From Concerned Citizens in Adjala-Tosorontio Join us for a Fun Day fundraiser Sunday March 19 10am-3 pm at Somerville Nurseries (indoors) at 5884 Country Road 13 (south of Everett) ADMISSION $10 Adult, $5 children, $20 family of 4. More information: Fu...

By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Simcoe County councillors today approved an aggregate development in Adjala-Tosorontio after receiving assurances from Mayor Mary Small Brett that she and her council are “comfortable” with the application by Nelson A...

County committee approves preferred location for organics processing facility in Springwater Township By Andrew Philips Barrie Examiner MIDHURST – After some contentious back-and-forth, county council voted Tuesday to keep moving forward on a pro...

Treehugger.com AWARE News Network March 7 2016 The world mourns the loss of Berta Cáceres, an Indigenous woman who peacefully yet persistently resisted the destruction of waterways in Honduras for mining projects. Berta Cáceres, a hugely influential en...

One wildly successful Scarborough condo building may be a model for the city in keeping more of our garbage out of the dump By: David Rider City Toronto Star Toronto’s path to diverting all waste from a rapidly filling landfill might start at a Scarbor...

from Pamela Fulford, Friends of Strawberry Island We just got word that the Strawberry Island OPA 18 report will be coming to the Simcoe County Committee of the Whole meeting on March 22 at the Administration Centre in Midhurst. We are very excited tha...

By Andrew Philips,The Orillia Packet & Times Orillia has come a long way when it comes to diverting waste, but there’s still more to be done. That concept loomed large during a public information forum held at city hall Thursday afternoon to ...

News release from Springwater Township Springwater Council has unanimously voted in favour of requesting that the County of Simcoe complete a comprehensive business case before moving forward with the co-located Organics Processing Facility (OPF) and M...

Bumble bee -Jennifer Howard photo Let’s strengthen the plan to save pollinators AWARE News Network Our bees – especially the wild ones – are in serious trouble. So are other pollinators. All over the world, these keystone species are ...

Deputy Mayor Don Allen UPDATED – with county council vote By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Yesterday, Deputy Mayor Don Allen presented his case to township council for a more careful analysis of the organics processing / materials handling faci...