On April 1, 2017 the environment committee of MC² will be sponsoring a free presentation on Lyme Disease.

It will be held at Monora Park Pavilion in the Banquet Hall.

  Doors open at 9 AM
 Presentations: 9:30 AM - Noon  

There will be displays, handouts (on identification, removal of ticks, the course of Lyme disease etc.) and free refreshments.

This is an important issue that concerns all of us.  As the climate continues to change, the number of infected ticks is increasing in Ontario and our region.  The consequences of undiagnosed Lyme disease can be disabling for decades and at times can result in an early death.

Full details.

Wellington Water Watchers and Riverfest Elora

Present....

You are invited to Waterstock at the Erin Fall Fairgrounds, to join together as a community and ask Premier Kathleen Wynne to Say No to Nestlé.

Waterstock plans take shape as Ontario clamps down on water bottlers

Fundraiser and Announce Party

Date: April 5, 2107

Time: 7 - 9 PM

Where: Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

Join them at the Gladstone Hotel  to support Wellington Water Watchers "Say No to Nestlé campaign and for the Toronto launch and official announcement of Waterstock - Water For Life, Not Profit - a joint presentation with Riverfest Elora! 

With special performances by Caroline Brooks of the Good Lovelies with Ben Whiteley, and Molly Johnson. As well as a special reading from the play "Devine".

Admission $20. 7-9pm (Doors open 6:30). Cash bar. Snacks provided.

Details.

We are pleased to welcome....

Alia Jalbert as our new Chair.

Alia, a former NDACT Board Member, has replaced former Chair, Shirley Boxem. Shirley will remain as a regular Board Member.

Congratulations to all! 

Date: Friday, April 8, 2016
Time: 10 AM - 6 PM
Place: Bingemans Conference Centre, Kitchener
Cost: $110 early-bird rate by March 25th;
$90 for OFA,CFFO,NFU members; $60 students
includes lunch

Full details.

To reserve your seat go to: www.ontariofarmlandtrust.ca

or call 519-824-4120 ext. 52654 or email info@ontariofarmlandtrust.ca

Our friends at Ecologos have organized another great Water Docs Film Festival starting tonight Friday March 20!

The festival runs for a week and features extraordinary documentaries about water, the threats to it and those trying to protect it. 

This Sunday is World Water Day and Water Docs is airing "Oil & Water." Check out the powerful trailer: Oil & Water

For more information, tickets & trailers visit: Ecologos: Water Docs

The H2O GO Festival and Eco-Market is presented in support of Canada Water Week (March 16-22). Canada Water eek’s 2015 theme is Watersheds 101.  

We will be partcipating in the EcoMarket, which is part of part of this festival.

An event celebrating water! This free, family-friendly event includes engaging, hands-on children’s activities, interactive displays, a variety of water–related information booths, and thought–sharing through art and science for people of all ages.

The Eco-market will display exhibitors offering energy and conservation tips, local food solutions, sustainable building, green transportation, technologies, ethical clothing and more.

In a February 2013 Call to Action, we asked supporters to contact their MPP’s to press them for a Food and Water First Policy.   Supporters were also asked to request that the government to reconstitute the Standing Committee on General Government as soon as possible so the review of the ARA will proceed as well as asking the government to ensure the updated PPS reflects the concerns raised by agricultural stakeholders and the general public.

The Ministry of the Environment replied and included this comment:

"I understand that the Standing Committee on General Government has been re-established, although at this time it is not known whether the Standing Committee will resume its review of the Aggregate Resources Act." 

News that the Standing Committee has been reconstituted is a surprise, as is the statement that it's not known whether the Committee will resume the review of the ARA. It was because of the mega quarry fight that the ARA review was launched. We asked for an open and comprehensive study of the outdated legislation, and the government ordered the review in the fall of 2011. Hearings were held last spring and strong presentations were made by agricultural groups and farmers who argued that prime farmland and source water regions should be exempted from aggregate operations. It would be unacceptable if the review of the ARA were shelved.

We are contacting the Natural Resources Minister, David Orazietti, for clarification. Stay tuned!

Fitting with our Food and Water First Campaign.

Water Docs is a documentary film festival about all things water.

From March 21-24, 2013 at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, it’s your chance to see both feature and short films about water, and discuss the films with the director or others. Not only does the festival inform and educate about water and water issues, it provides a forum for discussions as well as a channel for action provided by our guest speakers and featured environmental organisations. So, for the love of water, come join us!

For full details, click here.

                                   (MC)² - Mono Mulmur Citizens' Coalition - TOWNHALL MEETING

Date: March 9, 2013

Time: 10 AM - Noon (Coffee at 9:30 AM)

Location: Meeting Hall, across from the Globe Restaurant on Highway 89, Rosemont (map of Rosemont)

 This session will provide members, and all other interested citizens, an update on three key issues impacting our community.

• Melancthon Quarry: Presented by Carl Cosack, President of NDACT.

With the Highland Company application to open a mega-quarry having been withdrawn, what are the next steps; and particularly, what needs to happen with the Aggregates Act to prevent future repeats of what happened in Melancthon?

• Airport Road Quarry Proposal: Presented by Cheryl Russel from CORE.

 Arbour Farms has submitted their proposal to open a quarry on Airport Road in Mulmur. This review will look at the many issues CORE, and others, have raised in its opposition to this proposal, and will address what citizens can do about it.

• New Dufferin County Waste Disposal System. Presented by Ed Kroeker, Environmental Engineer and member of the County Committee overseeing the new system. Ed has detailed information about the problems with a system which has resulted in higher costs and taxes for Mono and Mulmur, and lower costs/taxes for Orangeville and Shelburne. How have our Townships subsidized tax reductions for the large communities of Dufferin, and why did that happen?

The meeting will include plenty of time for questions and answers about each of these issues.

                     ALL ARE WELCOME. BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS!

If you need more information, email: info@monomulmur.com