• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

Author "AWARE Simcoe"

Nov 21st, 2016
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from New Tecumseth Free Press  A Markham based developer is proposing to build 157 residential units along Patterson Street in Beeton between the 9th Line and Wright Street. The Flato Group – which is paying Markham $1 million for naming rights t...
Nov 19th, 2016
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By Ian Burns Midland Mirror MIDLAND – The next municipal election is nearly two years away, but Midland council is beginning to look at possibilities for the future – including ranked ballots and the end of the ward system. Councillors considered a sta...
Nov 18th, 2016
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The Bobolink -Jennifer Howard photo Exploring Conservation on Farms from  Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Agricultural fields provide homes for grassland birds like the Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark. This workshop for farmers will look at b...
Nov 17th, 2016
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By Matt Setzkorn Hamilton Spectator Now is the time to protect at-risk farmland in Ontario for good. Collectively, we in the agricultural sector call on the province to freeze all urban expansion and introduce firm, permanent municipal growth boundarie...
Nov 17th, 2016
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Municipalities don’t recover the full cost of stormwater management, according to report from Diane Saxe CBC News Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner wants homeowners to pay an additional fee to deal with flooding. Dianne Saxe, the Environ...
Nov 17th, 2016
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By Heidi Riedner Georgina Advocate An appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) filed Thursday morning is the latest attempt by an environmental group to save significant wetlands from development in Georgina. The North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance ha...
Nov 17th, 2016
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Big land developers hire high-priced lawyers to pave the way for the paving of more farmland — and more monster homes By MARTIN REGG COHN Toronto Star If at first you fail, reform, reform again. For the third time since taking power, the Liberals are t...
Nov 16th, 2016
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From left, Linda Feldpusch, Dave Feldpusch, Renate Koenig, Mario Nobrega, and Klaus Koenig are part of a group of residents in Wasaga east end lobbying to preserve a section of wetland from development. -Wasaga Sun photo By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun A group...
Nov 15th, 2016
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News release form Friends of Simcoe Forests Since earning FSC Forest Management certification in 2010, Simcoe County has been audited annually by the Rainforest Alliance to ensure it continues to meet certification standards. The County’s failure to di...
Nov 15th, 2016
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Aging municipal infrastructure and poor funding models are putting communities and environment at risk News release from ECO Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner, Dianne Saxe, warned today that most Ontario municipalities do not have adequate funding m...