- by David McLeish
Recent developments on Lake Erie ought to give Owen Sound City Council pause for thought relative to its recent decision to postpone engaging expertise in Climate Change (CC) in its planning process.
Climate change is not a straight path to warmer...
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) released a report entitled Investing in Canada's Future: The Cost of Climate Adaptation at the Local Level. The comprehensive report offers striking new data demonstrating the urgent need for new investments in local climate adaptation and the areas where that investment is needed most. This report is the first of its kind to quantify the cost for municipalities.
According to the report's findings. . .
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
In keeping with our principal of removing both personal insults and defamation as soon as we see it in our readers' contributions or comments, we took one down this morning – and almost immediately another appeared from the same writer.
It was a busy morning. Lots of people . . .
- by Keith Currie, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
As an agricultural industry, we are making significant strides in breaking down barriers and stigma around mental health. Dr. Andria Bitton-Jones and her PhD student, Briana Hagen helped to propel this issue into mainstream conversation and were recognized this week at the Canadian Federation...
- by John Butler
In my humble opinion, Owen Sound Council gave a lesson in cowardice.
At its meeting of February 10, the Owen Sound Municipal Council reversed its earlier decision to hire a Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Coordinator – someone who could have helped the city to embed climate action in its strategic and official plans. By a five to four vote. . .
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