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by Jack Gibbons The Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA) commissioned one of the province’s top economic forecasting firms — Spatial Economics — to look at what increasing the efficiency of natural gas use would do for our collective bottom line. It found that a 16 per cent reduction in our natural gas consumption by 2021 would increase GDP by $5.5 billion and reduce the combined federal and provincial deficits by $975 million. And it would do that while creating more than 33,800 new jobs and lowering the cost of doing business in Ontario.

By VALERIE MACDONALD Northumberland Today COBOURG — There are ways to reduce environmentally induced cancer, and to that end, members of Cobourg's Health Hazards Committee want Mayor Gil Brocanier and his council to take responsible actions like those outlined in the book entitled: "Cancer - 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic."

By Wayne Roberts There are no hogs in hogtown’s future, but there doesn’t appear to be any squealing about that fact. Toronto’s pre-eminence as a food processing centre took a hit last week when Maple Leaf Foods announced that its plant here will shut down in the next few years, shedding 300 of 1,550 jobs being lost across the country as the company centralizes operations in five supersized slaughterhouses, bakeries and distribution centres.

The Sudbury area's Green Party candidates said they welcome a report issued by the Ontario Medical Association that called for a greater provincial role in making cycling safer and more accessible for all Ontarians. The report, Enhancing Cycling Safety in Ontario, was released Aug. 10 and makes a number of recommendations that would lead to a healthier population through the creation of a better cycling environment. Read the complete story at The Sudbury Star