GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Ontario http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2008-05-12T14:01:05-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2008-05-12T08:05:50-04:00 http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/2008/05/10/5525676-sun.html Warm summer-like weather in April with strong south winds has speeded up early bird migration in a big way. text/html 2008-05-12T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=505035 Lake Ontario's water levels are unusually high, all part of a water regulators' game to save Montreal from flooding. text/html 2008-05-09T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/letters/story.html?id=4f57cc82-30bb-4a57-9a51-f10750b6b82d The Ontario government's decision to ban the sale and cosmetic use of pesticides is a step in the right direction, but does not go far enough. text/html 2008-05-09T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20080509/NEWS05/714511733 A Canadian utility developer has proposed building an underground power plant capable of generating up to 1,000 megawatts of electricity. text/html 2008-05-09T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1021330 A fish virus new to Ontario has been identified as one cause of the carp die-off that littered area lakes with 12,000 to 24,000 fish last summer. text/html 2008-05-07T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.thestar.com/article/422232 Ontario says its proposed ornamental pesticide ban will be the toughest in North America. Perhaps that's true, although no one will know for sure until next spring when exact details are revealed. text/html 2008-05-06T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1015562 Anglers on local lakes are being asked to let their lines, nets and other gear dry completely between fishing expeditions to prevent the spread of a parasite that a Queen's University researcher fears is taking over Ontario's lakes. text/html 2008-05-05T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.riverinstitute.ca/events/Conference%202008/index2008.html The 15th Annual International Conference on the St. Lawrence River / Great Lakes Ecosystem, May 6-8, in Cornwall, Ontario, will highlight 50 years of hydroelectric power development and the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway on the International Section of the St. Lawrence River. text/html 2008-05-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.trentonian.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1011461&auth=Sean+McMullen+—+Osprey+News+Network For property owners around the Bay of Quinte concerned about fluctuating water levels, anything that can address the roller-coaster levels of the lakes as they affect the Bay of Quinte can't come soon enough. text/html 2008-05-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/News/397591.html Ontario commercial fishermen have turned to the courts in a bid to move to a new system for setting their quota.