• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

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Dec 9th, 2016
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Adjala-Tosorontio councillor questions CAO’s mileage payments By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald An Adjala-Tosorontio councillor is raising new questions about how public money is being spent at the township. Ward 1 Coun. Floyd Pinto is criticizing the ...
Dec 9th, 2016
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Efforts to reduce phosphorus loss into Ontario waterways and the Great Lakes will progress thanks to the funding announcement of $203,000 from Growing Forward 2, a Federal agricultural funding program administered through the Agricultural Adaptation Co...
Dec 8th, 2016
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John Morrison -Alliston Herald photo Warden satisfied with local planning standards By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald The province’s growth policies either need to be more restrictive or more flexible, depending on what side of a municipality’s settlem...
Dec 8th, 2016
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From Anita Nickerson Fair Vote Canada Minister of Democratic Institutions Maryam Monsef has launched a national survey on democratic reform. It will close on December 30. A postcard with the URL for the survey has been sent to 13 million homes now! On ...
Dec 7th, 2016
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Liberal government adds river to list under Navigable Waters By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun The Nottawasaga River is once again protected under federal legislation. In October, the federal government added the river to the list of rivers and lakes protected u...
Dec 7th, 2016
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AWARE News Network We did it! Thanks to you, the Nottawasaga River has been added to the schedule of the Navigation Protection Act. Only two rivers have had their protection restored by the Liberal government. The other is the Nass River in British Col...
Dec 7th, 2016
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Bradford Times The Simcoe County Forest has now grown in size, with the addition of 104 acres (42 hectares) in Bradford West Gwillimbury. The property is the Kirkup Woods, described as Part Lot 18, Concession 12 in Bradford West Gwillimbury – a portion...
Dec 6th, 2016
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Moose – World Wildlife Fund photo From Ontario Nature Scientists are telling us: Globally, we’re losing species at 1,000 to 10,000 times the natural rate of about one to five species per year; -Many species and ecosystems will be unable to keep p...
Dec 4th, 2016
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Democracy Now  On Sunday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied the Dakota Access pipeline company a permit to drill underneath the Missouri River—officially halting construction of the $3.8 billion oil pipeline that has faced months of resistance fro...
Dec 2nd, 2016
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