https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/colony-collapse-disorder-pesticide/ Boston, MA – The likely culprit in sharp worldwide declines in honeybee colonies since 2006 is imidacloprid, one of the most widely used pesticides, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). The authors, led by Chensheng (Alex) Lu, associate professor of environmental exposure biology in the Department of […]
Jim Harding’s new book (Jan 2018), Moving Beyond: Neo-liberalism in Saskatchewan Jim writes: See our new website at QVEA.CA Also I have a new short book out which looks back at our Saskatchewan political history from a “green” perspective. You can download at my webpage: crowsnestecology.wordpress.com – – – – – – – – – […]
RE: Why so few people on Six Nations reserve have clean running water, unlike their neighbours ( http://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/why-so-few-people-on-six-nations-reserve-have-clean-running-water-unlike-their-neighbours-1.4618968) EXCERPT from the program: . . . communities suffering from disease and death thanks to long-neglected water quality. Martin-Hill . . . “I think we all know at some level that the environment has a […]
TO: Town Council FOR: Council Meeting, April 16th, 2018 (Written version submitted April 11th) SPEAKER: Sandra Finley, resident SUBJECT: Cholera cases, originating French Creek and Qualicum Bay. And April 9th report of norovirus. Human sewage a plausible factor in both. Thank-you for the opportunity to share information in support of my request. I am […]
Please scroll down to heading With thanks to Dianne (the local resident). NOTE: the Comment from Thomas Gates (bottom of posting) from local group SOS Bowser http://sosbowser.ca. Both the cholera and norovirus outbreaks are plausibly related to sewage (#1 and #2 quotes, just below). Not mentioned: marine vessels as a source of human sewage. […]
My letter to officials appears below this reply from the Medical Health Officer: From: Hasselback, Paul Sent: March 26, 2018 7:03 AM To: Sandra Finley Cc: Waters, Shannon (Dr) ((Vancouver Island Health Authority) Subject: FW: re Cholera cases from herring eggs, Qualicum Beach area Ms. Finley: As the Medical Health Officer for […]
The Vancouver Sun reports: “The harvest (of herring eggs) in the area where the infections took place — a stretch of coastal waters from French Creek to Qualicum Beach . . .”. I describe my experience in that same water, in Submission to BC Govt officials, re the proposed Bowser Sewage Treatment Plant (2017-09-12). […]
BP has been shut out of more off-shore drilling in the U.S., by American citizens along the Eastern Seaboard. (What a surprise, after the Gulf Oil Disaster!) So where does BP go next? . . Please help out these people in Nova Scotia by spreading the information. There’s an action item (petition), too: a […]
I made a submission to the Government about the Bowser Sewage Treatment Plant (“Opportunity! …). Reply from the Deputy Minister of Environment received (I have some follow-up to do.): Reference: 311945 October 19, 2017 Dear Ms. Finley: On behalf of the Honourable George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, thank […]
Board to hold special meeting to approve DCC’s frontender agreement by Michael Briones First there were five developers. Now there are only four developers who are set to enter into an agreement with the Regional District of Nanaimo that would require them to fund 85 per cent of the cost of the $10.7 […]