Saturday: Petrie Island plastic pollution cleanup
September 14, 2018 07:00 ET
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WWF-Canada
Ottawa, Sept. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Energetic volunteers will tackle plastic pollution as the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup celebrates its 25th season on International Coastal Cleanup Day,...
Saturday: Cherry Beach plastic pollution cleanup
September 14, 2018 07:00 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, Sept. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Energetic volunteers are tackling plastic pollution as the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup celebrates its 25th season on International Coastal Cleanup...
MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Atlantic Canada to use open data, blockchain technology to safeguard watersheds
September 14, 2018 06:00 ET
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WWF-Canada
Halifax, Sept. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Media are invited to discover the developing role for new technologies in safeguarding freshwater health in Atlantic Canada at a Sept. 18 evening event...
Health of Pacific Coastal watershed revealed for first time
September 12, 2018 04:00 ET
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WWF-Canada
Victoria, Sept. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite significant signs of stress in some southern sub-watersheds, the Pacific Coastal basin – stretching from Vancouver Island to Yukon Territory –...
New to campuses across Canada: Students get back to nature, back to school
September 10, 2018 13:03 ET
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WWF-Canada
TORONTO, Sept. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Wildlife Fund Canada invites college and university students to join Living Planet @ Campus (LP@C). This new program aims to enhance a...
Conservation groups take ministers to court to protect endangered killer whales
September 05, 2018 12:00 ET
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WWF-Canada
VANCOUVER, Sept. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Six conservation organizations are launching a new lawsuit aimed at protecting endangered Southern Resident killer whales. The suit comes less than a...
MEDIA ADVISORY: New homes for endangered owls
September 04, 2018 13:30 ET
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WWF-Canada
PENTICTON, B.C., Sept. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Wildlife Fund Canada and the Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC are teaming up to bring burrowing owls back to British Columbia’s...
Harmful dumping in Canadian Arctic to double by 2035, new WWF study finds
August 15, 2018 05:00 ET
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WWF-Canada
OTTAWA, Aug. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The amount of untreated grey water dumped in Canadian Arctic waters is projected to double by 2035 if left unregulated, this new report commissioned by...
Bear hair snagging, wild rice checks, native plant giveaways: Community groups Go Wild with WWF
August 13, 2018 15:18 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, Aug. 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grizzly bear research in British Columbia, a pollinator forest in Ontario and insect nesting boxes designed to boost declining bird populations in Quebec...
ADVISORY: WWF-Canada available to comment on earliest-ever Earth Overshoot Day (Aug. 1)
July 31, 2018 13:58 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, July 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Aug. 1, humanity will have used nature's resource budget for the entire year, according to Global Footprint Network (GFN). This marks the earliest date...