On a breezy Lake Erie yesterday, two young people climbed a rickety scaling ladder up the side of a massive freighter and locked themselves to the conveyer belt device that helps to unload the ship’s cargo.
It was vintage Greenpeace. Three of the activists were arrested as they protested Ontario’s energy policy by trying to stop delivery of 30,000 tonnes of coal to the Nanticoke electricity generating station.

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The multi-billion-dollar overhaul and expansion of the province’s electricity system over the next 20 years may be written on paper, but it’s not etched in stone.
That’s the message Ontario’s power authority was eager to get across yesterday while submitting the final version of an electricity-system plan to the Ontario Energy Board for approval.

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“Eat your fruits and vegetables” is a familiar statement we all heard as children and have spoken as adults. And for good reason! Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of certain diseases and health conditions. Unfortunately, the majority of Canadians do not meet the recommendation of eating 5 to 10 fruits and vegetables per day.

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