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Maude Barlow, Mark Mattson on the Great Lakes, Fisheries Act

May 15th, 2012

You've heard about the heartbreaking news for Canada's water lovers. Like us, you don't want last month's Earth Day to be Canada's last one ever. We know your Canada includes fish.This week, there are some important and free events for you to learn how Canada and the Great Lakes will be impacted by sweeping environmental policy changes.Tuesday, May 15, 7:00 pm Great... (more)

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Event Alert: Lake Ontario Evenings – Beach Edition

July 12th, 2011

Come down to Harbourfront Centre on Tuesday, July 19th @ 5:45 p.m. to learn about Toronto's beaches.Lake Ontario Evenings - Beach Edition will feature our very own Mark Mattson who will talk about swimming in Lake Ontario (and beyond) plus time for a Q & A with all speakers.Get all the event details here.Don't forget to download our Swim Guide app here and check out... (more)

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Get to know a lobbyist

May 4th, 2009

Lobbying - the organized attempt to influence legislators - is not new. The term itself has been used to describe influence peddlers gathering in the hallways (or lobbies) of British Parliament as far back as 1820. In 1869, a U.S. newspaperman described lobbyists as "the monsters of Capitol Hill": "Winding in and out through the long, devious basement passage, crawling through... (more)

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Ask Your Waterkeeper: Combined Sewer Outflows (CSOs)

October 16th, 2008

This week, we tackle a question about Toronto's aging sewer system, and how raw sewage and storm sewer water mix together and flow out into the Toronto waterfront.Dear Waterkeeper,I am interested in what LOW's position is with respect to the status of Toronto's sanitary sewers.I am aware that they built storage facilities in the eastern and western beaches in the last 15... (more)

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Ask Your Waterkeeper: Invasive Plant Species

September 19th, 2008

Occasionally at Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, we get intriguing questions from the public. We've decided to start posting some of the issues asked by our community members here in this new section in the hopes of spreading that knowledge to more people.In this edition, we tackle the question of what to do when you think you may have an infestation of invasive alien plant species... (more)

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