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! z) h4 _/ w7 k1 U' }  { The Nature Conse stanley cup rvancy of Canada says a stretch of shoreline on Manitoulin Island in Ontario is now protected land.The non-profit organization says the 76 square kilometre parc stanley mug el is one of its largest single-property acquisitions in Ontario to date.It says the Vidal Bay forests and shoreline property protects 18.5 kilometres of shoreline on Manitoulin Island, on the north channel of Lake Huron.               ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW                                        Esme Batten, the organization   midwestern Ontario program director, says the conservation of Vidal Bay protects habitat for the animals and plants that depend on it.She says its forest and wetlands also clean our water and air while providing a place for people to connect to nature now and for generations to come.        ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW                                 The organization notes habitats found on the Vidal Bay property support many at-risk species, including the mottled duskywing, eastern ribbonsnake, wood thrush and Blandings turtle.Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault says protecting and conserving more of Canadas natural beauty is an important part of the government   plan to address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.               ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW                                        The Vidal Ba stanley termosky y property connects with adjacent conservation lands to form a protected area of more than 24 Dpvy Hundreds gather for peaceful protest in Georgetown against anti-Black racism
& q( C2 N) n1 _5 W5 X/ { OTTAWA 鈥?The Toronto lawyer who finished third in the federal Conservative leadership race says she ;ll seek election as an MP in a rural Ontario riding.Leslyn Lewis said Tuesday she hopes to run in Haldimand-Norfolk, held since 2004 stanley cup  by Conservative stalwart Diane Finley.Finley announced in August that she won ;t run in the next election and she has given Lewis her support.               ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW                                        Not only has she proven with each conversation that she is knowledgeable about the issues that matter most to our community, but the way that she connects with people makes me confident that she would represent us incredibly well, Finley said in a statement circulated by the Lewis campaign.Lewis, who lives just outside Toronto, has never held elected office but pledged during the leadership race she ;d seek a seat even if she lost.        ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW                                 Her leadership campaign had early support thanks to her socially conservative policies but in the final weeks she considerably broadened her base.She finished third behind Peter MacKay and winner  stanley cup Erin O ;Toole, but before she dropped off the ballot she had won more members ; votes than either of th stanley cup em. The Conservatives ; process weighted the results by ridings, however, putting the other two candidates ahead of her.Finley has already been touring Lewis around the rural southern Ontario riding, but