Oakvillegreen recently held a public meeting on Water Fluoridation. This issue will be coming back to the Regional Councillors on January 31st (deferred from January 10th).
The October – December 2011 edition of the City of Burlington’s Take Action Burlington – Environment Update is now available. This publication outlines environmental activities taken over the past three months. http://cms.burlington.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=19724
The Town of Oakville is pleased to report that it has implemented or at least initiated almost 100% of the actions in its 2005 Environmental Strategic Plan, and has now released its 2011 Environmental Strategic Plan. http://www.oakville.ca/nr-11dec20.htm
Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner, Gord Miller, has released his latest report, Biodiversity: A Nation’s Commitment, an Obligation for Ontario. In it, he says that it is the provinces’ responsibility to implement the agreements made by Canada in Nagoya in 2010, but Ontario’s biodiversity strategy expired that year and hasn’t been updated. http://www.eco.on.ca/
Halton Region has posted e-book translations in French, Spanish, Polish, and Cantonese on the Region’s website of the popular children’s picture book on air quality for children aged four to eight, A Farewell to Featherwagons. http://www.halton.ca/cms/One.aspx?portalId=8310&pageId=60999
Mountsberg Conservation Area is hosting the Royal Ontario Museum’s travelling Northern Owls exhibit from January 1 to February 23, 2012. A guided tour of this spectacular display will be included with all Owl Prowl evenings on Jan. 13, 14, 27, and 28. See events calendar for owl prowl information or visit http://www.conservationhalton.ca/events.cfm?itemid=10521 to find out more about the owl exhibit, open daily 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. plus special guided tours.
The Town of Halton Hills has completed is Transportation Master Plan. The document is available for public review at www.haltonhills.ca/tmp. Comments must be received by Wed. Feb. 15.
