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Heart Lake Pollinator Party in Brampton on June 7th

Come join us at Heart Lake Conservation Area in Brampton on Saturday, June 7th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m!Learn about the Conservation Area, pollinator plants, and the Gitigaan Mashkiki Medicine Wheel...

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Sierra Club’s John Bacher Receives Forestry Award

Photo of John Bacher (on right) receiving award from David Milton, Executive Director of Ontario Professional Foresters AssociationBy Dan McDermottread more

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Halifax Diverse

Description: Blog for the Halifax Diverse Project Welcome to Halifax Diverse's Blog!AboutA project of the Sierra Club Atlantic Canada Chapter, Halifax Diverse is a nature literacy program geared...

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Environmental groups express solidarity with Pictou Landing First Nation

June 12, 2014  K'JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) - The Ecology Action Centre, Sierra Club Atlantic Canada, and Council of Canadians express their solidarity with Pictou Landing First Nation and neighbouring...

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Brampton's Natural Capital

Natural Capital refers to the stock of natural resources and environmental assets, and how they contribute to building healthy communities. The Natural Capital perspective is a way of placing a...

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Blue Whale Campaign launches in Atlantic Canada

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Guided Bird Nature Walk July 26 - Heart Lake Conservation Area

Ever wonder who is tweeting at you?  (No not on twitter)  Come find out with us on Saturday, July 26! Discover the trails at Heart Lake Conservation Area, and learn about birds and other features in...

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Low calving rates among blue whales cause for concern

The old get older and the young are never born Author:  Zack Metcalfe Source:  Sierra Club Atlantic Date published: Sun, 2014-07-27Each blue whale has a unique pattern of spots of its back, like a...

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Low calving rates among blue whales cause for concern

Aug. 12, 2014  Scientists studying the blue whale in the Gulf of St Lawrence are reporting alarmingly low calving rates from this critically endangered species, says the Sierra Club Canada Foundation....

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Save David Dunlap Forest

By John Bacher One of the most important environmental struggles in the greater Toronto region is to rescue the 125 acre David Dunlap Forest in the center of the urbanized core of Richmond Hill between...

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Brampton Tree Planting - September 6, 2014

Trees improve air and water quality, and mitigate climate change.  Help green our communities!  No experience necessary, there will be demonstrations on site.  Gloves, shovels, and light refreshments...

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Sierra Club Canada, SOSS Stand in Solidarity with Innu, Maliseet, and Mi’gmaq...

July 16, 2014 The Sierra Club Canada Foundation and Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition (SOSS) are offering their support for the Innu, Maliseet, and Mi’gmaq First Nations of  Eastern Canada in their...

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Bighorn Country

Bighorn Country - Where the Boreal Meets the Rockies 563 read more

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Flathead Valley

Sign our petition asking the BC government to protect our threatened Flathead Valley—the missing jewel on the "Crown of the Continent". Read the letter from Stephen Hazell to Stephen Harper and John...

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Mountain Park - Cheviot

Making Mountain Park a RealityRead the latest press release from the campaign to stop the Cheviot open-pit coal mine. 564 read more

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Alberta Centennial Wilds

 Interprovincial Boundary Survey 1913-1916  Provincial Archives of Alberta, A.10723Imagine … … experiencing some of the same wilderness the first peoples and Euro-Canadian explorers did. … walking in...

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Environmental Education Center "powers the region"

Situated amidst rolling hayfields south of Wakefield Quebec at the entrance to the Municipality of La Peche, the Outaouais Environmental Campus has been reinvesting in our community since March 2008....

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ACTION ALERT: Demand Indigenous Water Rights are protected in the Athabasca...

Tell the Alberta and Canadian Governments to ensure Treaty rights are protected by ensuring Indigenous Baseline Water Flow needs are upheld within an Athabasca River water policy!First! Sign the...

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New research questions need for streamlining enviro assessments

Author:  Bob Weber Source:  Canadian Press Date published: Fri, 2013-04-05Research is questioning the logic behind the federal government's move to streamline environmental assessments.After tracking...

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Canada should ban bee killing pesticides now

Media Release, May 2, 2013 Sierra Club Canada is calling on the federal government to follow the lead of European Union and take action to protect at-risk bee populations by banning three...

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