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City of Vancouver proclaims country’s first Meatless MondayVancouver has become the first city in Canada to embrace 'Meatless Monday,' encouraging residents to forego meat for one day a week for the sake of the planet and their health. |
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Canada introduces new rules to curb future vehicle emissionsOTTAWA -- On the eve of global climate talks that will put Canada's contentious policies under the microscope, Ottawa has introduced its next set of rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks. |
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Another city in BC bans shark finsThe sale, possession and distribution of shark fin is officially banned in White Rock. |
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Vancouver council makes ‘historic’ move toward shark fin banThe City of Vancouver, BC will work with neighbouring municipalities to develop a ban on the sale of shark-fin products, mayor and council agreed Tuesday. |
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Nanaimo latest B.C. municipality to ban shark fin
Source: The Province, Tue August 14, 2012 |
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Quebecers cut plastic bag use in halfQuebecers cut their plastic bag use by more than half in three years, Environment Minister Pierre Arcand said on Monday. |
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City council votes 13-2 to ban sale, possession of shark fins
Source: Calgary Herald, Wed July 18, 2012 |
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Shark fin ban gains momentum in Metro citiesA campaign to stamp out the use of shark fins by Chinese restaurants is quickly gaining steam across Metro Vancouver. |
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Toronto joins growing list of municipalities to ban plastic bagsWhat started off as a debate to get rid of an unpopular five-cent fee for a plastic bag has ended up with the largest outright ban on plastic bags in North America. |
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Cancer deaths on the decline in CanadaThe death toll cancer takes in Canada is on the decline, fuelled in large part by the fact that lung cancer is killing fewer Canadian men than it did in earlier decades, the Canadian Cancer Society said Wednesday. |
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