Club Canada - Submission to the Senate Committee on Energy (Re: C-38)
May 31, 2012 Submission to the Senate Committee on EnergyRe: Bill C-38John Bennett, Executive DirectorSierra Club CanadaThursday, May 31 201 read more
View ArticleGrey seal slaughter not based on science
Media Release, October 24, 2012 OTTAWA -- Sierra Club Canada is appalled the Senate is recommending a massive grey seal slaughter on Canada’s east coast despite testimony from independent scientists...
View ArticleSeal cull will not revive Canada's cod stocks, say scientists
Author: Stephen Leahy Source: The Guardian (UK) Date published: Thu, 2012-11-15Canada's multimillion dollar proposal to cull grey seals will not bring back the ravaged stocks of Atlantic cod it is...
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Action Alert: Ban the sale, trade and possession of shark fins!
Dear Friend,Over the past two years, a growing number of individuals, businesses, and governments in Canada and around the world have been rallying against the cruelty and ecological destruction caused...
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