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City facing provincial charges over Chedoke Creek sewage and stormwater leak
Hamilton 24 billion litres leaked into the creek over 4 years. The city noticed and stopped it in 2018 Samantha Craggs, Dan Taekema · CBC News · Posted: Dec 09, 2020 11:19 AM ET | Last Updated: December 9 The city says 24 billion litres of sewage and...
Home town researcher gives back to the Porcupine Watershed
My name is Carlie Stransky Ogilvie and I grew up in Timmins, Ontario where my passion for the environment blossomed. I started my career by pursuing a Bachelor of Environmental Studies at the University of Waterloo where I graduated with honours. This program allowed...
NEWLY ELECTED 2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
November 30, 2020 - Presidents Message The FPRW Team. When I think of the FPRW, what comes to my mind is a group of community minded people, who are committed to being a positive identity and are willing to use team work in solution building for our watershed....
People are being told to eat less fish from the Porcupine River Watershed in Timmins
Morning North with Markus Schwabe Fish caught in the Porcupine River Watershed have tested positive for chromium as well as mercury. That has implications for people who fish there. We spoke about these findings with Roxane Filion of the Friends of Porcupine River...
FPRW proud members of Timmins Chamber of Commerce
Photo provided by: Bing Places for Business Why we became members? By joining the Timmins Chamber, we add our voice to the strongest business lobby group in Timmins. Becoming a member of the Timmins Chamber of Commerce helps us in countless ways and connects us to a...
Young Water Speaks is a national storytelling project and contest
Youth will get inspired by local waterscapes & history through pre-workshop activities in engaging workbooks & online storytelling workshops led by Waterlution’s trained Youth Advisory Board volunteers. Youth develop stories to be entered into the contest and...
Birding enthusiasts flock to Timmins to view ‘rare visitor’
Opportunities to observe a long-distance migrating Northern Wheatear in Ontario are very limited Submitted More from Submitted Published on: September 30, 2020 | Last Updated: September 30, 2020 9:10 PM EDT Many avid birders visited Porcupine Lake’s White...
City sets new fines for breaching waste collection bylaw
Council also approves expansion of the garbage collection and recycling program to Schumacher Thomas Perry More from Thomas Perry Published on: September 25, 2020 | Last Updated: September 25, 2020 9:29 PM EDT City council has approved a lengthy list of waste...
Recycling isn’t enough — the world’s plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse
September 17, 2020 8.46pm BST Plastic production and consumption has snowballed since large-scale production began in the 1950s. In 2020, an estimated 24 million to 34 million tonnes of plastic waste will enter the world’s lakes, rivers and oceans. That is roughly the...
Plastic pollution: Washed clothing’s synthetic mountain of ‘fluff
Science & Environment By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent September 16, 2020 When you add it up, the total amount of synthetic microfibres going into the wider environment as we wash our clothes is an astonishing number. US scientists estimate it to be 5.6...
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