<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div class="" style=""><br></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Local News: </span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;">LRT construction begins this fall starting with areas in Uptown Waterloo. </span></div><div style="font-style: normal; background-color:
transparent;" class=""><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/lrt-construction-will-close-uptown-waterloo-roads-starting-september-1.2738176">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/lrt-construction-will-close-uptown-waterloo-roads-starting-september-1.2738176</a><br></div><div style="font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;">Segregated bike lanes have been given the green light along Manitou Drive in Kitchener</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4757626-segregated-bike-lanes-ok-d-for-manitou-drive/" class=""
style="">http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4757626-segregated-bike-lanes-ok-d-for-manitou-drive/</a><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;">City of Kitchener has a bike survey to see where more barriers should be installed. Visit here to have a say:</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://kitchener.ca/en/livinginkitchener/Cycling_Survey.asp" class="" style="">http://kitchener.ca/en/livinginkitchener/Cycling_Survey.asp</a><br class="" style=""></span></div><div
style="font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">City of Waterloo already has a plan that calls for protected bicycle lanes to be installed along a stretch of King Street.</span><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4751891-lack-of-barriers-a-barrier-to-downtown-cyclists-advocate-says/" class=""
style="">http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4751891-lack-of-barriers-a-barrier-to-downtown-cyclists-advocate-says/</a><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);">University of Waterloo makes public most complete Antarctic map for climate research.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);" class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><a
href="http://phys.org/news/2014-08-waterloo-antarctic-climate.html" class="" style="">http://phys.org/news/2014-08-waterloo-antarctic-climate.html </a><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;">Provincial </span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div class="" style=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; font-size: small;">Urgent Action is needed as toxic algae plagues Great Lakes says a new report by Environmental Defence and Freshwater Futures. The
report can be viewed online here: </span></div><div class="" style=""><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; font-size: small; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://environmentaldefence.ca/reports/clean-not-green-tackling-algal-blooms-in-great-lakes">http://environmentaldefence.ca/reports/clean-not-green-tackling-algal-blooms-in-great-lakes</a><br></span></div><div class="" style=""><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mount Polly spill resulted in an order by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Council demading integrity checks for Uranium Tailings Ponds in Ontario and Sask. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;" class=""><a
href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/mount-polley-spill-spurs-cnsc-order-to-check-uranium-ponds-1.2740589">http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/mount-polley-spill-spurs-cnsc-order-to-check-uranium-ponds-1.2740589</a><br></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;">University of Toronto Danny Harvey is suing the NEB in a charter challenge for ignoring the climate impacts of the Kinder Morgan oil pipeline. Details here;</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/university-professor-sues-neb-ignoring-kinder-morgan-pipeline-expansions-climate-impact"
class="" style="">http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/university-professor-sues-neb-ignoring-kinder-morgan-pipeline-expansions-climate-impact</a><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">Gord Miller blogs about the frustration of not having reasonable climate change info to work with to help safely plan Ontario's infrastructure.</div><div style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><a
href="http://www.eco.on.ca/blog/2014/08/19/climate-data-baselines-trend-lines-bottom-line/">http://www.eco.on.ca/blog/2014/08/19/climate-data-baselines-trend-lines-bottom-line/</a><br></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;">National</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Idle No More is
raising awareness that there is a "First Nation's termination plan" happening. Right now the Harper Government is trying to secure the elimination of First Nation's reserves, the abolishment of tax breaks and basically force the assimilation of First Nation's into the broader Canadian society by way of treaty settlements. These negotiations tend to bypass both Charter rights and Treaty rights and often excludes the voices of the larger impacted community. The system may benefit those living in close proximity to cities like Toronto etc. where the lands have already been developed without consent where bands could sublease properties for use but for remote communities, this could be devastating. Many see this as a ploy to break apart First Nation's territories in order to access lands for natural resource extractions. To view the Government of Canada's website about this visit here: </span><a
href="https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1346782327802/1346782485058" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1346782327802/1346782485058</a></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span style="font-size: small;">To view Idle No More's concerns regarding this issues visit here: <a href="http://www.idlenomore.ca/turn_the_tables" class="" style="">http://www.idlenomore.ca/turn_the_tables</a> and the Webonair here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FopgKvr3RG8&feature=youtu.be" class="" style="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FopgKvr3RG8&feature=youtu.be</a></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family:
'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Gotham Narrow SSm', sans-serif, Arial; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;">North West Territories wild fires destroyed 3,328,528.09 hectares of land so far.</span><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span style="line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: small;" class=""><a href="http://up.nwtfire.com/sites/default/files/2014-08-18_currentfiresituation.html" class="" style="">http://up.nwtfire.com/sites/default/files/2014-08-18_currentfiresituation.html</a><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica
Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chineese investors regretting investments in Tar Sands: Lots of construction delays, funding delays, low prices and economic scandals slowing things down. </span></div><div style="font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/china-faces-oil-patch-buyers-remorse/article20090355/" class="" style="">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/china-faces-oil-patch-buyers-remorse/article20090355/</a><br class="" style=""></span></div><div
style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Gotham Narrow SSm', sans-serif, Arial; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Gotham Narrow SSm', sans-serif, Arial; background-color: transparent;" class="yui_3_16_0_6_1408462552040_140"><span style="font-size: small;">Handy Info:</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;">Seeing that we are often dealing with areas like Hidden Valley where rare critters are a concern, here is the link to the Province of Ontario's guide book for Categorizing and Protecting Habitats under the Species at Risk Act. It is online here: </span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a
href="http://docs.ontario.ca/documents/3331-categorizing-and-protecting-habitat-under-the.html#document/pdf">http://docs.ontario.ca/documents/3331-categorizing-and-protecting-habitat-under-the.html#document/pdf</a><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Have a good one everybody.</div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color:
transparent;">Lulu </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br class="" style=""></div></div></body></html>