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Concerned Residents of Winnipeg, Inc.

e-news april 2006

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Dear Friends and Concerned Residents of Winnipeg,

You are invited to attend the the Earth Day forum, Pesticides in Children! followed by Dragonfly Cafe coming up on Saturday, April 22nd at the Bulman Centre, University of Winnipeg.  I hope you all can make it to hear from experts how pesticides (& other chemicals) are in our bodies, what that is doing, and what we can do about it.  Read the agenda here.  I hope you will attend CROW's annual general meeting meeting that day.  Many thanks to Thor for the beautiful poster, please put one up if you can.

Please contact us if you can support this event, we are in need of volunteers, powerpoint projecters & computers, donations of organic food in particular, and silent auction prizes.

Thanks to Shelagh, Paulette, Ellen, Jamie, Nancy and everyone else for all the hard work that is going into making this dream a reality.  Together we are bringing enlightenment to Winnipeg.  See you at the forum!
News & More News

Check out What's New to learn about Brandon's pesticide bylaw.  You can read the presentation made to the Protection and Community Services Committee on behalf of the Partnership for Pesticides bylaws regarding a possible bylaw for Winnipeg. 

You will also find the news about the Pesticide Code of Quebec and the details on activists' successful victory maintaining the moratorium on terminater seed technology.

Some new links you'll find on our website include
some of our sponsors.  You'll find Aviva and Norwex  both offer healthy alternatives for personal care and cleaning products, and did you know that Starbucks takes their corporate social responsibility very seriously?
Plan to attend the Earthshare Concert this
Thursday at Pantages.

And last but not least, sign on the
Cancer Prevention Declaration.
It's that time of year again.  Don't forget to register your buffer zone with Insect Control Branch and Integrated Pest Management Branch.  E-mail or mail your request and make sure you tell them you want a buffer zone from ALL pesticide programs. Take a look at some of the pesticide use
public notices that came out by the end of the March. 
Pretty scary stuff!
send your buffer request to:
Insect Control Branch
3 Grey Street, Winnipeg, MB  R2L 1V2
or e-mail:
insectcontrol@winnipeg.ca
986-3210
also send your buffer request to:
Integrated Pest Management Branch
700 Assiniboine Park Drive, Wpg MB  R3P 2N9
or e-mail:
smcdougall@winnipeg.ca
986-3016
To subscribe or unsubscribe to the CROW e-newsletter, volunteer your services,
request our services, order a lawn sign, ask questions,
or make a donation to the Earth Day forum, Pesticides in Children! please contact:
CROWinc@mts.net
(204) 229-9613
www.crowinc.org
CROW is a member group of the
Canadian Coalition for Health & Environment
www.cche-info.com