• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

Author "AWARE Simcoe"

In Barrie
Jan 15th, 2017
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By Ian McInroy Barrie Examiner Would you like a plastic straw with that? More and more customers are saying no, thanks to an innovative project by the Explore Lake Simcoe Sustainable Tourism project. The project was developed in partnership with the Go...
Jan 13th, 2017
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The pledge from the Ministry of the Environment came after the Star and Earthroots volunteers took soil samples from behind a paper mill in Dryden, Ont., which revealed elevated mercury levels By DAVID BRUSER and JAYME POISSON Toronto Star The province...
Jan 13th, 2017
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Dryden area: Red circles indicate where worker says he dumped mercury. Star reporters and volunteers from Earthroots took soil samples from behind an old paper mill, 100 kilometres upstream from Grassy Narrows, which revealed significantly elevated lev...
Jan 12th, 2017
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Rick Webster Letter to Springwater News from Lorraine French, Grenfel I am responding to former Councillor Webster who coins himself “Old Crony” who, aside from his caustic writing style in his December 29th article, has included a number of distortion...
Jan 12th, 2017
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eBlast to Co-ordinated Review stakeholders from Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Mauro I am writing to let you know that today the government opened a public consultation on proposed minor changes to the Greenbelt’s boundary, as set out in O. Reg. 59/05...
Jan 12th, 2017
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Mayor Bill French’s column in the Springwater News A look back at 2016 I am quite proud of the accomplishments, new initiatives and challenges our Council experienced over the past year. If you have had a chance to come to a Council Meeting or wa...
Jan 11th, 2017
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from Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury ForestAlliance Today Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, Bill Mauro, said “no” to the DG Group’s request for permission to build a subdivision on prime farmlands in the Greenbelt between Deer Park and Boyers Roa...
Jan 9th, 2017
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Council rejects deal to sell developer NTRC naming rights, but it’s still for sale New Tecumseth Free Press January 10 2017 Councillors last night turned down an offer of $1 million over 10 years from the FLATO development group for naming rights...
Jan 8th, 2017
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AWARE Simcoe note: We fought to get the Nottawasaga River included in the Navigation Protection Act – and we won. But the NPA does not protect our waters in the way the ancient Navigable Waters Protection Act did, so we support this campaign for ...
Jan 4th, 2017
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Residents urged to fill out questionnaire to assist in audit of county operation RAINFOREST ALLIANCE PUBLIC MEETING January 17, 2017 7pm to 9pm Elmvale Community Hall (33 Queen St. W.) from the Rainforest Alliance Rainforest Alliance is undertaking a c...