Category: Other Issues
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The Red-Tape Reduction Act (Bill C-15) threatens the rights of everyone in Canada, including First Nations and future generations, to health and safety, and endangers our natural environments and our legal protections. Bill C-15, the Act to implement certain provisions of the 2025 Budget, is an omnibus bill touted as a finance tool. It is…
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November 3, 2025 Dear Mayor and Council, On behalf of the SAGE board of directors, we would like to take this opportunity to offer our congratulations on your success in the recent election. We acknowledge your hard work in achieving this office and appreciate your dedication to serving the residents of Lethbridge. The Southern Alberta…
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Ecojustice campaign to recognize the Athabasca Basin as a legal person. Donations are being welcomed. From Ecojustice (https://ecojustice.ca/news/conservation-group-seek-legal-persohood-status-for-athabasca-river-basin/): Here’s what’s happening: Canadian Natural Upgrading Ltd (CNUL) has applied to the Alberta Energy Regulator to renew its permits for the Jackpine Mine, a massive open-pit oil sands mine 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray. This industrial…
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Lorne Fitch is a Professional Biologist, a retired Fish and Wildlife Biologist and a past Adjunct Professor with the University of Calgary. He is the author of Streams of Consequence, Travels Up the Creek, and Conservation Confidential. In a world of climate-related disasters, mounting pollution, biodiversity loss, and loss of critical ecological functions it’s easy…
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Request by Lorne Fitch for donations to the AWA to support an independent audit. It seems going into the woods these days raises my blood pressure when I see how logging has occurred. I have tracked logging over the years and have observed and reported issues with insufficient buffer zones, poor road layout, massive erosion…
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Response to SAGE letter (https://www.sage-environment.org/all-season-resorts-act-bill-35/) Thank you for reaching out to share your concerns regarding Bill 35, the All Season Resorts Act. I appreciate the time and effort you have taken to advocate for Alberta’s natural spaces. The All Season Resorts Act was introduced to establish a clear and streamlined approval process for resort development,…
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The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) and For Our Kids would like to share Polluting Education: The Influence of Fossil Fuels on K-12 Education in Canada. This report reveals how industry-driven narratives shape young people’s understanding of energy and climate in ways that serve corporate interests rather than the public good. It calls for urgent…
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Organized by For Our Kids and Canadian Lung Association Dear Prime Minister, We, the 21 undersigned organizations, call for the immediate passing of strong oil and gas methane regulations. As organizations dedicated to the health and well-being of children and communities, we recognize the urgent need to reduce methane emissions and emphasize that robust regulations…
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Letter to Minister Joseph Schow, Minister of Tourism and Sport The notion that the designation of currently protected provincial parks, provincial recreation areas, wilderness areas, ecological reserves, natural areas or heritage rangelands may be rescinded on the recommendation of the Minister of Tourism and Sport to make way for an all-season resort contradicts the preamble…
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The Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) has been a leading voice for a healthy and environmentally sustainable community in Lethbridge and region since 1984. SAGE was an active participant in the public consultations that eventuated the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP). The SSRP articulated strategic directions for policy action that included the management…