Tag: Environment
Shoppers latest to ditch the plastic bag
Shoppers Drug Mart will stop offering plastic bags at its stores starting Tuesday.
Canada phasing out six types of single-use plastics
On December 20, the federal government will ban the manufacture and import of single-use items including checkout bags, cutlery, stir sticks, straws, and more.
Outdoors is the classroom for unique high school environmental course
While most London-area schoolkids were hitting the books the first week of classes, a group of nature-loving high schoolers were on a lake preparing for a series of upcoming learning adventures.
Green-thinking Ivey students irked as school honours bank boss
Some students at Ivey Business School are chafing after learning Royal Bank of Canada’s top boss will receive the school’s prestigious business leader award Thursday, a day after a scathing review of the bank’s emission targets by a group of Indigenous and environmental groups was released.
Feds plan to establish registry to track recyclable plastics
The public, stakeholders, and partners have until October 7 to comment on the new rules and registry, and the government hopes to publish draft regulations by the middle of next year.
Health professionals call for ban on fossil fuel advertising (Poll)
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment has released an open letter calling on the federal government to ban advertising promoting fossil fuels.
Letters to the Editor: April 27, 2022
Get rid of the Bud
Have eco-anxiety? Library’s new environmentalist-in-residence can help
For Jennifer Chesnut, being the London Public Library’s environmentalist-in-residence isn’t just a job.
Letters to the Editor: Jan. 22
Care workers heroes
Why this London researcher wants to take the air out of balloon releases
If a Western University doctoral student has his way, intentional balloon releases — a staple of birthday parties, weddings and other celebrations — would be a thing of the past.