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We are just two months into the year 2010 and the City of Kingston has dumped the equivalent of 58 Olympic-sized swimming pools of sewage into Lake Ontario. The City has bypassed 29,526 m 3 from pumping stations (that's about 11 pools, if you're keeping track) and 118,747 m 3 from combined sewer outfalls (47 pools).
The data is on the City's website if you want to review it.... (more)
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Earlier this month, the public consultation period for the first phase of a Ministry of Natural Resources policy review drew to a close. The Ministry was soliciting comments from the public about four different policies and procedures that outline how the natural resources department should respond to wind energy development proposals: the Windpower Policy, the Windpower... (more)
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The 5th Annual Wolfe Island hockey tournament, renamed in honour of (Uncle) Chris Mattson, took place last weekend. Four teams competed for the "Lake Ontario Cup" on the Island's new hockey rink.
Team Lake Ontario Waterkeeper won the tournament, claiming victory over past winners, Toronto Gas Station Islanders, by a score of 6-3 in the finals. The tournament MVP was... (more)
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Every week Lake Ontario Waterkeeper produces a 30-minute radio show and podcast called Living at the Barricades. The show is broadcast on community radio stations, including CFRC, CFRU, and CFFF. It is published on our website so you can listen online or download it to your computer. This half-hour talk show is also on the iTunes Music Store, so you can subscribe and never miss... (more)
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The Canadian government is revamping water quality objectives, so in early January 2010, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Ottawa Riverkeeper and Fraser Riverkeeper worked together to prepare a series of recommendations that will help keep Canadian waterways clean so you can safely swim and paddle.
Health Canada released a draft document back in September 2009, called Guidelines for... (more)
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The Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA) is one of Canada’s oldest laws. When it passed in 1882, the idea of protecting an individual's right to navigate public waterways was not revolutionary. The Act stemmed from a variety of well-established and respected conventions, including tradition, principles of common law, Magna Carta, and the Code of Justinian. In this sense,... (more)
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The silver carp and the bighead carp are two species of "Asian carp" that escaped from Arkansas fish farms in the 1970s. They grow up to be up to four feet long and weight as much as one hundred pounds. Schools of these alien invaders have been slowly making their way up through U.S. rivers towards the Great Lakes ever since. Along the way, these fish have pretty much taken... (more)
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