Earth Matters by Jacqueline Milner : Spring is Planting Season! Mulch, Prune, & Grow!
CFN – This gardening season, don’t forget your trees. With the gardening season underway, the Urban Forest Stewardship Network (UFSN) is calling on residents in communities across Ontario to help trees in their yards and neighbourhoods. Our trees often times exist in stressful conditions. Drought, air pollution, salt spray, competition with overhead utilities and root [...]
Activist or Journalist – OPG bans me from Beavergate Meeting as City Agrees to Look at Proposal – Many Thoughts by Jamie Gilcig
CFN – So Wednesday we three get to the Civic Complex. Rebecca Sorrell was asked if we’d take a meeting with City Officials, OPG, and the Minister of Natural Resources before her second request to speak before council was submitted. (The first was refused) There’s a hitch though. I’m stopped. I’m told that I [...]
Beavergate in Cornwall Ontario – Protesters Refused to Speak at City Council – March on Council – May 15, 2012
CFN – Monday night was a delegation attend City Council. Twenty five or so citizens and activists who are upset with City Council’s actions in Beavergate to day in this city of 46,000 in Ontario. (PREVIOUS STORY) At issue is the Conibear Kill trapping in a city owned nature trail; Guindon park. When a 90 [...]
Earth Matters by Jacqueline Milner : Spring News Apple Blossoms Compost Bins Celery Experiments
CFN – News from my backyard It is amazing how things grow and change over spring days. The fragrance and subtle beauty of apple blossoms are an absolute delight to the senses. New visitors such as the Bluebird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and the honey bee visiting our dandelion dressed lawn lift the spirit. With spring moving [...]
Beavergate : Lodge is now EMPTY of Beavers in Guindon Park in Cornwall Ontario – Lesley Fox Writes Letter to Council
CFN – Rebecca Sorrell walked in Guindon Park with me and talked about the City of Cornwall’s odd response to a request to a 90 Day Moratorium to Beaver trapping in the City Controlled Nature trail. Beaver Lodge in Guindon Park With 500 acres it seemed preposterous to cull a family of 5 beavers that were living [...]
Queen Clement: “Let ‘em eat beaver!” Political Satire – May 6, 2012
CFN – This is a political cartoon of Cornwall Ontario City Councilor and Board member, believe it or not, of the St. Lawrence River Institute’s Bernadette Clement, or as we’ve occasionally mentioned her, Queen Clement. . Hopefully Ms Clement and the rest of council announce a moratorium on Beaver Eradication in Guindon Park until the [...]
Earth Matters by Jacqueline Milner : For Trees Sake! Story via Image – May 1, 2012
CFN - A Regional Artist, Charlotte King and I shared some time together a couple of weeks ago to exercise our photographic eyes and take advantage of a bright Sunny Spring day at a local City of Cornwall wooded area, Lynwood Forest. This is an area which I had wanted to visit and explore as this [...]
Beaver Wetlands: Effects upon Wildlife and Water By Sharon T. Brown and Suzanne Fouty
CFN – I spoke with Zoologist Sharon T. Brown about Beavers because of our situation of using KILL TRAPS in Guindon Park here in Cornwall Ontario. LINK Our follow up to that story will be released later this week. She also supplied the following quote: By paying a trapper to place Conibear kill traps [...]
Earth Matters by Jacqueline Milner – Earth Day is Around the Corner! April 19, 2012
CFN – With Earth Day just around the corner I am reminded of how we are dependant on Earth for our survival. Our health is dependant on her. Everything that sustains us; air, water, food and shelter comes from Earth. Are you doing anything special this Earth Day? Has awareness inspired you to live differently [...]
Raisin River Conservation Authority Free Tree Seedling Event to Celebrate Earth Day – April 21, 2012
CFN – The Raisin Region Conservation Authority is once again inviting the public to join them in celebrating Earth Day. Conifer seedlings, limited to ten per family, will be given to two hundred local residents who would like to beautify their home as well as contribute to the environment. They will be distributed on a [...]
Kite Master Gerard Piette Celebrates Earth Day at Benson Centre in Cornwall Ontario
CFN – Celebrate Earth Day 2012 at the Benson Centre, Cornwall, at 2 p.m., with Kite Master, Gerard Piette. Gerard flew his first kite, a used one, in 2009, while he was searching for an outdoor hobby. He was immediately hooked. . He soon moved from repairing kites to building them and the challenges of [...]
Earth Matters by Jacqueline Milner – Making Sustainable Choices – April 9, 2012
CFN - Many acres of land have been clear cut around my home base over the past two years. This has often been followed by planting of corn or Soya. The most disturbing part of this process is that often trees and bush are clear cut right up to the bank of small streams. Consideration is [...]
How-to Start an Organic School Garden Workshop – April 30, 2012 FINCH ONTARIO
Are you interested in starting a garden at your daycare, school or college? The All Things Food SDG Community Food Network and Growing Up Organic will be hosting a free “How to Start an Organic School Garden” workshop on Monday, April 30th from 6 – 8 p.m. at South Nation Conservation in Finch. Alissa Mae [...]
Earth Matters by Jacqueline Milner – The Magic of The Cooper Marsh Conservation Area – March 25, 2012
CFN – One of the first wonderful areas that our family discovered when we moved to this area was “The Cooper Marsh Conservation Area”. We were absolutely taken with the boardwalk and trails throughout the area, the visitor centre, areas for picnicking and this wonderful wetland area which is home year round and seasonally to [...]
Komorowski’s Korner – Climate Change – Politics and Economics – March 20, 2012
CFN – Climate change is a major topic for discussion, and with the recent revelations of the Heartland Institute’s conspiracy to fake the science involved (Fakegate, or Denialgate), for their own economic benefit and that of their clients, people are naturally confused about the whole issue. Very briefly, climate change (or global warming) is caused [...]
Earth Matters by Jacqueline Milner – The Magic of Composting – March 18, 2012
CFN – Leaves and plants naturally break down to create compost. Composting is an accepted way of recycling plant material that man has borrowed from nature. All the best gardening practices imitate nature in a location of our choosing. Composting feeds the soil and is therefore a useful tool to incorporate in your vegetable or [...]
National Portrait Gallery unveils a new portrait of scientist and environmentalist James Lovelock – March 14, 2012
CFN – As a new portrait of scientist and environmentalist James Lovelock goes on display in the National Portrait Gallery, watch him recount, in enthralling detail, memories of his life’s work. . Born in 1919, James Lovelock is a globally respected environmental thinker and independent scientist. While his career has included work for NASA and [...]
