RENATA D’ALIESIO Published March 30, 2011 Updated April 30, 2018 A few weeks ago, Gerry White slipped into the pilot’s seat of his helicopter and took off for a remote lake in Newfoundland. He flies there a couple of times a year, sometimes to salmon fish in the area, but often just to glimpse the […]
The Newfoundland government has endorsed Ottawa’s request that provinces ban bulk-exports of fresh water, but the feds will have to enforce the ban themselves, says the province’s environment minister. Oliver Langdon, Newfoundland’s environment minister, says it will be up to the federal government to prevent existing proposals from going ahead. “It is our opinion that […]
Six Nations youth organize by: Tony Saxon – – – – – – – – – – — ABERFOYLE – Youth from Six Nations and members of the Wellington Water Watchers joined forces for a common cause Saturday. Roughly 200 people protested outside the Nestle Waters water bottling plant and head office in Aberfoyle. Protesters gathered at […]
by Chris Seto GUELPH — The province is asking the public to weigh in on whether it should extend a moratorium on granting permits for bottled water companies to take groundwater. In December 2016, the former Liberal government placed a moratorium on any new — or expanding existing permits – to take groundwater to produce […]
– Jessica Lovell/Metroland An untold number of people who work at the Nestlé facility south of Guelph are losing their jobs. When contacted regarding reports that Nestlé Waters Canada had laid off workers at its bottling plant and head office in Aberfoyle, the company’s corporate affairs director, Jennifer Kerr, emailed a statement. The company “has […]
by Will Hutton The regulator’s chief executive has a striking social agenda for utilities once notorious for focusing on profit Rachel Fletcher: “It does not chime with people that the relationship between them and their water supplier is transactional.” When a regulator looks at you unblinkingly and says she wants the companies she regulates to […]
Return to INDEX (Related details moved to bottom. Edited 2019-11-01) SUBMISSION TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE December 15, 2018 TO: House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade c/o Clerk, Ms. Christine LaFrance CIIT < @ > parl.gc.ca COMMITTEE CHAIR: MP Mark Eyking; VICE-CHAIR MP Dean Allison; VICE-CHAIR MP Tracey Ramsey; COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MP […]
Chilliwack chapter wants Nestle to “stop profiting from water” September 19, 2016 The Council of Canadians Chilliwack chapter handed out leaflets in the community of Hope this weekend while Nestle held an open house. Nestle’s promotion for the Saturday September 17 open house had the audacity to claim, “Like you, our passion is water”. Nestle […]
LA TIMES, 1991 IN THE NEWS Snowcap Water Ltd Fanny Bay, Vancouver Island FEATURED ARTICLES BUSINESS Raining on Water Importer’s Parade : Drought: The latest series of storms may have doused chances that a Santa Barbara firm will get a large contract to import water from Canada. March 22, 1991 | MARIA L. La […]
(I sent an email to the scientist, to try and find an update for 2019. No response.) by Sandra McCulloch All Vancouver Island glaciers, including the iconic Comox Glacier, will be gone within 25 years due to climate change says University of Victoria geography professor Dan Smith. “There are not many glaciers left,” Smith said. […]