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Oak Ridges Moraine Traits Guidebook coming to a bookstore near you Toronto, ON - This week Toronto and Region Conservation, in partnership with Conservation Ontario and eight other Conservation Authorities on the Oak Ridges Moraine, launched the definitive hiking trail guide to one of Ontario's most important natural features. features. Oak Ridges Moraine Trails, a pocket-sized guidebook, guidebook, includes detailed maps and descriptions of 36 natural areas and parks located on and near the Moraine. The Oak Ridges Moraine is situated about 50 km north of Lake Ontario and runs over 200 km from the Niagara Escarpment in the west to near the Trent River (Peterborough) in the east. This immense ridge of land is home to many species of wildlife and a variety of different different natural habitat and encompasses the headwaters of 22 watersheds including the Humber, Don, Credit, Rouge, Ganaraska, Black, Holland and Nottawasaga Rivers. The guide was written by Katherine Jacob, the author of three previous titles in the series/ which include 44" Country Trails, Bruce Peninsula Trails and The Best of the Bruce Trail. The first three titles have all gone on to become Canadian best sellers. About Oak Ridges Moraine Trails: From detailed directions to each trail location, location, descriptions and maps, Oak Ridges Moraine Trails includes everything needed for hiking through one of our province's natural treasures. It features trip-planning information information with contacts for local conservation authorities, tourism information centres and trails indexed by community community and trail name. Oak Ridges Moraine Trails is as essential to hikers as preserving preserving the natural areas on and around moraine itself. It is available for $19.95 at bookstores bookstores everywhere. Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA) is one of the nine Conservation Authorities with land on the Oak Ridges Moraine and is part of the Conservation Authorities Moraine Coalition that was formed in December of 2001 to oversee the overall strategy for the protection and enhancement of the Moraine. To order copies of the Oak Ridges Moraine Trails, call the Grand River Conservation Authority at 519-621-2761, ext. 272 or online at www.grandriver.ca. Direct Line: 905-983-5100 E-mail: rinskeeasa@rogers.com Thinking of Selling or Buying Real Estate? "Call me today; I am only a block away. " Advantage #2 Mortgages • all rates subject to change without notice Great rates plus free Bonus Shares w Cyyv\£> K DUCA Financial Services ...your Credit Union! Ill, |i! Il h 1 - I.-, l 'un, I r, I I I,, ■ ' In ,.i U i ,i |> i f.'i I ml I li'V.i'i.in.i'll 1 Hi in, I I in.nl .' 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Because since the Kyoto baseline year (1990) those countries have seen their overall emissions decline due to the collapse of large sections of their polluting industries following the fall of the Berlin Wall. But what about Canada? Ontario, for example, will emit far more greenhouse gases in 2003 than it did in 1990. And due to increasing trade with the U§, this trend is only reinforced. Ontario's exports are forecast to rise by 5.2 per cent in 2003, and its economy is forecast to grow by 4.2 per cent in 2003. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Ontario in the face of such developments developments might seem an impossible impossible task. Surely, Ontario's Kyoto obligations will increase the pressure put upon companies to meet higher GHG emission con- Is the party finally over? If you are concerned about your own, or someone else's use of alcohol or drugs, the Drug and Alcohol Registry of Treatment (DART) can guide you to the help you need. Call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A' 1-800-565-8603 www.dart.on.ca trol standards. This comes at a time when improving the bottom line and enhancing share value was never more important. The Government of Canada's Emissions Outlook anticipates that greenhouse gas emissions in Ontario will increase steadily between the year 2000 and 2020. On the other hand, Ontario's Clean Air Alliance claims that through the early replacement of coal-based generation through gas-fired power stations in 2010 could result in as much as a 40% fulfilment of Canada's complete complete GHG reduction commitment. commitment. But other sectors than electricity generation are also large emitters of greenhouse gases and will be affected by these new challenges: oil and gas, mining, mining, pulp and paper, chemicals, chemicals, iron and steel, smelting and refining, cement, lime and glass, transport and manufacturing will all have to bear a share of the overall burden in a race towards a less polluting and less GHG- intensive economy. Important to note, Canada's most important export partner, the United States, has no similar obligation obligation under the Kyoto Protocol. The US decided not to ratify, afraid it would put too much of a burden on its economy. Does this mean that Canada's industry will no longer be competitive, being punished with this extra burden that US companies companies are not exposed to? The EECO 2003 Conference, to be held in Toronto in May 2003, will deal with these issues. Although the US as a whole has not joined the Kyoto process, many US states have started to initiate their own greenhouse gas emission emission reduction strategies. Representatives from the US EPA, Michigan, New York, Washington (DC), and Pennsylvania will meet with Ontario representatives to discuss possibilities to reduce emissions while minimising minimising trade and competitiveness competitiveness impacts. One of the possible solutions solutions to be examined at EECO is the introduction of GHG emission credit trading. trading. Such trading will be an integral component of Canada's action plan to meet its commitment under the Kyoto Protocol. Insiders will show how such a market market will work; and will help conference participants to decipher the impacts of different different market forces, policies policies and corporate decisions, decisions, which will be critical to reaching business targets in a cost-effective manner. For this purpose, a special GHG Emissions Trading Simulation will be organised organised by broker company C02e - an opportunity to gain some first-hand emissions emissions trading experience. Other sessions will deal, with transport emissions. One session with the title "New Cars and New Fuels: Getting them on the Road Faster" will identify emerging emerging technologies and examine examine when we can count on them to- help meet our reduction targets. Ontario will be at the center of discussions at the Conference, being a major trading economy, with per capita exports higher than Japan or Germany. Being part of the Great Lakes region, Ontario is both at the heart of the North American economy and a major emitter of air emissions emissions to be regulated. This puts it into a position of responsibility, as economic activity and growth must be balanced with requirements to achieve such growth without overtaxing the environment. environment. EECO 2003 will provide participants with some of the tools, contacts and knowledge to achieve this. EECO, one of the most powerful economic and business summits in the Great Lakes Region, will bring together the major players of the Great Lakes Economy May 22-23, 2003 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, in Toronto, Canada. For more information visit www.eeco2003.com or calll-800-274-6097. Because you love their lives. 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