Reform Gravel Mining Coalition
@rgmcontario.bsky.social
A coalition of communities advocating for gravel mining reform. 6000+ gravel mines in Ontario threaten #health #water #nature #farmland #noneeditsgreed #pausenewpits
Join us by signing our at petition at https://www.reformgravelmining.ca/petition
Join us by signing our at petition at https://www.reformgravelmining.ca/petition
A good neighbour doesn't arrive with a business plan thst gambles with the health and safety of a community. Corporate donations used to buy influence - drain aquifers, pollute the air; eroding the environment and public trust. #caledon #megaquarry #juststopit thepointer.com/article/2025...
Don’t confuse generosity with corporate influence
Don’t confuse generosity with corporate influence.
thepointer.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A good neighbour doesn't arrive with a business plan thst gambles with the health and safety of a community. Corporate donations used to buy influence - drain aquifers, pollute the air; eroding the environment and public trust. #caledon #megaquarry #juststopit thepointer.com/article/2025...
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The provincial government's move to shrink a protected area in Port Hope sets a “frightening precedent.” “This is the first one I’ve heard of, but it doesn’t necessarily mean it will be the last.” — Tony Morris, Ontario Nature.
Full @thenarwhal.ca story here 👉 thenarwhal.ca/garden-hill-...
Full @thenarwhal.ca story here 👉 thenarwhal.ca/garden-hill-...
September 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The provincial government's move to shrink a protected area in Port Hope sets a “frightening precedent.” “This is the first one I’ve heard of, but it doesn’t necessarily mean it will be the last.” — Tony Morris, Ontario Nature.
Full @thenarwhal.ca story here 👉 thenarwhal.ca/garden-hill-...
Full @thenarwhal.ca story here 👉 thenarwhal.ca/garden-hill-...
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Thanks for sharing ON Nature's cover story! And a massive thanks to Dr. Louise Archer for sharing her important research and hopeful message about these incredible animals and the challenges they face, and inspire action to protect their habitat. 💙🐻❄️
In their latest issue, Polar Bears International's research fellow, Dr. Louise Archer, discusses her latest research in the Western Hudson Bay region with @ontarionature.bsky.social, and what we're learning about the polar bears that live there. https://catalog.ontarionature.org/fall-2025/page/24-25
September 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thanks for sharing ON Nature's cover story! And a massive thanks to Dr. Louise Archer for sharing her important research and hopeful message about these incredible animals and the challenges they face, and inspire action to protect their habitat. 💙🐻❄️
KaBoom! Playground and Pickleball court blasted with rock from nearby quarry...time for larger setbacks and qualified blasting credentials for quarries Now! #onpoli #megaquarry #caledon
Penfield quarry blast sends rocks flying onto nearby pickleball courts 13wham.com/news/local/p...
Penfield quarry blast sends rocks flying onto nearby pickleball courts 13wham.com/news/local/p...
Penfield quarry blast sends rocks flying onto nearby pickleball courts
Joel Barnett was enjoying a quiet pickleball game at Shadow Pines Monday morning when rocks seemingly came flying out of the sky.
13wham.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
KaBoom! Playground and Pickleball court blasted with rock from nearby quarry...time for larger setbacks and qualified blasting credentials for quarries Now! #onpoli #megaquarry #caledon
Penfield quarry blast sends rocks flying onto nearby pickleball courts 13wham.com/news/local/p...
Penfield quarry blast sends rocks flying onto nearby pickleball courts 13wham.com/news/local/p...
Black soot like dust from gravel mines and asphalt plants is impacting residents health, quality of life #PM2.5 #onpoli @CAPE_ACME www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
September 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Black soot like dust from gravel mines and asphalt plants is impacting residents health, quality of life #PM2.5 #onpoli @CAPE_ACME www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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With Bill 5 weakening endangered species protections, Wasaga Beach, the most important nesting site for Ontario’s piping plovers, faces an uncertain future and has the potential to impact the population as a whole.
Must read 🔗: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach-ontario-park-plan
#pipingplovers
Must read 🔗: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach-ontario-park-plan
#pipingplovers
The uncertain future of Wasaga Beach | The Narwhal
The Ontario government is handing part of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park over to the town, leaving many wondering what will be left to protect it
thenarwhal.ca
August 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
With Bill 5 weakening endangered species protections, Wasaga Beach, the most important nesting site for Ontario’s piping plovers, faces an uncertain future and has the potential to impact the population as a whole.
Must read 🔗: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach-ontario-park-plan
#pipingplovers
Must read 🔗: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach-ontario-park-plan
#pipingplovers
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🌱 Come plant trees with us! Help restore the Sydenham River floodplains and create habitat for wildlife like spiny softshell turtles.
📅 Sept 20–21
RSVP: tickettailor.com/events/ontario…#TreePlantingn#Conservationo#OntarioNaturere
📅 Sept 20–21
RSVP: tickettailor.com/events/ontario…#TreePlantingn#Conservationo#OntarioNaturere
September 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🌱 Come plant trees with us! Help restore the Sydenham River floodplains and create habitat for wildlife like spiny softshell turtles.
📅 Sept 20–21
RSVP: tickettailor.com/events/ontario…#TreePlantingn#Conservationo#OntarioNaturere
📅 Sept 20–21
RSVP: tickettailor.com/events/ontario…#TreePlantingn#Conservationo#OntarioNaturere
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Time to stop sprawl in #hamont, again!
Learn all about it at our webinar on Thursday👇
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrceyrpzMiHNaXB7jVwRCnlCykveD1iH_V%23/registration
With guest speakers
@environmentaldefence.ca
@ward2hamilton.bsky.social
@environmenthamont.bsky.social
Learn all about it at our webinar on Thursday👇
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrceyrpzMiHNaXB7jVwRCnlCykveD1iH_V%23/registration
With guest speakers
@environmentaldefence.ca
@ward2hamilton.bsky.social
@environmenthamont.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Time to stop sprawl in #hamont, again!
Learn all about it at our webinar on Thursday👇
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrceyrpzMiHNaXB7jVwRCnlCykveD1iH_V%23/registration
With guest speakers
@environmentaldefence.ca
@ward2hamilton.bsky.social
@environmenthamont.bsky.social
Learn all about it at our webinar on Thursday👇
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrceyrpzMiHNaXB7jVwRCnlCykveD1iH_V%23/registration
With guest speakers
@environmentaldefence.ca
@ward2hamilton.bsky.social
@environmenthamont.bsky.social
Special economic zones -SEZ are a threat to the rule of law. That's why they are a fav of authoritarian regimes. Call Ford and your MPP. Tell them to not pass regulations for SEZ's #StopBill5 #onpoli
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
Special Economic Zones and Bill 5 threaten the rule of law
Premier Ford seems to be working with the playbook of an authoritarian regime.
www.thespec.com
June 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Special economic zones -SEZ are a threat to the rule of law. That's why they are a fav of authoritarian regimes. Call Ford and your MPP. Tell them to not pass regulations for SEZ's #StopBill5 #onpoli
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
Is it time to bring back #smogdays...restrict activities like gravel mining, that produce #PM2.5 for #publichealth #mentalhealth #lunghealth
A study by the University of St Andrews has found that #AirPollution is linked to an increased risk of hospital admission for mental health and physical illness.
"Stricter environmental restrictions would benefit millions of people and curb the impact on secondary care".
https://buff.ly/4gzYn7v.
"Stricter environmental restrictions would benefit millions of people and curb the impact on secondary care".
https://buff.ly/4gzYn7v.
Pollution exposure linked to mental health hospital admissions, says study
Researchers from St Andrews found rise in nitrogen dioxide exposure associated with higher admissions
buff.ly
June 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Is it time to bring back #smogdays...restrict activities like gravel mining, that produce #PM2.5 for #publichealth #mentalhealth #lunghealth
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Yet another study finds #AirPollution linked to genetic & epigenetic changes in the brain. This DNA damage is linked with early signs of Alzheimer's & Parkinson's.
Researchers are calling for better early detection & stronger workplace protections. #CleanAir
www.news-medical.net/news/2025060...
Researchers are calling for better early detection & stronger workplace protections. #CleanAir
www.news-medical.net/news/2025060...
Scientists identify genetic clues linking air pollution to neurodegeneration
This review highlights how air pollution and occupational inhalation exposures may contribute to neurodegenerative disorders by triggering epigenetic changes. The authors stress the urgent need for ad...
www.news-medical.net
June 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Yet another study finds #AirPollution linked to genetic & epigenetic changes in the brain. This DNA damage is linked with early signs of Alzheimer's & Parkinson's.
Researchers are calling for better early detection & stronger workplace protections. #CleanAir
www.news-medical.net/news/2025060...
Researchers are calling for better early detection & stronger workplace protections. #CleanAir
www.news-medical.net/news/2025060...
#OntarioCanada passes law that allows the Minister to decide where special projects by his trusted proponents can happen, lands where regulations and First Nations rights don't apply. #FordTrumpsOntario
#onpoli #bill5
nowtoronto.com/news/ontaria...
#onpoli #bill5
nowtoronto.com/news/ontaria...
‘The fight doesn’t end here,’ Ontarians speak out after Ford government passes controversial Bill 5 - NOW Toronto
Doug Ford’s government has officially passed a controversial bill that allows them to speed up processes for mining and energy building.
nowtoronto.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
#OntarioCanada passes law that allows the Minister to decide where special projects by his trusted proponents can happen, lands where regulations and First Nations rights don't apply. #FordTrumpsOntario
#onpoli #bill5
nowtoronto.com/news/ontaria...
#onpoli #bill5
nowtoronto.com/news/ontaria...
As the #CanadianOpen kicks off at #TPCToronto #OspreyValley, #caledonontario residents call out Osprey Valley Golf’s role in the Caledon mega-quarry. #caledonquarry #RBCCanadianOpen www.caledonenterprise.com/news/quarry-...
Quarry opponents protest outside RBC Canadian Open in Caledon over golf course’s involvement
Chris Humeniuk, the owner of TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley, is being urged to not accept the groundwater from a proposed Caledon megaquarry.
www.caledonenterprise.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
As the #CanadianOpen kicks off at #TPCToronto #OspreyValley, #caledonontario residents call out Osprey Valley Golf’s role in the Caledon mega-quarry. #caledonquarry #RBCCanadianOpen www.caledonenterprise.com/news/quarry-...
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👏 Fantastic news!
All of York is meeting national air pollution targets for the first time (other than during COVID lockdowns). A public health policy win.
Great to see the commitment to now work towards meeting the stricter World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
All of York is meeting national air pollution targets for the first time (other than during COVID lockdowns). A public health policy win.
Great to see the commitment to now work towards meeting the stricter World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
York meets air pollution targets citywide for first time – City of York Council
York celebrates meeting air pollution targets citywide for first time.
www.york.gov.uk
June 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
👏 Fantastic news!
All of York is meeting national air pollution targets for the first time (other than during COVID lockdowns). A public health policy win.
Great to see the commitment to now work towards meeting the stricter World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
All of York is meeting national air pollution targets for the first time (other than during COVID lockdowns). A public health policy win.
Great to see the commitment to now work towards meeting the stricter World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
Rally and Round Dance Opposing Bill 5
🗓 June 2, 2025 | ⏰ 12:30–4PM
📍 Queen’s Park, Toronto
Wear red. Bring your signs and your voice.
Stand with First Nations to defend treaty rights.
Peaceful, all are welcome.
🔗 tinyurl.com/Bill5Rally
#TreatiesOverBill5 #StopBill5
🗓 June 2, 2025 | ⏰ 12:30–4PM
📍 Queen’s Park, Toronto
Wear red. Bring your signs and your voice.
Stand with First Nations to defend treaty rights.
Peaceful, all are welcome.
🔗 tinyurl.com/Bill5Rally
#TreatiesOverBill5 #StopBill5
June 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Rally and Round Dance Opposing Bill 5
🗓 June 2, 2025 | ⏰ 12:30–4PM
📍 Queen’s Park, Toronto
Wear red. Bring your signs and your voice.
Stand with First Nations to defend treaty rights.
Peaceful, all are welcome.
🔗 tinyurl.com/Bill5Rally
#TreatiesOverBill5 #StopBill5
🗓 June 2, 2025 | ⏰ 12:30–4PM
📍 Queen’s Park, Toronto
Wear red. Bring your signs and your voice.
Stand with First Nations to defend treaty rights.
Peaceful, all are welcome.
🔗 tinyurl.com/Bill5Rally
#TreatiesOverBill5 #StopBill5
Is this yet another example of Ford friends who benefit- The Crown walks away from private prosecution of unlicenced quarry.....https://www.pictongazette.ca/post/our-day-in-court #picton #princeedwardcounty #onpoli
www.pictongazette.ca/post/our-day...
www.pictongazette.ca/post/our-day...
Our Day in Court - Picton Gazette | The Picton Gazette
I was in the Picton courthouse again this past Friday. Picton Terminals was to face charges of operating a rock quarry without a license. They had been told, I understood, that they must appear. But ...
www.pictongazette.ca
May 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Is this yet another example of Ford friends who benefit- The Crown walks away from private prosecution of unlicenced quarry.....https://www.pictongazette.ca/post/our-day-in-court #picton #princeedwardcounty #onpoli
www.pictongazette.ca/post/our-day...
www.pictongazette.ca/post/our-day...
Award winning musician Sarah Harmer uses her voice to advocate for protection of the Niagara Escarpment, endangered species and the need to reform gravel mining in #Ontario. #onpoli #stopbill5 youtu.be/4QkK4PzOAug?...
Sarah Harmer uses her voice for something bigger than music
YouTube video by Q with Tom Power
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May 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Award winning musician Sarah Harmer uses her voice to advocate for protection of the Niagara Escarpment, endangered species and the need to reform gravel mining in #Ontario. #onpoli #stopbill5 youtu.be/4QkK4PzOAug?...
@DougFord @Sweeney—just in case you missed your inbox today, see below. #StandWithSalamanders #StopBill5 #niagaraescarpment #onpoli
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
Protections for Ontario’s endangered species are themselves at risk
Protections for Ontario’s endangered species are themselves at risk
Healthy ecosystems are the backbone of healthy human communities, Sarah Harmer writes.
www.thespec.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@DougFord @Sweeney—just in case you missed your inbox today, see below. #StandWithSalamanders #StopBill5 #niagaraescarpment #onpoli
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
Read Sarah Harmer's opinion piece in the Hamilton Spec on why we need to advocate for protected ecosystems #standwithsalamanders #stopbill5 #niagaraescarpment
Protections for Ontario’s endangered species are themselves at risk
Protections for Ontario’s endangered species are themselves at risk
Healthy ecosystems are the backbone of healthy human communities, Sarah Harmer writes.
www.thespec.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Read Sarah Harmer's opinion piece in the Hamilton Spec on why we need to advocate for protected ecosystems #standwithsalamanders #stopbill5 #niagaraescarpment
Let's advocate for protection of Ontario’s endangered species, and push back against the interests that seek to undermine it. #onpoli assets.nationbuilder.com/reformgravel...
assets.nationbuilder.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Let's advocate for protection of Ontario’s endangered species, and push back against the interests that seek to undermine it. #onpoli assets.nationbuilder.com/reformgravel...
Thank you @cityofottawa Another strong council standing up for their community, #health, #nature #ottawa #alvar www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Ottawa city council rejects proposal to expand quarry on March Road
Ottawa city council has voted to reject a plan to expand a quarry in the city’s rural west end.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thank you @cityofottawa Another strong council standing up for their community, #health, #nature #ottawa #alvar www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
We'll need your voice over the next four years. Since 2018 the Ford government has put the economy first in its decision making. It sounds like the new Environment Minister will continue to put $$ ahead of #nature, #cleanwater, #cleanair, community #health. globalnews.ca/news/1113308...
Ontario’s environment minister plans to consider ‘growing the economy’ in his decisions | Globalnews.ca
Todd McCarthy, who became the environment minister last month, said he was considering economic outcomes as part of ensuring he is effectively completing his role.
globalnews.ca
April 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We'll need your voice over the next four years. Since 2018 the Ford government has put the economy first in its decision making. It sounds like the new Environment Minister will continue to put $$ ahead of #nature, #cleanwater, #cleanair, community #health. globalnews.ca/news/1113308...
We are so proud of long time #nature advocate, quarry fighter, #Junos2025 Humanitarian award winner @sarahharmer.bsky.social who is to be given the keys to City of Burlington #topoli @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Burlington, Ont., to give musician Sarah Harmer key to the city as she fights quarry expansion | CBC News
As singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer prepares to receive the symbolic key to the City of Burlington – in large part for her leadership in a fight against quarry expansion on Mount Nemo – the fate of the ...
www.cbc.ca
April 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We are so proud of long time #nature advocate, quarry fighter, #Junos2025 Humanitarian award winner @sarahharmer.bsky.social who is to be given the keys to City of Burlington #topoli @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Is your local government looking after your health and well-being? The Ontario Land Tribunal-#OLT generally sides with pit and quarry owners, a recent OLT decision encourages municipalities to step up #Caledon #healthhttps://www.reformgravelmining.ca/municipalities-lead-reform
April 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Is your local government looking after your health and well-being? The Ontario Land Tribunal-#OLT generally sides with pit and quarry owners, a recent OLT decision encourages municipalities to step up #Caledon #healthhttps://www.reformgravelmining.ca/municipalities-lead-reform