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Environmental group slips up with Tim Hortons giveaway

The Environmental Services Association of Nova Scotia is an organization that represents business in the environmental services field—evidently a self-defining group that includes everything from academics to engineering firms to composting facilities to law firms. Think: consultants that help other businesses and governments meet environmental regulations. According to its website, ESANS is “dedicated to the […]

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Terri Peace de-cups Tim Horton’s annual contest

“It’s about garbage on the ground,” says Terri Peace, “and throw-away stuff.” Peace is a community recreation programmer with HRM who coordinates the annual Pick up to Win Challenge. The rules are simple: participants—from youth environmental action group HEAT—have two weeks to collect as many littered disposable coffee cups as possible. Over three challenges, they’ve […]

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