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We're not going away': Erin residents still waiting for Canada's first municipal effluent cooling system to protect Credit River
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (1594+ words) When Belfountain resident Ann Seymour was a child, her "lovely parents" would pile the entire family in the car for weekend adventures along the green canopies of Niagara Escarpment following a giddy anticipation that lingered all week long. It was…...
Ontario's travelling astronomer takes the planetarium experience across the province as PCs play games with science centre
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1735+ words) Earth sits in a cosmic sweet spot: far enough from the Sun for oceans to stay liquid and protected by an atmosphere and magnetic shield that keep temperatures stable and radiation at bay, creating the rare balance where life can…...
How Peel's Community Climate Council connects families of all backgrounds to sustainable lifestyles
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (1373+ words) Communities of colour are so busy working to put food on the table that they may not even think about climate change or environmental racism," Community Climate Council Executive Director Miranda Baksh says." I want to change that." It didn't…...
Part 1: The "Big Bet" on Carbon Sequestration'scientist warns Carney"s gamble might be "too risky"
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (1742+ words) Seven years after the 2015 Paris Agreement came into effect, Mark Carney said Canada should make a "big bet" on carbon capture to meet its emissions reduction goals. "For Canada as a whole, we need to make a big bet, or…...
Updated testing finds no PCBs in stormwater pond on former St. Catharines GM site, but it might not be a "risk-free facility
4+ mon, 18+ hour ago (1374+ words) Amid intense public scrutiny of the contaminated former General Motors site in St. Catharines, including concerns about an offline filtration system meant to eliminate toxic chemicals from stormwater runoff, the property owner has ordered further lab testing on the northern…...
PCs approve controversial application to make Brampton the "waste burning capital of Ontario
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1650+ words) To close out the year, The Pointer is republishing its most-read stories of 2025. This article was originally published on May 1, 2025. The Ontario government has approved the massive expansion of a controversial waste-to-energy facility in Brampton, ignoring strong opposition from environmental…...