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thepointer.com > article > 2026-09-07 > as-canada-slides-on-conservation-targets-one-ontario-group-s-latest-acquisition-is-moving-the-needle

As Canada slides on conservation targets, one Ontario group’s latest acquisition is moving the needle

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1348+ words) Two days after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order officially renaming (for Americans) Lake Ontario as “Lake America”, Ontario Premier Doug Ford spent $25,000 in taxpayer money to answer with a billboard declaring: “Lake Ontario now and always”. Mirroring the…...

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thepointer.com > article > 2026-09-05 > if-climate-plan-is-credible-defend-it-youth-push-back-against-carney-government-s-bid-to-strike-lawsuit

‘If climate plan is credible, defend it’: Youth push back against Carney government’s bid to strike lawsuit

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1404+ words) Three young Canadians are fighting to keep their climate lawsuit alive after the Mark Carney government made attempts to toss it out without a full hearing, contending that Ottawa cannot simply leave a five-year-old climate plan on the shelf after…...

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thepointer.com > article > 2026-08-31 > shaped-by-pc-politicking-the-niagara-municipal-election-landscape-is-set-let-the-campaigning-begin

Shaped by PC politicking, the Niagara municipal election landscape is set, let the campaigning begin

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1726+ words) Nominations for municipal offices of mayor, councillor and school board trustee officially closed ten days ago, and across Niagara Region, incumbents and those looking to challenge them for their seats around the council table are gearing up for nearly two…...

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thepointer.com > article > 2026-08-30 > greenwashing-by-governments-more-harmful-who-is-holding-ottawa-and-queen-s-park-accountable

‘Greenwashing by governments more harmful’: Who is holding Ottawa and Queen’s Park accountable?

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (1635+ words) When the federal and provincial governments promote themselves as friends of the environment, while pushing legislation and projects that will devastate landscapes and impact our well being, who holds them accountable for the blatant greenwashing? “There's little greenwashing specific laws…...

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thepointer.com > article > 2026-08-22 > attawapiskat-group-taking-feds-to-court-over-ring-of-fire-road-that-will-cause-irreversible-harm-to-environment-and-indigenous-way-of-life

Attawapiskat group taking feds to court over Ring of Fire road that will cause irreversible harm to environment and Indigenous way of life

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1620+ words) That’s what Michel Koostachin, founder of grassroots group, the Friends of the Attawapiskat River, declared as he launched the first legal challenge against a Ring of Fire access road, days after the federal government approved the project in the “public…...

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thepointer.com > article > 2026-08-20 > breaking-councillor-lori-lococo-challenges-jim-diodati-for-mayor-s-chair-in-niagara-falls

BREAKING: Councillor Lori Lococo challenges Jim Diodati for mayor’s chair in Niagara Falls

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1204+ words) In a move that promises to shake up the 2026 Niagara Falls mayoral race, Lori Lococo, an incumbent who initially registered to run for a third term as a city councillor, has pivoted at the eleventh hour to challenge Jim Diodati…...

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thepointer.com > article > 2026-08-16 > canada-s-young-people-will-feel-the-brunt-of-climate-change-the-carney-government-is-cutting-them-out-of-the-process-to-help-prevent-it

Canada’s young people will feel the brunt of climate change, the Carney government is cutting them out of the process to help prevent it

4+ week, 16+ hour ago   (1506+ words) Mississauga-born Bushra Asghar, Executive Director of the national campaign for Youth Climate Corps, thought years of advocacy had finally paid off when she stood before provincial leaders and climate activists at Queen's Park on Earth Day, celebrating Ottawa’s $40 million commitment…...