<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Hi folks</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">So much going on it's amazing but good work is being done these days. Here's the summery: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica,
sans-serif;">Local</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">On November 27th folks are encouraged to attend Kitchener City Council as City Staff reveal the Environmental Study data regarding the Strasburg Road project to Council. Queen Snakes, Blandings and Jefferson Salamanders at risk along with the last fresh water trout stream in the city of Kitchener. More folks speaking up and witnessing this event the better. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Provincial</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to public outcry the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has delayed their hearing regarding the expansion of Darlington Nuclear Plant. Details here:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.oshawaexpress.ca/viewposting.php?view=3784">http://www.oshawaexpress.ca/viewposting.php?view=3784</a><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica,
sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If your interested in providing comment or making a presentation all you need to know is right here: </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByStQQ8Y6P6PSnUweFhfSzctSzg/edit" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByStQQ8Y6P6PSnUweFhfSzctSzg/edit</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As old contaminates in the Great Lakes are cleaned up like DDT new issues arise such
as flame retardants (PBDE's): <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-great-lakes-legacy-old-contaminants-decline-newer-ones-on-the-rise&page=2">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-great-lakes-legacy-old-contaminants-decline-newer-ones-on-the-rise&page=2</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Plastic in the Great Lakes has some of the worst plastic pollution on earth <a href="http://greatlakesecho.org/2012/10/29/the-great-lakes-have-some-of-the-worlds-greatest-concentrations-of-plastic-pollution/">http://greatlakesecho.org/2012/10/29/the-great-lakes-have-some-of-the-worlds-greatest-concentrations-of-plastic-pollution/</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Federal</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Environment Canada confirms that rain and snow is contaminated by tar sands along the Athabasca River. Details here: </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Oilsands+research+confirmed/7497652/story.html" style="background-color:
transparent; ">http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Oilsands+research+confirmed/7497652/story.html</a><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><div class="js-tweet-text" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Suncor Energy Inc.’s three major oil sands projects are facing delays due to soaring costs and competitive oil markets <span class="invisible" style="color: rgb(146, 166, 68); text-decoration: none; line-height: 0; "><a href="http://t.co/aQ6tEgmL" class="twitter-timeline-link" target="_blank" data-expanded-url="http://soc.li/kk93tFC" title="http://soc.li/kk93tFC" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(146, 166, 68); text-decoration: none; ">http://</a></span></span></div><div
class="js-tweet-text" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/suncor-joins-spending-retreat/article4813907/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/suncor-joins-spending-retreat/article4813907/</a><br></span></div><div class="js-tweet-text" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="js-tweet-text" style="word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Oil Sands developments at risk as costs soar states confidential memo from Canadian Natural Resources official. </span></div><div class="js-tweet-text" style="word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/11/01/alberta-oilsands-risk-cost-soars_n_2061095.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/11/01/alberta-oilsands-risk-cost-soars_n_2061095.html</a><br></span></div><div class="js-tweet-text" style="word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="js-tweet-text" style="word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">National Energy Board announces audit of TransCanada pipelines. </span></div><div class="js-tweet-text" style="word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a
href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/10/31/transcanada-national-energy-board.html">http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/10/31/transcanada-national-energy-board.html</a><br></span></div><div class="stream-item-footer" style="padding-top: 1px; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span><div class="context" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); "></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">UN issues statement of concern regarding the dumping of iron off the coast of BC. Satellite images suggested the dump resulted in a 10,000-square-kilometres plankton bloom.</span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><a
href="http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/environment/group+issues+statement+concern+over+iron/7505972/story.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/environment/group+issues+statement+concern+over+iron/7505972/story.html</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">In Canada, weather events last year totalled $1.6 billion in insured losses, up from $1 billion the year before.</span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica,
sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Barbara+Yaffe+Canadian+politicians+ignore+warnings+duck+climate+change+issues/7506745/story.html#ixzz2BVP13XGG">http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Barbara+Yaffe+Canadian+politicians+ignore+warnings+duck+climate+change+issues/7506745/story.html#ixzz2BVP13XGG</a><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">International</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div
style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; background-color: transparent; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Al Gore is hosting a 24 hour special about Climate Change on November 14-15. Details here: <a href="http://climaterealityproject.org/">http://climaterealityproject.org/</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; background-color: transparent; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Quick sign petitions</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span
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transparent; ">http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=68&ea.campaign.id=16737</a></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Help protect Canadian Sharks: <a href="https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/canada-protect-porbeagle-sharks-from-politics" style="background-color: transparent; ">https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/canada-protect-porbeagle-sharks-from-politics</a></div><div style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-style:
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