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This week:

• We run our very important spring fundraising drive.
• Dr. Quentin Chiotti of Pollution Probe speaks with Danny Leskiw about why it’s necessary to support environmental community radio
• TGM team members Danny Leskiw, Rosemary Mosco, Alex Nursall and Kevin Farmer join Jordan Poppenk to discuss the program, its mandate, and why it’s worth supporting.

The headlines in brief:

• Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. has withdrawn from the competition for a new reactor design in Britain;
• Labrador’s Inuit government has voted 8-7 to impose a moratorium on uranium mining and production on its land for the next three years;
• More than 1,700 boil-water advisories are in effect across the country;
• Experts have linked an incident Northwest Territories incident involving starving polar bears with global warming;
• Statistics Canada has reported that the number of organic farms in Canada increased by almost 60 per cent in five years;
• Porter Airlines has announced an expansion of its Toronto Island operations to include travel to the US.

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