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Moncton mayor leads charge to end herbicide spraying near Turtle Creek watershed

The City of Moncton is calling on the province to stop spraying glyphosate-based herbicides near the Turtle Creek watershed, a natural reservoir supplying drinking water to more than 100,000 residents within Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview, the CBC reports. “It is our opinion that aerial herbicide spraying should be considered a restricted activity under the Watershed […]

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EcoNews — Where our forest is being sprayed this summer

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we show you where our forest is being sprayed this summer with a breakdown of herbicide spray hotspots near popular N.B. lakes and which forestry companies are doing the most spraying; we make it easy for you to join New Brunswickers who have already written their MLA this week to

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Where our forest is being sprayed this summer

CCNB Blog, Feature, Forest Conservation / Jon MacNeill

The map showing where the forests will be sprayed with herbicides during summer 2017 is now available. Forestry companies spray large swaths of clearcuts with products containing glyphosate — a chemical linked to cancer and a slew of other health problems — beginning this month through Sept. 30. The full 2017 spray map is available

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EcoNews — What you need to know about blue-green algae this summer

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you our primer on blue-green algae after the Department of Health issued an advisory for Nashwaak Lake earlier this week; we update you on the latest news regarding the tragic deaths of north Atlantic right whales off the waters of N.B.; share encouraging news about a community in

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Canada’s pesticide regulator “captured by industry”

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature / Jon MacNeill

The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, was quoted in a July 26 National Observer article about Canada’s problematic pesticide management agency. In the article, investigative journalist Bruce Livesey (a Fredericton High School graduate in the 80s) takes an in-depth look at the failings of Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) to protect people,

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Tracadie-Sheila looking at by-law to ban glyphosate

CCNB Blog, Feature / Corey Robichaud

Tracadie-Sheila town council is considering a by-law to ban the use of glyphosate within the municipality, Radio-Canada reports. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the herbicides Vision, Vision Max and Forza, which are widely used by forestry companies on New Brunswick’s Crown forest. Radio-Canada reports that Tracadie-Sheila is looking at banning the chemical, prompting questions over

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EcoNews – Seven dead right whales devastating blow: expert

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we look at the call for swift action in the Gulf of St. Lawrence region in the wake of an unprecedented die-off of north Atlantic right whales and the tragic loss of a veteran fisher and whale rescue team member; we remember a prominent New Brunswick environmentalist who took on

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Taking glyphosate out of forest is prudent move: Glynn

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

Tracy Glynn spoke with Global News New Brunswick for an evening news feature that ran on Thursday, June 29. The Conservation Council’s Forest Conservation Coordinator said it’s time to stop using herbicides in the Crown forest. “We know that Health Canada is currently doing a review in light of the new studies and in light

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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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Moncton mayor leads charge to end herbicide spraying near Turtle Creek watershed

EcoNews — Where our forest is being sprayed this summer

Where our forest is being sprayed this summer

EcoNews — What you need to know about blue-green algae this summer

Canada’s pesticide regulator “captured by industry”

Tracadie-Sheila looking at by-law to ban glyphosate

EcoNews – Seven dead right whales devastating blow: expert

Taking glyphosate out of forest is prudent move: Glynn

EcoNews — Your Canada Day, hit the beach edition

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

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