Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller is encouraging the province to amend its policies and better protect the Waterloo moraine based on points released in his annual report at the end of September. He mentions the policies are missing crucial measures critical to protecting natural heritage.
Gord Miller:
The Region of Waterloo has the best water conservation plan in the province, but is it enough? There’s tremendous growth pressures driving up against natural limits, and do we recognize those natural limits.
My concern is that our land-use planning system is still based in simply identifying …

Harold Albrecht, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Conestoga, on behalf of Canada’s Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, announced funding from the Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk with $7,989 in federal funding which will support environmental action focusing on conservation and protection of species at risk and their habitats, helping to preserve Canada’s biodiversity.
Harold Albrecht, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Conestoga:
As part of the International Year of Biodiversity, we are proud to support Canadians protecting species at risk. The City of Kitchener’s project will empower Canadians with the skills to become better stewards of …