Going down the road - to Ottawa

Going down the road - to Ottawa Lisa Raitt worked her way from Whitney Pier to Harper's cabinet By STEPHEN MAHER Ottawa Bureau Fri.

[Ottawa type World]

Lobbyists spend millions to influence Texas lawmakers

Lobbyists have spent millions of dollars in the last four years in efforts to influence Texas lawmakers and other state workers, which included meals, golf excursions and trips to Canada, a Ritz-Carlton lodge in ...

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[Whitney Pier Seniors]

Will there be something in the Budget to help STOP all the garbage blowing into the Sydney Harbour ???

like Toronto eyes retail ban on packaging to help waste-saving strategy

JENNIFER LEWINGTON Globe and Mail

With time and patience running out,

the city of Toronto is considering tough action to curb waste generated by overly packaged consumer products.

From a city-run deposit-return program,

all options should be on the table, whether to to the dismay of industry officials opposed to new regulations or NOT ...

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[Halton MP]

"no adverse effect" from radioactive spill

Nuke spill near Ottawa

[Halton MP and] Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt said in the House the incident had no "adverse effect on human health or on the environment."

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"after a brief shutdown, the reactor has continued to operate at full power, even though Chalk River officials admit they dont know what caused the leak, and say it could happen again."

Documents indicate officials at Atomic Energy took four days to report the spill to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

Even then, the spill proved to be five times larger than what the officials initially reported.

They didnt go out of their way to inform the public, either.

A press release about the brief shutdown of the reactor in December made no mention of a spill, only unanticipated technical challenges.

the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission said the leaking water from the failed weld has a very low level of radioactivity and is not a safety concern.

The water is being dumped into the Ottawa River...

[Natural Resources]

Atomic energy spokesman Dale Coffin says the crack in the seam could require up to a month of work to repair, but right now our schedule doesn't allow us to do that.

The reactor is producing almost double its normal medical isotope output to make up for a shutdown of the worlds largest producer in the Netherlands, expected to last until spring.

As a result, shutting down the Chalk River facility for a month for repairsor even a week would likely pull the plug on 6,000 cancer treatments a week in Canada alone.

Last year, Stephen Harpers government fired the country's chief nuclear regulator, Linda Keen, after she ordered the Chalk River reactor shut down to upgrade its safety systems notably, water pumps.

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I'd sing you a morning golden and true.
I would make this day last for all times,
Then fill the night deep with moonshine.

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