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Tailings are forever: new report shows Alberta’s tailings are a huge liability

Tailings, the waste left behind from mining, remain on landscapes forever and sometimes their dams or casings fail, spilling toxins into waterways. A new report by the Environmental Defence and the U.S.’s Natural Resources Defense Council points to the toxic legacy of tailings generated from the tar sands industry in Alberta. The report has lessons […]

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EcoNews — Your Canada Day, hit the beach edition

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this Canada Day edition of EcoNews, we get you ready to beat the heat and hit the beach with stories about: the first-ever Canada Beach Report and what it tells us about the health of our cherished waterways; our take on the Auditor General’s report on climate change action in N.B.; highlights from a

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It’s time for 21st Century forestry practices in N.B.: Glynn

CCNB in the News / Corey Robichaud

Tracy Glynn, the Conservation Council’s Forest Conservation Coordinator, was featured in the top story of CBC New Brunswick’s evening news program on Wednesday, June 28, a feature about the widely-used herbicide glyphosate. In July, California will add glyphosate — the active ingredient in the popular herbicide Roundup (and its forest cousin Vision) — to its

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Corbett talks the good and the bad from first-ever Canada Beach Report

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

The Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett discussed the good news and the bad news found in the first-ever Canada Beach Report with several media outlets this week. Lois spoke with Global News, appeared on CBC Information Morning Fredericton, CBC Information Morning Moncton, and was featured in a CBC web story. The Canada Beach Report was a

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Could concerns over health, safety and a turtle stop a third quarry in Estey’s Bridge?

CCNB Blog / Tracy Glynn

Residents of Estey’s Bridge and Douglas, near Fredericton, are worried about a third quarry getting established in their backyards and they have a new ally in their fight: the wood turtle. Springhill Construction is requesting that a 128 hectare-block of residential-agricultural land covering an area from Carlisle Road in Douglas to Royal Road in Estey’s

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What’s happening to the right whale?

CCNB Blog / Olivia DeYoung

In what marine biologists are calling an “unprecedented” and “catastrophic” event, at least six North Atlantic right whales have died this month in the Gulf of St. Lawrence for reasons yet unknown. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced late last week it is working with marine mammal experts, scientists and fishery officers

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We’re teaching kids in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea about the power of pollinators, and we need your help!

CCNB Blog, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

You see all those extra seedlings popping up around your garden? Don’t let a good pollinator go to waste! Drop-off any native pollinator plants you can spare at the Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Center at 139 Water St., St. Andrews, and help support the creation of three new pollinator-friendly gardens for our little ones at

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First-ever Canada Beach Report released

CCNB Blog, Feature, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

June 27, 2017, TORONTO — How much you know about water quality at your local beach depends on where you live in Canada, reveals the Canada Beach Report, a new report on the state of recreational water quality monitoring across the country released today. Government routinely tests beaches and compares results to recreational water quality guidelines

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New Brunswick watersheds are at risk, new WWF-Canada study shows

CCNB Blog, Feature, Freshwater Protection / Kaleigh Holder

A four-year assessment of Canada’s freshwater resources, completed by World Wildlife Fund-Canada (WWF-Canada), has found all of Canada’s freshwater watersheds are ‘under tremendous stress,’ including the Saint John-St.Croix and Maritime Coastal watersheds in New Brunswick. WWF-Canada’s Watershed Report, the first national study of Canada’s freshwater ecosystems, assesses both the health and stresses facing all 25

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Sisson project not a done deal — big risks to healthy water and communities have not been addressed, says Corbett

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, is calling for caution and transparency after the federal government gave its approval of the proposed open-pit Sisson Mine near Stanley. Corbett told CBC Radio’s Information Morning Fredericton on Monday, June 26 that many details surrounding the project — such as the specific design of the tailings dam

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