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FACT CHECK ✅ $2.5B from LCBO sales funds our province?! taxes + SALES = public revenue for schools & hospitals 🥂 That’s why WE lose out when alcohol sales are privatized. STOP FORD from handing YOUR DOLLARS to BILLIONAIRES.🤑 keepitpublic.ca #FordsDrySummer

The @OntarioNDP are calling on this government to cancel this shady deal with Therme that uses taxpayer dollars to build a private spa at #OntarioPlace instead of investing in health care, education and housing. #ONpoli

As fall migration brought a pulse of birds through Chicago early Thursday, a single building killed a staggering 964 birds. It's an extreme case of an all-too-common phenomenon & has amplified calls for broader changes to stop preventable collision deaths. audubon.org/news/more-1000…

🍨 Enter for your chance to win a Chapman's prize pack! 👩‍🔬 @GirlsInScience is challenging girls and gender-diverse youth aged 7 to 17 to create a perfect scoop of ice cream featuring a unique flavour. Deadline 11:59 PM PT October 7, 2023. bit.ly/3EW84eY #STEM

This is a map of the Province of Ontario. The Greenbelt is a sliver of land in the context of the Province. I was going to draw it on the map but it was as thin as a pencil line at this scale. But an important pencil line - it is the richest farmland in the entire province. It is also the Carolinian forest - which contains an extremely high biodiversity of species, over 500 of which are considered rare on a global scale. The Greenbelt was created to ensure we didn't pave over this rich farmland. It was created to halt sprawl. The #GreenbeltGrab has never been about a shortage of land. Look at this Province! There is so much abundant land that isn't Greenbelt. The #GreenbeltGiveaway has never been about building housing, either. It is about the profit, the uplift in value, that comes from re-designating agricultural land to residential land. Uplift in value. At the expense of prime, irreplaceable agricultural land. That's what this is about.

A VIEW TO A GREENBELT: JAMES BOND ONTARIO EDITION

Last year we unfortunately found the highly invasive and destructive Spiny Waterflea in three big, beautiful Algonquin lakes in the northwest. We need your help in preventing the spread of Spiny Waterflea and other invasive species. To learn more visit: ontarioparks.com/parksblog/spin…

We followed the first foreign firefighters to arrive in Quebec to help fight Canada's worst wildfire season on record. Some of the blazes were 100 times bigger than any they had ever seen, they said. Here's what our journalist saw on the ground. nyti.ms/3CMQCst

CBC News has compiled data on Canada's prime farmland to show how this invaluable national resource is disappearing — and what it means for the future. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

We’re serious about protecting Algonquin Park's aquatic ecosystems! Help stop the spread of aquatic invasive species with the FREE Boat Cleaning Station available at Costello Creek Day Use Area on the way to Opeongo. Big thanks to the @InvSp for the station!

This month we are grateful to share the lupus journey of Kate, a national level swimmer who was diagnosed with lupus in 2020. Thank you Kate for sharing your story with us and for bringing awareness to lupus. #LetsTalkLupus #MakeLupusVisible #LupusAwarenessMonth

Tensions between the Ford government and Mississauga have reached new heights after the province overruled more than a decade of local planning, allowing a developer to almost double the size of a major waterfront project. globalnews.ca/news/9699394/m… #onpoli

Why care about one rare species? Why care about one wetland, or any other seemingly random place? Ultimately, it comes down to understanding why conservation and nature are important at all, writes @KbaCanada's @PeterSoroye in @cottagelife. bit.ly/3V2ss5q #ForNature

Kara Petrunick says she never would have signed the lease had she known a 17.5 per cent rent increase was allowed. cbc.ca/news/canada/ha…

These seniors face a 20% rent increase — and Ontario rules make it legal | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

Over 68 landmarks will be illuminated in purple throughout Canada today for World Lupus Day! By lighting significant landmarks throughout Canada, we HOPE we can create #awareness for this debilitating disease. For an updated list visit buff.ly/3VNMFfX

Visit a Purple Landmark on World Lupus Day! By lighting over 66 landmarks throughout Canada, we HOPE we can create awareness for this debilitating disease. If you see a landmark illuminated in purple, take a photo, share on social media & tag @LupusCanada buff.ly/3VNMFfX

Over 68 Canadian landmarks will be illuminated in purple for World Lupus Day on May 10th. If you see a landmark illuminated in purple, please take a photo, share on social media and tag @LupusCanada. For the complete list of landmarks please visit buff.ly/3VNMFfX.

World Lupus Day serves to rally lupus organizations and people affected by the disease for a common purpose of bringing greater attention and resources to efforts to end the suffering caused by this debilitating autoimmune disease Learn more: buff.ly/3VfohDv