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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#558ED5'>No</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#215968'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>Nukes </span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#4F6228'>News</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>July 27, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“Powerlessness and silence go together. We in this country should use our privileged positions not as a shelter from the world’s reality but as a platform from which to speak. A voice is a gift. It should be cherished and used.”<i> <b>- </b>Margaret Atwood, Canadian author and poet<b><o:p></o:p></b></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“These pipes have more leaks than the Vancouver Canucks goaltending.” <i>– U.S.<b> </b>Congressmen Edward J. Markey, referring to a report that 75% of nuclear reactor sites have leaky pipes</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#31859C'>Fukushima is Worse than Chernobyl – on Global Contamination </span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#31859C'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://japanfocus.org/-Chris-Busby/3563">http://japanfocus.org/-Chris-Busby/3563</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#31859C'>Radioactive tea from Japan detained in France<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/06/18/52031497.html">http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/06/18/52031497.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#31859C'>Radioactive contamination of beef in Japan worsens<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.beyondnuclear.org/radiation-health-whats-new/2011/7/22/radioactive-contamination-of-beef-in-japan-worsens.html">http://www.beyondnuclear.org/radiation-health-whats-new/2011/7/22/radioactive-contamination-of-beef-in-japan-worsens.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span class=long-title><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#31859C'>Suicide Plague: Japan swept by Fukushima depression </span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#31859C'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>4 min. news video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZIvPRMCLr0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZIvPRMCLr0</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=style2><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=style2><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>Nuclear Delusions <i>- </i></span></b></span><em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A;font-style:normal'>Why nuclear power is not a solution to our energy challenge</span></b></em><span class=style2><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=style2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.countercurrents.org/weyler190711.htm">http://www.countercurrents.org/weyler190711.htm</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=style2><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>Bloated Nuclear Projects Mean You Pay More for Electricity. </span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#7030A0'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>What is the True Cost of Nuclear Generated Electricity?<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>What are all the subsidies the nuclear industry receives, what are the ON gov’t plans for new nuclear, and what are the cost effective alternatives?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>47 min. audio interview with Jack Gibbons, Chair of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance: <a href="http://webtalkradio.net/2011/07/18/earth-guardian-%E2%80%93-bloated-nuclear-projects-mean-you-pay-more-for-electricity-what-is-the-true-cost-of-nuclear-generated-electricity/">http://webtalkradio.net/2011/07/18/earth-guardian-%E2%80%93-bloated-nuclear-projects-mean-you-pay-more-for-electricity-what-is-the-true-cost-of-nuclear-generated-electricity/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- </span><span class=style2><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#C00000'>How Much Will Tim Hudak’s “Nuclear Tax” Cost You?<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Past and present experience shows that if Hudak's nuclear plans are implemented there will be billions in cost over-runs. So Hudak should fess up: will he allow future nuclear cost overruns to be passedonto electricity consumers? Yes or no.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/Blog/how-much-will-tim-hudaks-nuclear-tax-cost-you/blog/35830/">http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/Blog/how-much-will-tim-hudaks-nuclear-tax-cost-you/blog/35830/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#4F6228'>Nuclear Energy, Ontario, Fukushima, Health and Sustainable Alternatives<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>IARC lists a number of radionuclides as proven causes of cancer including those produced from the mining, milling, manufacturing and use of uranium fission in nuclear power plants. It is now known that there is no safe dose of radiation and even the smallest dose can cause cancer and other health effects<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://preventcancernow.ca/nuclear-energy-ontario-fukushima-health-and-sustainable-alternatives-2">http://preventcancernow.ca/nuclear-energy-ontario-fukushima-health-and-sustainable-alternatives-2</a> </span><span class=style2><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#31859C'>Nuclear power's real chain reaction: spiralling costs<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=stand-first-alone id=stand-first>The new delays and bumper cost overruns of EDF's new reactor in France make it very hard to believe that nuclear power can fulfill the promises its supporters make<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/jul/22/nuclear-power-cost-delay-edf">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/jul/22/nuclear-power-cost-delay-edf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>No Way to Assess Integrity of Buried Pipes at Nuclear Reactors <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br>Lawmakers release nuclear safety investigation in wake of media report that 75% of nuclear reactor sites have leaky pipes<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A story published today by the Associated Press found that tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen, has leaked from at least 48 of 65 nuclear sites<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4399&Itemid=141">http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4399&Itemid=141</a> <br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>We have a winner: British Columbia’s carbon tax woos sceptics <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>British Columbia has shown the rest of Canada, a country with high carbon emissions per head, that a carbon tax can achieve multiple benefits at minimal cost.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>The carbon tax has been good for the environment, good for taxpayers and it hasn’t hurt the economy.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/18989175">http://www.economist.com/node/18989175</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>Quebec drives a wedge into national energy plan</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Quebec is pledging its opposition to a national plan, while Ontario and Alberta openly bicker about endorsing the oil sands as a sustainable supplier of energy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/quebec-drives-a-wedge-into-national-energy-plan/article2105580/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/quebec-drives-a-wedge-into-national-energy-plan/article2105580/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-line-height-alt:17.25pt'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#7030A0'>Quebec to beat California in setting up first carbon market in North America <o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin-bottom:3.75pt;line-height:17.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/979584/quebec_to_beat_california_in_setting_up_first_carbon_market_in_north_america.html">http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/979584/quebec_to_beat_california_in_setting_up_first_carbon_market_in_north_america.html</a></span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#C00000'>Biogas operation one step closer<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The operation would see the manure produced from the approximately 175-head dairy herd put into a large above-ground called a digester. The manure will be mixed with other unwanted waste material like grease from restaurants. Bacteria in the mixture works to break down organic matter, and by doing so, produce methane gas. The methane is then used to run an engine and generator to produce electricity. At peak times, the operation will produce 250 killowatts per hour of electricity. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3219043"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3219043</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <br> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#558ED5'><a href="http://thelastmountainmovie.com/"><span style='color:#558ED5'>The Last Mountain</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#558ED5'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>is a new and FANTASTIC doc film about coal, and mountain top removal in Appalacia. Ontario buys coal from Central Appalacia, and that likely means mountain top removal. If we don’t get more green energy, then we get more coal and nuclear. That’s our choice.<br> <br>This film needs to get out into communities across ON and Canada; pre-Ontario-election would be best. Do you have a good repertory theatre in your community that might screen this? I can hook you up with the distributors. They charge $150 per screening. CAPE has offered to help pay this fee.<br> <br>Let me know how I can help facilitate this.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="mailto:-angela@cleanairalliance.org">-angela@cleanairalliance.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=style2><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#77933C'><a href="http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3165&SiteNodeID=273&BL_ExpandID="><span style='color:#77933C'>OSEA FIT Webinar Series:</span></a></span></b> Discussing the Future of the Feed-in Tariff program and solar power development in Ontario (Aug 5)<o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><br><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#77933C'><a href="http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3153&SiteNodeID=273&BL_ExpandID="><span style='color:#77933C'>Special OSEA Interview Series:</span></a></span></b><span style='color:#77933C'> </span>A political outlook on the future of renewable energy and conservation in Ontario <o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>(Aug 2, Brad Duguid, Liberal; Aug 4, Peter Tabuns, NDP; Aug. 9, Mike Schreiner, Green Party, TBA John Yakabuski, PC)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=style2><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>The Toronto Hiroshima Day Coalition presents the 66<sup>th</sup> Commemoration of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki </span><span style='color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#31859C'>Faith and Abolition: No Nuclear Weapons, No Nuclear Power<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Sat. August 6<sup>th </sup>, 6:30 p.m. (Origami and lantern making for kids and families at 5 p.m.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Church of the Holy Trinity<b> </b>(10 Trinity Square,<b> </b>behind the Eaton Centre, near Queen and Bay), Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Angela Bischoff, OCAA – one of several speakers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Performances by Yakudo Japanese Drummers, Common Thread Choir, Raging Grannies, Flutist Ron Korb.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This year’s interfaith commemoration will address the nuclear disaster continuing to unfold in Fukushima, Japan, connecting our growing concern about nuclear power and its relationship to nuclear weapons proliferation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#31859C'>Survivors Artwork Exhibit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>August 2-5, North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Exhibition of photographs and paintings by Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bomb survivors. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For further information: Anton Wagner, <a href="mailto:awagner@yorku.ca">awagner@yorku.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>And in <b><span style='color:#31859C'>Ottawa</span></b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Sat. Aug 6, Quaker Meeting House, 91A Fourth Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>4 p.m. screening of the documentary Film The Strangest Dream, followed by potluck<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>6:30 lantern making followed by speeches, songs and then a procession to the pond to float the lanterns at dusk. Our special guest speaker this year will be Japanese Ambassador Ishikawa. Other speakers include, Dr. Jason Bailey and MPP, Yasir Naqvi. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This event is hosted by Physicians for Global Survival, Project Ploughshares and the Religious Society of Friends ( Quakers )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Say NO to Nuclear Cost Overruns<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Send a letter</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <b>now</b> to Premier Dalton McGuinty and Conservative Leader Tim Hudak and ask them for assurances that SNC Lavalin – or any other nuclear provider – <strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>not be allowed to pass its cost overruns onto taxpayers and ratepayers</span></strong><b>.</b> It’s your money – make your voice heard now before new nuclear contracts are signed. <a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/aecl">http://www.cleanairalliance.org/aecl</a> <b><span style='color:#77933C'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Let’s Stop Burning Coal Now<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Send a letter now</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> to Environment Minister John Wilkinson and provincial party leaders calling for a ban on coal-fired electricity exports. <a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/wilkinson_letter">http://www.cleanairalliance.org/wilkinson_letter</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Sign the </span></b></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php"><b><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Petition</span></b></a></span><span class=apple-style-span><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'> Calling for a Moratorium on New Nuclear Projects in ON</span></b></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php"><span style='color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php</span></a></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Order FREE anti-nuclear and anti-coal leaflets </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>They contain postcards to politicians. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Courtesy of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets"><span style='color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>OCAA’s Provincial Election Questionnaire is In<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/997">http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/997</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Thank you for helping get the word out!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Angela Bischoff<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Outreach Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ontario Clean Air Alliance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Tel: 416 260-2080 x 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>160 John St., #300<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Toronto, ON M5V 2E5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">angela@cleanairalliance.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/">www.cleanairalliance.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/">www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/nonukesnews.php"><span lang=EN-CA style='color:purple'>No Nukes News</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.healthpower.ca/"><span lang=EN-CA>Health Power</span></a></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://coalmustgo.ca/"><span lang=EN-CA>Coal Must Go</span></a></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php"><span lang=EN-CA>Sign our Petition</span></a></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'>Facebook – Ontario Clean Air Alliance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'> </span><a 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