• May 25, 2026 – Buried in budget-related bills introduced in Parliament by the federal government in the spring of 2026 are provisions that [...]

  Federal Government proposes to weaken pesticide regulation

  May 25, 2026
• Spring 2026 – Visitors to this web site should be aware that Health Canada has renamed the agency that deals with pesticides in this [...]

  Health Canada’s PMRA has a new name: Pesticides Regulatory Directorate

  May 25, 2026
• Health Canada failed to consider recent evidence on harmful impacts of glyphosate, federal court rules June 23, 2025 – Canada’s Pest [...]

  Court orders new review of popular weed killer

  June 23, 2025
• In the 2023 election campaign, the (now) Provincial Government pledged to bring back the ban on non-essential uses of pesticides. Let’s get [...]

  Time to reinstate Manitoba’s cosmetic pesticide ban

  March 19, 2024

• By a wide margin, Manitobans say they want to maintain restrictions on non-essential uses of pesticides. November 23, 2022 – A [...]

  Polling shows Manitobans want to keep cosmetic pesticide ban

  November 23, 2022
• Doctors, public health and environmental groups urge Manitoba Ministers to preserve non-essential pesticide ban UPDATE: November 3, 2022 – [...]

  Health and environmental groups oppose roll-back of Manitoba cosmetic pesticide restrictions

  June 28, 2022
• Maintaining attractive, functional parks and sports fields doesn’t have to cost the earth October 2018 – A report from the Canadian [...]

  Municipalities don’t need toxic pesticides, study finds

  March 28, 2022
• Honouring a committed advocate and researcher who campaigned on behalf of the most vulnerable SEPTEMBER 2018 – In this heartfelt and [...]

  Why it matters – lessons from the life and work of Sandra Madray

  October 13, 2018