<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv1660804998"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849169">Here's news</font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849243"><br></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849261"><b id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849458"><u>International News</u></b></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849248" style="line-height:18px;"><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; " id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849468">UN report: <b>Clean Fleets for a Cleaner World</b> estimates</span></font> that road vehicles consume more than a third of the world’s supply of petroleum and contribute nearly one-fifth of
global carbon dioxide emissions. These vehicles are also a significant source of air pollution which can adversely affect human health and the environment. In urban areas, about 70 per cent of air pollution comes from road vehicles.</div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height:18px;"><b id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849547"><u>National News</u></b></span></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif"><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height:18px;"><b id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849480"><br></b></span></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height:18px;"><b id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849506">Quick Budget Overview: in regards to Environment</b></span></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height:18px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; " id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849517">The Budget secures 24 month limits to “streamline” the environmental review process for projects like the Northern Gateway oil pipeline, which would currently take up to six years to be approved. Tories touted a “one project, one review” principle, so as to “ensure that Canada has the infrastructure we need to move our exports to new markets.” The Tories state it will encourage economic growth. Many are concerned that shorter review periods will give the public less time and fewer
opportunities to be participate in assessments. The “one project, one review” principle may be insufficient to ensure that Canadians and the environment are reasonably protected. <br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; " id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849517">The Budget calls for $73,3 million in cuts to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans expected to be rolled out by 2014-2015. The Tories state they are expected to "restructure it's operations, consolidate international Services and leverage technology" to adapt.</div></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial,
helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height:18px;"><span id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849380">The Federal Government's Budget has allocated 8 million to investigate charities to make sure they don't spend more than 10% of their revenues on "advocacy". To read how the Budget is trying to silence environmental critics, visit here: </span></span></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Budget+Environmental+critics+target/6380876/story.html" id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849356">http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Budget+Environmental+critics+target/6380876/story.html</a><span
class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height:18px;"><b id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849368"><br id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849377"></b></span></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849475">Pembina just released their response regarding the Federal Budget saying Canada won't spend one penny for Green Energy</font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" href="http://www.pembina.org/blog/616">http://www.pembina.org/blog/616</a></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span"><b>How Canadians Can Help!</b></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; ">Politicians get thousands of "form letters" each month, but <i><u>only a handful</u></i> of personalized mail. To help save our fisheries laws, protective environmental review processes and to protect the right of environmental advocacy groups to retain their non charitable status, please write a physical letter to the Prime Minister and
mail it to the address below. The postage is free.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; "> </span><br></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; "><br></span></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; text-align: left; ">Office of the Prime Minister</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; text-align: left; ">80 Wellington
Street</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; text-align: left; ">Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2</span><br></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><b><br></b></span></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "
id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849296">How much do Canadians pay for oil subsidies? Well in the time it takes you to click this link, big oil has received $2000! </span></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/cameron-fenton/budget-2012-by-the-time-y_b_1364212.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/cameron-fenton/budget-2012-by-the-time-y_b_1364212.html</a><br></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height:17px;"><u><br id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849415"></u></span></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><b><u>Local News</u></b></div><div
id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><b><u><br></u></b></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940"><b>The Ontario Provincial Budget and Environment: MNR funding being reduced again. Must do more with less and rare species may suffer as a result: </b><a href="http://cottagelife.com/46537/blogs/pennys-blog/the-2012-ontario-budget-and-the-environment">http://cottagelife.com/46537/blogs/pennys-blog/the-2012-ontario-budget-and-the-environment</a></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><b><i><br></i></b></span></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940"><b><font class="Apple-style-span">TurtleHaven Art Fundraiser </font></b></div><div
id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940"><span>Wednesday April 11th, 7pm-10pm at the Wax Nightclub at 125 King Street West. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; ">Original Art, Signed and Limited Edition Prints, Sculptures, Ceramics,</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; text-align: left; ">Jewellery, Sports Memorbilia, and Indigenous Prints and Carvings and more! Funds go towards </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; ">establishing a Nature and ReHab Centre for Waterloo Region. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; ">Tickets are $10.00 which includes a glass of wine and appetizers. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; ">Tickets are available at Edissi Art Gallery, located at 907 Fredrick Street </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; text-align: left;
">Kitchener<b> </b>or online. For more info email uros@sympatico.ca.</span><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><b><br></b></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The View from Here: Artists Against the Mega Quarry Art Show & Sale</b></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial,
helvetica, sans-serif">Sunday April 22, 11am-5pm at <span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; ">Honeywood Arena, North Dufferin Community Centre, 706114 County Road,</span><span style="line-height: 12px; text-align: left; ">Honeywood,</span><span class="yiv1660804998word_break" style="display: inline-block; line-height: 12px; text-align: left; "></span><span style="line-height: 12px; text-align: left; "> Ontario (2 km from the proposed megaquarry</span><span class="yiv1660804998word_break" style="display: inline-block; line-height: 12px; text-align: left; "></span><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; text-align: left; " id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849119"> site)</span></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span
class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; text-align: left; " id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849122">This event features original works by more than 40 artists including </span><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; " id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849131">Featured Artist - ED BURNTYNSKY widely acclaimed photographer. All proceeds go to the campaign against the Highland Mega Quarry. </span><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; ">For more info visit their official site here:</span></font></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; " id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849137"><font class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://www.artistsagainstthemegaquarry.com/home" id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_1333327642849178">http://www.artistsagainstthemegaquarry.com/home</a></font></span></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="yiv1660804998Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; "><br></span></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;">Have a good one everybody!</span></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;">Lulu </span></div><div id="yiv1660804998yui_3_2_0_17_133332764284940" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><br></span></div><div
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