<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">International News:</font></span><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); "><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); "><b>Global tipping Point almost reached:</b></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; ">Scientists urge need for global cooperation to reduce population growth, resource use & replace
fossil fuels with sustainable sources.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; ">develop more efficient food production and distribution without taking over more land.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606132308.htm">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606132308.htm</a></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><b>World's Environmental outlook grim, UN
Warns.</b> </div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/06/06/sci-unep-report-environmental-outlook.html">http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/06/06/sci-unep-report-environmental-outlook.html</a><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><b>US leads world in C02 reduction since 2006</b></div><div><a href="http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/climatesnapshot/2012/06/04/climate-change-stunner-usa-leads-world-co2-cuts-2006">http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/climatesnapshot/2012/06/04/climate-change-stunner-usa-leads-world-co2-cuts-2006</a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;
font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; "><b>Almost 50 percent of cities are already dealing with the effects of climate change, and nearly all are at risk.</b></span></div><div><a href="http://grist.org/news/climate-changes-worst-enemy-is-its-first-victim-the-city/">http://grist.org/news/climate-changes-worst-enemy-is-its-first-victim-the-city/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>National News:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><b>Insurance Bureau of Canada, which is calling for immediate steps to mitigate damage from climate change.</b></span><br></div><div><a
href="http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/369542--expensive-consequences-of-climate-change-report#.T819MFBDfkk.twitter">http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/369542--expensive-consequences-of-climate-change-report#.T819MFBDfkk.twitter</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Provincial News:</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><b>Ontario introduces Great Lakes Protection Act! </b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://environmentaldefence.ca/articles/proposed-great-lakes-protection-act-wins-praise-environmental-groups">http://environmentaldefence.ca/articles/proposed-great-lakes-protection-act-wins-praise-environmental-groups</a></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family:
verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; "><b>Ontario loosing it's farmland land to development</b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; ">Ontario, the province with the biggest agricultural output now just 5.6% of Ontario’s land base due to development. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); ">Canada is expected to be one of only six countries in the world to be a net exporter of food as global population reaches 9 billion .</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); ">Farmlands lost: “It’s subdivisions, it’s shopping malls, it’s roads,” said Mark Wales, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture.</span><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); "><a href="http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2012/06/04/19836431.html#.T82ABijcqDc.twitter">http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2012/06/04/19836431.html#.T82ABijcqDc.twitter</a><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;
"><b>Grassy Narrow</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); ">World renowned Japanese mercury expert Dr. Harada found that 79% of Grassy Narrows residents tested in 2002 & 2004 had Minamata Disease (MD)</span><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); "><a
href="http://earthroots.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:grassy-narrows-marks-50-years-of-mercury-poison&catid=1:latest&Itemid=121">http://earthroots.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:grassy-narrows-marks-50-years-of-mercury-poison&catid=1:latest&Itemid=121</a><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Local Actions</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><b>Support Purchase of Hidden Valley via LEAF program. Visit here for details on how to make the recommendation. </b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><a
href="http://www.kitchener.ca/en/newslist/index.aspx?newsId=PwKkydcMGmpPlUswCooc7kmFgeQuAleQuAl">http://www.kitchener.ca/en/newslist/index.aspx?newsId=PwKkydcMGmpPlUswCooc7kmFgeQuAleQuAl</a><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><b>Show support for Grassy Narrows via Protest in Toronto</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">There will be a free bus going from Kitchener-Waterloo to Toronto for the march and rally on Friday, June 8th. The bus will be departing at 10am from Kitchener City Hall, and will leave Toronto to return to Kitchener at 5pm. Email tammy@wpirg.org to reserve a
seat</font></span><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Quick sign Petitions</font></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:
rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><b>Ask world leaders to stop oil subsidies</b></font></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><a href="http://act.350.org/sign/make-rio-count/">http://act.350.org/sign/make-rio-count/</a></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><b>Federal Budget Online Actions</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; ">NDP website asks for your opinion on Federal Budget: <a href="http://budget2012.ndp.ca/" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">http://budget2012.ndp.ca/</a></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; ">GREEN PARTY asks for signature for petition to stop the Budget: <a href="http://www.greenparty.ca/c-38/petition" style="font-family:
'Times New Roman'; ">http://www.greenparty.ca/c-38/petition</a></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Liberals have endorsed folks signing the Speak Out to Our Leaders petition <a href="http://www.blackoutspeakout.ca/">http://www.blackoutspeakout.ca/</a><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Have a great day folks and be sure to watch out for Turtles crossing roadways: It's their egg laying season. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Lulu :0)</font></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"
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