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• No wipe is flushable, finds research into 101 products … read more • Bob’s Lake Sewage Treatment Lagoon Update … read more • March 15, 2019 - Sad day for Ontario! Another strong voice muzzled when she spoke the truth! … read more • March 5, 2019 - UPPER MATTAGAMI RIVER - WATERSHED STATISTICS … read more • Spill reported at Porcupine Gold Mines … read more • Limited service capacity in East End has city weighing rezoning requests … read more • **Read news from previous articles • Litigation over Whitney sanitary station discussed behind closed doors … read more • DRAFT CITY OF TIMMINS OFFICIAL PLAN February 11, 2019 … read more • Tisdale Whitney Sanitary Pump Station project update … read more • Whitney-Tisdale Pumping Station No. 4 Project Update Feb 19, 2019 - PDF … read more • Proposed Zoning By-law Amendment Township of Whitney … read more • Feb 13,2019 - Darcy Perron brings attention to serious problem at Porcupine Lake (1999 - 2000) … read more • Feb 07, 2019 - FPRW Ecosystem Code of Conduct • Feb 5, 2019 - Dave Landers - City of Timmins Communications … read more • Jan 29, 2019 - City creating new Porcupine Lake liaison committee … read more • Jan 22, 2018 - City of Timmins Porcupine Watershed Public Liaison Committee Dave Landers & Brenda Torresan … read more • Dec 11, 2018 - 2018 Council’s discussions Porcupine Lake Clean Up and water/sewage with photos of ongoing work m … read more • November 26, 2018 - Ontario's environmental commissioner has named and shamed some northern towns for contaminating local waters with sewage … read more • November 26, 2018 - Northern towns named in provincial report say sewage pollution problems are expensive and complex … read more • November 22, 2018 - The environmental commissioner shows why the powers Doug Ford just eliminated are so important… read more • November 19, 2018 - Dianne Saxe, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, will release her annual environmental protection report … read more • November 18, 2018 - AGM by-law changes 2018, Past constitutional by-laws 2015-06-22 FPRW • November 16, 2018 - Century Gold Project Update … read more • November 14, 2018 - newly elected officers of the corporation …. read more • November 14, 2018 - AGM Agenda November 14, 2018Northern College - FPRW By-Law #1 - Submitted Amendments to By-law #1 for AGM November 14, 2018 • November 13, 2018 - City trashed by ECO for discharges of sewage into Porcupine Lake … read more • October 2, 2018 - Friends of the Porcupine River Watershed send letter to Mayor and Council on disturbing river conditions ... read letter here • October 2, 2018 - see what is being sent down to Nighthawk Lake and on to the Moose River and James Bay in this video … view here • CELA’S September 2018 News Bulletin … read more • September 21, 2018 - Phone Conference Call: CELA, FPRW, City of Timmins and MOE … read more • September 13, 2018 - The Porcupine River Watershed Remedial Action Plan - Stage 1 Report - Stage 2 Report  • September 12, 2018 - Enhanced water sampling approved for Porcupine Lake … read more • November 14, 2018 - newly elected officers of the corporation …. more info • September 11, 2018 - Council votes in favour of 3rd party sampling, not just surface, including shoreline clean-up and dredging MRCA will also be directly involved. See council web-cast • City considering enhanced water sampling on Porcupine Lake … more info • Raw sewage being dumped into Porcupine Lake …. more info • August 13, 2018 - One trillion litres of sewage leaked into lakes and rivers over last five years … more info • August 9, 2019 - Concerns over water quality at a Timmins lake … more info, Download PDF file • August 8,2018 - Group aims to get more Timmins residents keen on knowing their environmental rights … more info • July 26, 2018 - Friends of the Porcupine River Watershed Strategic Planning Session … more info • CTV Northern Ontario (date unknown): Porcupine River A stretch of the Porcupine River In Timmins received some attention. CTV’s Joey Slattery reports… view video July 10, 2016 The sunny weather on Sunday made for a perfect day to plant some trees along the Porcupine River in South Porcupine. The initiative was organized by the Friends of the Porcupine River Watershed and included volunteers, Mackenzie Campsall, Brooke Kirley, Liah Shaw, Meaghan Stringer, Heidi Etzel and her five-year-old daughter Allie Etzel-Lizotte June 21, 2015 2,000 shrubs and trees were planted along the Porcupine River on Highway 101 in South Porcupine and on Pearl Lake behind the McIntyre Arena in Schumacher thanks to the efforts of Meaghan Stringer, and other volunteers with the Friends of The Porcupine River Watershed. The event took place on Saturday afternoon where Stringer, who is also a youth steward ranger for the Ministry of Natural Resources, helped plant vegetation to increase biodiversity and repair damage that has been done along the watershed from mining and human activity.