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New Provincial Parks Act

Our parks are supposed to be wilderness sanctuaries, yet the trees are logged, the waterways polluted and the trucks keep rolling through. So, will the new Provincial Parks Act really put ecological integrity, first asks Lake Superior based freelance writer Conor Mihell? . . .

Stone-cold economy

Times are tough in Northern Ontario. But is blasting the Lake Superior shoreline to produce gravel for Michigan highways really the answer? . . .

Great lakes AOCs ignored

Attention to Ontario's worst sites of toxic pollution on the Great Lakes has steadily fallen from the public and governent radar over the past several decades. Federal Environment Commissioner slams government for inaction. . . .

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Home > About Us > Newsletter > A Road Runs Through It. But should't.

A Road Runs Through It. But should't.

After fifty years of tinkering around the edges the Provincial Government was finally pressured by environmental groups in to take a serious run at updating the Provincial Parks Act. The result; the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act.,2006.

Lake Superior based freelance writer Conor Mihell take a look at what is currently happening under the new regime. His report "A Road Runs Through It" is published in the current edition of ON Nature Magazine.