Globe and Mail: The Ontario government's "neglect" of environmental issues is putting at risk improvements in provisions dealing with the safety of drinking water, the province's environmental commissioner says. In a hard-hitting annual report, Gord Miller said yesterday that regulations governing the use of manure and sewage sludge on farm fields have been weakened despite the experience at Walkerton, Ont., six years ago when seven people died and thousands more fell ill from E.coli after ...
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