<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Good Day,</div><div><br></div><div>Lots of important things are happening across the Grand River watershed including the Fight For Farmland in Wilmot being in the news locally, provincially, nationally and internationally, alternative plans being developed to save the forest in the Conestoga Meats expansion, and many upcoming meetings, events, and open houses. Here’s the latest:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">1) Fight For Farmland - Local/Regional - </b>On Monday night Wilmot Council once again saw an unwilling community firsthand as more than 80 people with signs and banners as well as several tractors protested outside of Wilmot Township Hall in Baden and then packed Council Chambers to overflowing. For the first time ever, new General Interest Delegations were allowed. The inaugural speaker was 16 year-old Erin Jackson who delivered an amazing presentation on the impact of this absurd land assembly on her dream of becoming a farmer. She minced no words calling out Council on the lack of public consultation, lack of transparency, lack of information or studies and the need to protect - not destroy our prime farmland. Watch her amazing presentation in this video:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Erin Jackson - Wilmot Council Delegation - Monday, September 9th, 2024</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUPPkVMVs90">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUPPkVMVs90</a></div><div><br></div><div>Her presentation was so powerful, it made the news the next day and parts if it were replayed on The Mike Farwell Show on 570News on Wed, Sept 11th. Listen on the audio below starting around the 5 minute mark:</div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/09/11/wednesday-september-11th-2024/">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/09/11/wednesday-september-11th-2024/</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Provincial News - </b>Citified blogger Melissa Bowman has posted the fourth segment in her excellent series Hush Hush In Wilmot to over 1,000 subscribers. It is an incredible recap of news and events over the two months in Wilmot. Kudos to Melissa for the great synopsis, photos, and getting all the details right in this complex and absurd proposed land assembly:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Hush Hush in Wilmot Part 4:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://citified.substack.com/">https://citified.substack.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>National News -</b> It was a pleasant surprise to learn that Calgary blogger Mocha Bezirgan had flown to Waterloo, filmed the Wilmot farmland with his drone and put together an amazing news segment that in just a few days has been watched by more than 70,000 viewers, liked by over 2,700 people, and shared by over 1,500 people. Watch this young journalist expertly report on things here in Wilmot Township and share it with his national audience:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Media Bezirgan - Ontario Farmers Protest Land Expropriation:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://x.com/bezirganmocha/status/1832158192123703351?s=46&t=qkZc6IuDIA1Zwhno706xow">https://x.com/bezirganmocha/status/1832158192123703351?s=46&t=qkZc6IuDIA1Zwhno706xow</a></div><div><div id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><div><br></div><div><b>International News -</b> Most recently the Fight For Farmland got some of its first international exposure on RealAg Radio on Sirius XM when host Lindsey Smith interviewed Kevin Thomason about the proposed mega-industrial land assembly and the very concerning process to date. Check out the interview:</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>RealAg Radio Sirius XM Ch 147 - Ontario Farmland Grab:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.realagriculture.com/2024/09/farmers-landowners-are-unwilling-hosts-to-mystery-land-development-in-wilmot-township/">https://www.realagriculture.com/2024/09/farmers-landowners-are-unwilling-hosts-to-mystery-land-development-in-wilmot-township/</a></div><div><div><br></div><div>Or watch the video on Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMzg7CIlLCo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMzg7CIlLCo</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><b>Letters To The Editor - </b>There also continues to be great Letters To The Editor. Keep speaking up for the future you want to see!:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Companies Come And Go, But Fertile Land Lasts Forever:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/sept-5-ford-wont-listen-to-expert-opinion-two-arguments-calling-for-the-region-of/article_fbfb3eae-4487-5abc-a467-d9f16ac8e8aa.html?source=newsletter&utm_content=a04&utm_source=ml_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=2DF5A405D6082D2C0C4FDB5202BCAE69&utm_campaign=wrop_2420">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/sept-5-ford-wont-listen-to-expert-opinion-two-arguments-calling-for-the-region-of/article_fbfb3eae-4487-5abc-a467-d9f16ac8e8aa.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-e124db3c-7fff-3dd5-bef5-00880c84cc75"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>New Hamburg Fall Fair - </b>Show support for the Fight For Farmland and c</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">ome out to the New Hamburg Fall Fair this weekend and visit the Fight For Farmland booth to sign petitions including a new Liberal petition and a new petition to the Wilmot Mayor and Council. You can get more lawn signs and there will be new stickers people can wear around the event stating that </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Are Unwilling</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">”</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">More info about the fair can be found at:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.newhamburgfallfair.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/newhamburg_fallfair_booklet_2024-WEB.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;">https://www.newhamburgfallfair.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/newhamburg_fallfair_booklet_2024-WEB.pdf</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If possible please join us for the Opening Ceremonies TONIGHT at 6:45pm. It is possible MPP Mike Harris Jr. may be there in his first known visit to Wilmot Township in over 5 months.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lawn signs -</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Demand for lawn signs continues to be strong with over 150 distributed this past week. We have ordered more of both the colour and black & white signs yet again. Find a Sign Captain close to you at www.fightforfarmland.com and continue to show that our communities are unwilling!</span></p><br><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Action Required: </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keep calling, writing, and speaking up to Wilmot Township Council to urge them to declare that Wilmot is an Unwilling Host and to both Regional Council as well as the provincial government to abandon this proposed site.</span></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">2) Breaking News - Province Admits Timeline For Wilmot Land Assembly Far Behind Schedule -</b> Kudos to Waterloo NDP MPP Catherine Fife who had a very heated exchange with Economic and Development Minister Vic Fedeli on Wednesday. It turns out she really grilled him and we are now learning more new details about the provincial deal and secret NDA with Waterloo Region - that the Region is extremely behind schedule, things aren’t going well, and they have been given several extensions from the province who continues to blame the Region for everything that has gone wrong despite the province calling all the shots. </div><div><div><br></div><div>Most interestingly it seems that the province is now against expropriation - ironically after they are the ones who insisted on including it right from the onset.</div><div><br></div><div>Kudo’s for Joan Faux for finding the transcript from Catherine’s and Vic’s heated exchange and Queens Park media reporting on it. It seems that Hamilton NDP MPP Sandy Shaw was also called out in a meeting yesterday for bringing up the Wilmot Land Assembly.</div><div><br></div><div>Attached below in Section C is the full transcript. It’s very long but very insightful and well worth reading. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Catherine Fife’s Twitter Post - </b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife (Opposition Critic for Finance and Treasury Board) had an intense exchange with Minister of Economic Development Vic Fedeli at a </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Sept 10th: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">MPP Catherine Fife (Waterloo) posted on TwitterX:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“The Wilmot land grab is not how democracy works. Kicking farmers off their land is un-Canadian... it is not the Waterloo way. It is downright disrespectful to farmers”. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-967e9cb2-7fff-655c-8c98-86ae9ccb69c9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Watch the video clip: </span><a href="https://x.com/CFifeKW/status/1833894345373810730" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://x.com/CFifeKW/status/1833894345373810730</span></a></p></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><b>The Trillium -</b> The daily inside newspaper of Queens Park had a fascinating article on Thursday about Minister Vic Fedeli blaming Waterloo Region for not buying up Wilmot farmland for development fast enough:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Trillium - Waterloo Region Hasn’t Bought Up Wilmot Land Quickly Enough: Economic Development Minister:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://villagemedia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a02de51a7e7e1d45831d3f281&id=4a69481566&e=e9d3167688">https://villagemedia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a02de51a7e7e1d45831d3f281&id=4a69481566&e=e9d3167688</a></div><div><br><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><b>Sandy Shaw’s Twitter Post -</b> NDP <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">MPP for Hamilton Sandy Shaw also raised concerns about the Wilmot land assembly and got shut down (point of order) in another committee hearing:</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"</span>This week at Committee, the government of Ontario used its power to SHUT DOWN an energy-related question on Wilmot and local governance. Class 1 farmland is priceless. #Wilmot #FightForFarmland #onpoli”</div><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>TwitterX post includes a video clip: </span><a href="https://x.com/shaw_sandy/status/1833890060665577929" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap; text-decoration: none;">https://x.com/shaw_sandy/status/1833890060665577929</a></p><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">3) Conestoga Meats Seeks To Clearcut Significant Forest -</b> A decision on the expansion by Conestoga Meats near Breslau has been deferred until the end of September so that the Region of Waterloo Council can decide whether to permit the destruction of the significant 36 acres of forest on the property. There have been proposals to try to reforest other parcels and offset damages, however considerable issues remain with each alternative.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Kudos to so many people in our community speaking up with concerns and trying to find solutions. This is a local success story of 158 farmer Co-operative that is the only hog processing facility in Eastern Canada. It has grown from 200 employees to over 1,500 employees in the past 20 years with plans to grow further. If this plant is lost to the area, or closes, all hogs in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes will have to be sent to the USA for processing. </div><div><br></div><div>There is a considerable effort underway to find alternative layouts and designs for the new facility that will save and work around the forest with several options that look promising. A large challenge remains to convince company officials and elected officials to change plans and save this significant forest. </div><div><br></div></div><div><b>Action Required -</b> Please take the time to learn about this situation, join with those speaking up, and help propose solutions to protect this significant forest.</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">4) Ford Government Continues To Fail On New Housing Starts Due To Flip Flops And Bad Decisions - </b>Whether it is reneging on higher densities or pushing for more natural gas electricity leading to above guideline Nitrous Oxide emissions, the Ford government keeps messing up housing:</div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ontario wanted massive density around transit projects - then it vanished...</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Global News - Ontario Transit Station Housing Law Scrapped;</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10742510/ontario-minimum-height-transit-station-housing-law-scrapped/">https://globalnews.ca/news/10742510/ontario-minimum-height-transit-station-housing-law-scrapped/</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Portlands Gas Plant Emissions 7x Too High For New High Rise Developments:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/port-lands-gas-plant-emissions-seven-times-too-high-for-new-development-at-mouth-of/article_2e297734-6ebb-11ef-9c54-9b4b5398b716.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/port-lands-gas-plant-emissions-seven-times-too-high-for-new-development-at-mouth-of/article_2e297734-6ebb-11ef-9c54-9b4b5398b716.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">5) Kitchener Launches Dundee Secondary Plan - </b>With Bill 162 forcing open over 6,400 acres of farmland in Waterloo for urban sprawl the City of Kitchener is wasting no time bringing some of these lands on stream for development. There will be upcoming public information sessions and other information posted to the EngageKitchener website:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.engagewr.ca/dundeesecondaryplan">https://www.engagewr.ca/dundeesecondaryplan</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>And read what the media is saying about the concerning development of these lands:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - “Transformative Opportunity”: Public Input Sought On Contentious Development Lands In Kitchener:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/transformative-opportunity-public-input-sought-on-contentious-development-lands-in-kitchener/article_aaa0ac90-a5b4-5ede-a32e-9dc541966b89.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/transformative-opportunity-public-input-sought-on-contentious-development-lands-in-kitchener/article_aaa0ac90-a5b4-5ede-a32e-9dc541966b89.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">6) Recent Articles -</b> Include Doug Fords fading fortunes, Waterloo leading student housing, heat pumps, and new developments in Wilmot & Kitchener:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Federal Politics Could Derail Doug Ford’s Plans To Distract From His Fading Fortunes:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/politics/political-opinion/federal-politics-could-derail-doug-fords-plans-to-distract-from-his-fading-fortunes/article_07697fb1-ab8c-599d-8950-e5b196550d3a.html">https://www.therecord.com/politics/political-opinion/federal-politics-could-derail-doug-fords-plans-to-distract-from-his-fading-fortunes/article_07697fb1-ab8c-599d-8950-e5b196550d3a.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CityNews - City Of Waterloo Leads Country In Providing Housing For Students But Remains 5,000 Units Short:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/09/09/city-of-waterloo-leads-country-in-providing-housing-for-students-but-remains-5000-units-short/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/09/09/city-of-waterloo-leads-country-in-providing-housing-for-students-but-remains-5000-units-short/?</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Get In Tune With Your Inner Bob Dylan And Go Electric:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/get-in-tune-with-your-inner-bob-dylan-and-go-electric/article_862e769c-c1d6-52df-bcb8-f13b1f4b2f4d.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/get-in-tune-with-your-inner-bob-dylan-and-go-electric/article_862e769c-c1d6-52df-bcb8-f13b1f4b2f4d.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Four-Storey Office Building Proposed For Snyder’s Road In Baden:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/publications/waterloo_region_record/four-storey-office-building-proposed-for-snyders-road-in-baden/article_d7cd79db-ed54-53d1-b910-d0e0ae09b3fd.html">https://www.therecord.com/publications/waterloo_region_record/four-storey-office-building-proposed-for-snyders-road-in-baden/article_d7cd79db-ed54-53d1-b910-d0e0ae09b3fd.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Proposed Kitchener Highrise Should Be Rejected, City Planners Say:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/proposal-for-kitchener-highrise-should-be-rejected-city-planners-say/article_4d39b999-ec09-5340-ac1a-e6eb9364af64.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/proposal-for-kitchener-highrise-should-be-rejected-city-planners-say/article_4d39b999-ec09-5340-ac1a-e6eb9364af64.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">7) Public Health Care - Not Greenbelt Highways -</span> </b>Environmentalists and Public Health Care Advocates are joining together for a series of rallies/events in mid-September. As we know, Ontario is facing emergency room closures and shortages of nurses, family doctors and other health professionals. At the same time, our provincial government plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on two unnecessary highways through the Greenbelt. </div><div><br></div><div>There are in-person events in Hamilton, Mississauga, Burlington, Fort Erie, Newmarket, Toronto and more. Read more about it : </div><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/healthcarenothighways/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://environmentaldefence.ca/healthcarenothighways/</a> </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Environmental Defence also created a rebuttal to the Premier’s odd comments at a press conference on Highway #413 including that “grasshoppers will be able to hop right across Highway #413”:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://x.com/envirodefence/status/1833218150164304245">https://x.com/envirodefence/status/1833218150164304245</a></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>8) Greenbelt Party Sept 29th -</b></span> Greenbelt Promise has announced a Greenbelt fundraiser on Sunday, September 29th from 12pm to 5pm with live music, barn dancing, local food, and family activities to further protection of the Greenbelt at the Bela Farm in Hillsburgh. There’ll be amazing food, local beverages, and contra dancing!</div><div><br></div><div>Learn more and purchase your tickets at:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gather-barn-dance-at-bela-farm-tickets-970443391307">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gather-barn-dance-at-bela-farm-tickets-970443391307</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">9) Watershed Security - </b>The Ontario Headwaters Institute has created four amazing new posters to educate and promote Watershed Security. We encourage you to share with your networks:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://ontarioheadwaters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Four-Posters-on-Watershed-Security-June-2024.pdf">https://ontarioheadwaters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Four-Posters-on-Watershed-Security-June-2024.pdf</a></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">10) Cooperate For Canada - </b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Ontario campaign for Cooperate for Canada is gaining some momentum. Eyes on the riding of Belleville Quinte where there is a by-election on September 18th to fill the seat recently vacated by Todd Smith who left politics, and in a bold move for a former Minister of Energy, took a position at nuclear energy giant AtkinsRéalis - more details in article from The Energy Mix below. Recent polling indicates the race is extremely close which means that </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">cooperation between the Liberals, NDP and Greens could be helpful to shift this riding away from the PCs. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn more about Cooperate for Canada’s Ontario plan: </span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://cooperateforcanada.ca/ontario/" style="text-decoration: none;">https://cooperateforcanada.ca/ontario/</a></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And please share with your contacts in the Belleville area.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The September newsletter was issued recently and includes mention of the Wilmot Fight For Farmland:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://cooperateforcanada.ca/2024/09/12/september-2024-newsletter/">https://cooperateforcanada.ca/2024/09/12/september-2024-newsletter/</a></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">11) New PPS And Death Of The Provincial Growth Plan -</b> We reported recently about the release of the new Provincial Planning Statement. Now as more people and groups get a chance to review what has been released we are getting a better idea of the implications and consequences. As expected it is not good as the province is further weakening farmland and natural protection that will make the housing crisis worse. </div><div><div><br></div><div>Interestingly there is an posting on the Environmental Registry of Ontario however rather than feedback apparently the Minister is seeking specific planning matters that need to be addressed by a transition regulation. It could still be worth commenting about concerns:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>PPS ERO - <a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-9065">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-9065</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>12) Ford Fails On WasteWater Testing - </b></span>The Ford government ended wastewater testing for COVID-19 and other diseases to significant public outcry. Now we are learning that the testing was ended two months early apparently without starting negotiations with the Federal government to take over the findings…. Yet another Ford Failure:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ottawa Citizen Newspaper - Ontario Dropped Wastewater Testing Early, With No Plans For Feds To Step In:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ontario-dropped-wastewater-testing-early-with-no-plan-for-feds-to-step-in-documents">https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ontario-dropped-wastewater-testing-early-with-no-plan-for-feds-to-step-in-documents</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">13) Ontario Science Centre Letter Campaign -</b> Support groups for the Ontario Science Centre have launched a letter writing campaign where you can write a letter with a few simple clicks to speak up for the Science Centre. They hope to get 100,000 and currently have over 89,000 letters sent. Speak up today at:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.savesciencecentre.com/signtheletter">https://www.savesciencecentre.com/signtheletter</a></div><div><br></div><div>A new polls shows a majority of Ontarians want the Science Centre repaired and reopened:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CityNews - New Poll Shows Ontarians Want Science Centre Repaired and Reopened:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/video/2024/09/05/new-poll-shows-ontarians-want-science-centre-repaired-and-reopened/">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/video/2024/09/05/new-poll-shows-ontarians-want-science-centre-repaired-and-reopened/</a></div><div><br></div><div>And do they or don’t they have jobs?</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CityNews - More Layoffs Coming For Ontario Science Centre Employees:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/09/12/more-layoffs-coming-for-employees-who-worked-at-ontario-science-centre/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/09/12/more-layoffs-coming-for-employees-who-worked-at-ontario-science-centre/?</a></div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Doug Ford Pledges Jobs For Uprooted Ontario Science Centre Workers:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-pledges-jobs-for-uprooted-ontario-science-centre-workers/article_072e06d6-7118-11ef-ac01-73e89739e8f5.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-pledges-jobs-for-uprooted-ontario-science-centre-workers/article_072e06d6-7118-11ef-ac01-73e89739e8f5.html</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">14) ALO All Member Meeting - </b>The Alliance for a Liveable Ontario is having an all-member meeting on Tuesday, October 1st at 7pm on Zoom. Register online and learn the latest election analysis, upcoming plans and provide feedback:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-ey01dY5Q3yveFnZh1xkSA#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-ey01dY5Q3yveFnZh1xkSA#/registration</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">15) Plastic People Film -</b> The Gorge Cinema is showing the film Plastic People about the effects of plastic and microplastics on our bodies on Sunday, October 6th at 2pm. Learn more and watch the trailer at</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.saveourwater.ca/">https://www.saveourwater.ca/</a></div><div><div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">16) River Run 2024: Walk with Grassy Narrows -</b> On September 18th hop on the free bus from either Guelph or Kitchener-Waterloo and join with others on the Grassy Narrows River Run:</div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><h3><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/bus_to_grassy_narrows_river_run">https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/bus_to_grassy_narrows_river_run</a></div><div style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Guelph Bus - </span><a href="https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/bus_to_grassy_narrows_river_run" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;">https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/bus_to_grassy_narrows_river_run</a></div><div style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Kitchener-Waterloo Bus: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_zdqBrm-VTdUQL_jOcQzzWbe37xOfHrYjtuxrO64ExPVrrw/viewform" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_zdqBrm-VTdUQL_jOcQzzWbe37xOfHrYjtuxrO64ExPVrrw/viewform</a></div><div style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">17) Climate Emergency Vigils Resume! - </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;">Starting Friday, Oct 4, Faith Climate Justice Waterloo Region will be hosting public climate emergency vigils in Waterloo Public Square, free for all to attend. These vigils build on the power of the 16 vigils hosted last fall, and are designed to create sacred spaces to process complex climate emotions together, to reflect, and to share opportunities for action leading up to the Conference of the Parties climate talks, COP29 happening in November. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"> Spread the word, and we hope you will join us. </span><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;">For more information visit:</span></div></h3><h3><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;">https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html</a></h3><h3><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: 14px;">18) Other Articles - </span><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">Include hallway healtchare, traffic cameras, NDP priorities, and beer in corner stores:</span></h3><div><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>The Trillium - Hospital Data Shows Ontario Hallway Healthcare Problem Is Worse Than Ever:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/hospital-data-shows-ontarios-hallway-health-care-problem-is-worse-than-ever-9370235">https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/hospital-data-shows-ontarios-hallway-health-care-problem-is-worse-than-ever-9370235</a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Doug Ford Won’t Let Toronto Use Camera’s To Get Traffic Moving. The City Should Do It Anyway:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://archive.is/tKZr2">https://archive.is/tKZr2</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Star - Singh Fires Back At Ford Saying His Priorities Are Out Of Order:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-is-obsessed-with-alcohol-in-convenience-stores-instead-of-health-care-jagmeet-singh/article_d9d2f544-6f95-11ef-b70b-c3a9267569bc.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-is-obsessed-with-alcohol-in-convenience-stores-instead-of-health-care-jagmeet-singh/article_d9d2f544-6f95-11ef-b70b-c3a9267569bc.html</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - I Toured Doug Ford’s $225 Million Bill Utopia:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/i-toured-doug-fords-225-million-beer-utopia/article_0339b3ae-6f8d-11ef-ab36-fb5c5211bec2.html">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/i-toured-doug-fords-225-million-beer-utopia/article_0339b3ae-6f8d-11ef-ab36-fb5c5211bec2.html</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">19) Some Humour -</b><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"> Here’s a great video making fun of urban sprawl developers:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MLHn26qhGJw">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MLHn26qhGJw</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>20) Some Good News - New Nature Park Opens -</b></span> Kudos to the folks outside London, Ontario who have worked for years to restore nature and create a new nature park that has just become a Conservation Area:</div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CBC - Land Donated By Restorer Not Destroyer Opens As New Nature Park Near St. Thomas:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/land-donated-by-restorer-not-destroyer-residents-opens-as-new-nature-park-near-st-thomas-1.7320348">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/land-donated-by-restorer-not-destroyer-residents-opens-as-new-nature-park-near-st-thomas-1.7320348</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">21) Reminder - Next Meeting</b><b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> -</span></b> Join us next, <span dir="ltr">Friday, September 20th</span> at 5:30pm online at the Zoom link below:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Topic: Grand River Watershed Bill 23 Bi-Weekly Zoom Meeting</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Time: Every Other <span dir="ltr">Friday at 5:30pm EST</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Join Zoom Meeting</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Meeting ID: <span dir="ltr">826 4469 5701</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span dir="ltr">Passcode: 713374</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Thanks for all the great efforts so far - please share any questions or ideas.</div><div><div id="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqtfd24641" class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770yqt1303954863"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr"><div style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><span class="ydp9fa07544yiv0892781770ydp8bacb94dyiv1865983000Apple-style-span">Cheers,</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Kevin Thomason, Mike Marcolongo, and Joan Faux on behalf of all our community groups.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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And keep us posted on your events so we can share them:</span></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div>Friday to Sunday, September 13th to 15th - Fight For Farmland at The New Hamburg Fall Fair - www.fightforfarmland.com</div><div><br></div><div>Saturday and Sunday September 14th & 15th - Healthcare Not Highways - <a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/healthcarenothighways/">https://environmentaldefence.ca/healthcarenothighways/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Saturday, September 14th - 9am to 11am - Bechtel Park Wildflower Planting - <a href="https://www.waterloo.ca/en/things-to-do/community-programs-in-parks.aspx">https://www.waterloo.ca/en/things-to-do/community-programs-in-parks.aspx</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wed, Sept 18th - Grassy Narrows River Run with buses from Guelph and Waterloo - <a href="https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/bus_to_grassy_narrows_river_run">https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/bus_to_grassy_narrows_river_run</a></div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Friday, September 20th at 5:30pm -<font color="#26282a"> Next group update meeting on Zoom -</font><font color="#0056d6"> </font></span><font color="#0056d6" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a></font></b></div><div><br></div><div>Saturday, September 21st - 9am to 11am - RIM Park Wildflower Planting - <a href="https://www.waterloo.ca/en/things-to-do/community-programs-in-parks.aspx">https://www.waterloo.ca/en/things-to-do/community-programs-in-parks.aspx</a></div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday, September 24th at 6:30pm - GRCA Virtual Strategic Plan Consultation Meeting - Pre-registration required - <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pt-5FMBhT9m_wJXAzSbeZA#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pt-5FMBhT9m_wJXAzSbeZA#/registration</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>Saturday, September 28th - 9am to 11am - Laurelwood Park Wildflower Planting - <a href="https://www.waterloo.ca/en/things-to-do/community-programs-in-parks.aspx">https://www.waterloo.ca/en/things-to-do/community-programs-in-parks.aspx</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, September 29th from 12pm to 5pm - Greenbelt Party in Hillsburgh - </span></font><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gather-barn-dance-at-bela-farm-tickets-970443391307">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gather-barn-dance-at-bela-farm-tickets-970443391307</a></div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday, October 1st - ALO All Member Meeting - <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-ey01dY5Q3yveFnZh1xkSA#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-ey01dY5Q3yveFnZh1xkSA#/registration</a></div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday, October 1st - Seniors Day Of Action On Climate - <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-the-seniors-for-climate-mailing-list">https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-the-seniors-for-climate-mailing-list</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday, October 2nd - Build The Ontario We Need - EFTO Town Hall Meetings Across Ontario - <a href="https://ofl.ca/event/town-hall-kitchener-waterloo/">https://ofl.ca/event/town-hall-kitchener-waterloo/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Friday, October 4th - 8pm - Climate Emergency Vigils - Waterloo Town Square - <a href="https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html">https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>Saturday, October 5th - 9am to 11am - Waterloo Park Woodland Garden Planting - <a href="https://www.waterloo.ca/en/things-to-do/community-programs-in-parks.aspx">https://www.waterloo.ca/en/things-to-do/community-programs-in-parks.aspx</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Sunday, October 6th at 2pm - <a href="http://saveourwater.ca/">SaveOurWater.ca</a> presents Plastic People At Gorge Cinema - <a href="https://www.saveourwater.ca/">https://www.saveourwater.ca/</a> </div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: start; 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