<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Local News: Lots Happening! </div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bee Death from Pesticides CONFIRMED by PMRA</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">8 page Health Canada pdf report confirms death of bees linked to Neonicotinoid Pesticides. (these are being used currently in Waterloo Region)</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">http://t.co/nCyAWSR7uO</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wilmont Line: Waterloo knew of intent to pave</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">KW record reports that the City of Waterloo knew about the intent to tar and chip Wilmot Line prior to it taking place. There have been handshake agreements on it for years. </div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><a
href="http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4187203-wilmot-line-agreement-slowly-coming-together/">http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4187203-wilmot-line-agreement-slowly-coming-together/</a><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aggregate Act</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Aggregate Resources Act review was tabled in the Ontario Legislature. A copy of the 57 page/10 m PDF file can be found at <font size="4" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family:
'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </font><font size="4" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://t.co/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FVVFW2Wz3in&sig=22b3b63d391bef96efaa784b49eaaa1cf79e579d&uid=1115703072&iid=5e1ec42d31a849b9bbd0a7e60da79105&nid=27+1268&t=1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 132, 180); outline: 0px; border-style: none;">ow.ly/ql6P1</a> </font></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><font style="background-color: transparent;" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">GREN might want to review/make recommendations. Groups working on this issue include the following:</font></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://www.facebook.com/AwareOntario" style="color: rgb(40, 98, 197); outline: 0px;">www.facebook.com/AwareOntario</a></div></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/friends.of.ndact" style="color: rgb(40, 98, 197); outline: 0px;">www.facebook.com/friends.of.ndact</a></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><font style="background-color: transparent;" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ndact.com/" style="color: rgb(40, 98, 197); outline: 0px;">www.ndact.com</a></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 18px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">KW saw Wild Weather in September. </span><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In September About 92 mm of the month's 98 mm fell in a single </font><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">24 hour period. The alarming </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">graph of this is posted at the UW Weather page at: </span><a href="http://weather.uwaterloo.ca/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://weather.uwaterloo.ca/</a></div><div
style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Waterloo Region Climate Change Action Plan</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Waterloo Region's first-ever community action plan on climate change (including a GHG reduction target) is being considered for endorsement by City and Regional Councils in November and December of this year. The 71 page doc can be downloaded at </span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">http://climateactionwr.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e21974766107a43b36db74ebf&id=4be5159b63&e=f1129cf2b6</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The proposal comes from recommendations of ClimateActionWR collaboration led by REEP Green Solutions, the Region of Waterloo, and Sustainable Waterloo Region.</span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica,
sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Key times to be in Council to lend support are listed here: </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> * Waterloo City Council, Monday, November 4</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</sup><span
style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">, 7:00pm</span><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> * Cambridge City Council, Monday, November 4</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">, 7:00pm</span><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> * Kitchener Council, Monday, November 18</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">, 7:00pm</span><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica
Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> * Regional Council, Tuesday, December 3</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">rd</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">, morning/afternoon (time TBA)</span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">To show support for the Climate Action Plan please email/write or call your Councillor or Mayor or register as a delegate. </span><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Public Consultation on
Planning and OMB</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">A </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px;">consultation workshop on land use planning and appeals</span><span style="line-height: 24px;"> is scheduled </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px;">in Kitchener-Waterloo on Thursday, November 14th</span><span style="line-height: 24px;">. You can also provide your comments </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px;">online, by email, or by mail</span><span style="line-height: 24px;">. You can find more information or register to attend the session through the Ministry Website at this link: </span><span
style="line-height: 24px;"> </span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page10355.aspx">http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page10355.aspx</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Again GREN may wish to give comment on this. We may choose to make our own recommendations or to lend support to recommendations being made by Smartgrowth Waterloo. Their website is here at: </span><a
href="http://smartgrowthwaterloo.ca/2013/10/27/provincial-government-announces-consultations-on-omb-appeals-and-supporting-smart-growth/">http://smartgrowthwaterloo.ca/2013/10/27/provincial-government-announces-consultations-on-omb-appeals-and-supporting-smart-growth/</a></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">QUICK SIGN PETITIONS:</div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Call for PROVINCIAL REVIEW OF LINE 9 with Environmental defence: <a
href="http://environmentaldefence.ca/demand-environmental-assessment-enbridge%E2%80%99s-line-9-proposal">http://environmentaldefence.ca/demand-environmental-assessment-enbridge%E2%80%99s-line-9-proposal</a></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Ban Neonicotinoid pesticides in Ontario: <a href="http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/save-ontario-s-bees-ban-the-use-of-neonicotinoid-pesticides">http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/save-ontario-s-bees-ban-the-use-of-neonicotinoid-pesticides</a><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Have a good one everybody! </div><div style="background-color:
transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lulu :0)</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal;"><br></div></div></body></html>