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Cinema Politica Fredericton marks 10 years of film screenings that inspire social change

It’s hard to believe Cinema Politica Fredericton will be 10 years old this September. It seems like only yesterday I remember being huddled in someone’s dark basement, squished together on a couch with long-time friends and like-minded acquaintances, all siting around a 12-inch computer monitor watching each other’s choice documentary of the day – ideological […]

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Watch The Great Trees of New Brunswick Book Teaser

CCNB Blog / Tracy Glynn

What’s your great tree? It has been almost 30 years since the book, The Great Trees of New Brunswick, was published. We think it’s time to work on another collection that captures the essence and stories of more of our native trees. The Conservation Council is working with forester David Palmer to find our next

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A diverse forest is our best defence: CCNB’s Tracy Glynn on coming spruce budworm outbreak

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News / Corey Robichaud

The Conservation Council’s forest program director, Tracy Glynn, was featured in a CBC story published on Oct. 4, on the subject of an imminent spruce budworm outbreak that scientists expect to hit in New Brunswick. “We’ve simplified our forest for one that is a breeding ground for spruce budworm,” said Glynn. “We need to move toward supporting a

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NB uses more glyphosate in forestry than anywhere else in Canada

CCNB in the News, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

Conservation Council of New Brunswick forest program director, Tracy Glynn, was featured in a CBC story about the release of a new report by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (OCMOH). “It confirms our worst fears that New Brunswick is [using glyphosate], more than any other province, at a more intense rate in forestry,” said

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CCNB statement in response to report released by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health on glyphosate

Media Releases / Corey Robichaud

July 29, 2016 FREDERICTON — Tracy Glynn, the forest program director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement about the report released today by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (OCMOH) on glyphosate. The report confirms what we have long feared — that the forest industry uses more glyphosate

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Sign the petition to ban herbicides from NB’s public forests

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Broad grassroots momentum for a ban on herbicides; encounters with high-profile members of the federal cabinet; fun learning about our seasonal hibernators; and an opportunity for you to help our work in the Bay of Fundy: here’s the latest from Conserver House. Sign on for a healthy forest We have joined with concerned citizens and

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Sign on for a healthy forest — petition to ban herbicides in NB

CCNB Blog, Feature, Forest Conservation / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

One of the most important issues concerning citizens of New Brunswick that the Minister of Natural Resources can address right away is the use of herbicides on our Crown forested lands. People from all over the province have joined with concerned citizens, community environmental organizations and the Conservation Council of New Brunswick — which has

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April: A Month of Action for Our Forest!

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation / Tracy Glynn

Our pretty Acadian forest flowers are about to bloom! You won’t want to miss them like you won’t want to miss your chance to have a say on our forest! New Brunswickers are busy collecting signatures to our petition for our forest. The deadline to pass in petitions has been extended to Earth Day, April

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L’Acadie Nouvelle reports on CCNB’s call to end herbicide use following probable cancer classification

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Newspaper L’Acadie Nouvelle reported on the Conservation Council’s call for the provincial government to end the spraying of glyphosates on the Crown forest after an arm of the World Health Organization classified the widely-used herbicide as a probable cancer-causing chemical. Read the article here. On Wednesday, March 25, the Conservation Council issued a press release

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Cancer classification warrants phase-out of widely-used herbicide

Forest Conservation, Media Releases / Tracy Glynn

A herbicide sprayed yearly and in large quantities on New Brunswick forests was recently classified as a probable cancer-causing chemical by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization. The decision was published in the journal, Lancet Oncology. Glyphosate, sold under various trade names including Roundup, Vision, and

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