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For The Ones Lost and For The Newborns
Melissa Munro — February 25, 2019PowerShift: Young and Rising is coming to Ottawa!
Posted on February 11, 2019DEFEATED! Doug Ford's Reckless Bill 66!
Melissa Munro — January 24, 2019Thank You For a Great Year! And Onward Into 2019!
Melissa Munro — January 18, 2019Help Save Sable Island.
Melissa Munro — December 30, 2018One of Canada’s and the world’s most pristine places has been put on the bidding block for oil drilling and seismic blasting.
That place is Sable Island.
It is a place of magic and myth. It looms large in our minds as an iconic symbol of all that is wild and beautiful and untouchable.
It is home to wild horses, grey seals, and birds and species unique to just this island.
Your Gift Can Help Save Baby Blues - And We're Going Back To Court To Do It!
Melissa Munro — December 27, 2018And we're going back to court to protect them!
In just a few weeks, I return to the courtroom with our legal team to fight a final phase of a court challenge to protect the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Our first appearance last December was to simply be given “standing”, (meaning a judge would first have to decide if we could even be heard in the larger, future battle to fight the re-issuance of an oil company’s licence that had expired.) And we won that one!
Celebrate Gretchen's Important Work With a Gift In Her Honour - December 2018
Melissa Munro — December 20, 2018Gretchen Fitzgerald, our senior staff director, is celebrating a birthday.
Beyond her responsibilities leading Sierra Club – from media interviews at all hours, to racing to coalition meetings, to being our well-informed voice to the public – Gretchen is quietly out there on Facebook trying to raise funds for Sierra Club Canada Foundation on the occasion of her birthday this month.
But we want to surprise her with something special.
9 Tips To Reduce Plastic Use This Holiday - Don't Let Plastic Steal Your Holiday
Becky Bassick — December 10, 2018Reining in consumerism and reusing last year's wrapping paper doesn't make you a grinch.
About 90% of plastic waste is not recycled in Canada. Household waste volumes double in the week after Christmas in Canada 1 - and we already produce way too much to begin with!
To try and tackle the #ProblemWithPlastics while keeping the season warm and bright, here are some tips to reduce plastic waste during the holidays:
Dan McDermott Legacy Fund and Memorial Unveiling on September 15th
RuiLin Guo — August 30, 2018Here We Stand...And It's Great News!
Gretchen Fitzgerald — August 10, 2018It’s always nice to come back from a lovely vacation to good news – especially in a summer in which we are all sweating in the heat of impending climate chaos. And I’m happy to have some very good news to share with you.
The National Hike for the Environment 2018 - NOW UNTIL NOV. 4TH!
Melissa Munro — August 7, 2018Sponsor the Youth Career Connect Conference - July 27-29, 2018 - OTTAWA
Melissa Munro — June 26, 2018Clock is Ticking: A Mid-Term Report Card on the Federal Government and its Work on the Environment
Melissa Munro — May 10, 2018A report released May 9th, 2018 by the leaders of Canada’s top environmental organizations reviews the progress of the federal government in meeting its platform and mandate commitments on environmental issues across the country.
Environmental Assessment being debated right now! Here is Nathan's story.
Melissa Munro — April 26, 2018When the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig sank in 2010, it spewed raw oil into the Gulf of Mexico for months, wreaking untold damage on marine life. The spill was the largest ever in U.S. waters, and the full effects are still unknown.
Liberals say #BetterRules. We say we need better than that.
Gretchen Fitzgerald — February 19, 2018It's been just over a week since Bill C-69, Canada's new impact assessment legislation was presented for first reading in the House of Commons.
'Tis the night before court - Update: Our court date has now been set.
Gretchen Fitzgerald — December 12, 2017Free Dizolve is back this holiday!
Melissa Munro — December 10, 2017You love it. We love it. And it's back!
We are letting you in on our great Dizolve promotion, just for Sierra Club Canada Foundation members and donors.
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Free Dizolve is back!
Melissa Munro — November 26, 2017You love it. We love it. And it's back!
We are letting you in on our great Dizolve promotion, just for Sierra Club Canada Foundation members and donors.