• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

Author "AWARE Simcoe"

Aug 1st, 2015
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From bluedot.ca From coast to coast to coast, the Blue Dot movement has been gaining momentum, with people taking action and volunteering in their communities, and organizations signing on and sharing their stories. Seventy-three municipal governments ...
Jul 31st, 2015
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from Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance The head of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) says the authority cannot release DG Group’s wetland destruction application because it would be illegal and against LSRCA polic...
Jul 31st, 2015
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By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner Four chiefs carefully laid out the wampum belt on a purple cloth in the pavilion in Springwater Provincial Park on Friday. After years of negotiating with Ontario Parks and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestr...
Jul 31st, 2015
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Some questioning if we should become Regional Municipality of Simcoe By Sara Carson Barrie Advance July 24 2015 For the greater good: That’s the County of Simcoe’s motto. But when it comes to funding costly water and wastewater infrastructure, it’s eac...
Jul 31st, 2015
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From Penetanguishene website COME EXPERIENCE 400 YEARS OF ONTARIOS HISTORY Check out some of the main events happening down at Rotary Champlain Wendat Park Friday July 31st 5:00 pm – Procession of 400 Years in Penetanguishene 6:00 pm – Fest...
Jul 31st, 2015
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From the Friends of the Utopia Mill and Park The 5-kilometre Fun Run, 1-kilometre Walk/Run and 10-kilometre Bike Ride starts and finishes Sunday August 9 at the Utopia Hall, 8396 6th Line, Utopia. 8:30 am: Registration opens 9:30 am: The walk /run / ri...
Jul 30th, 2015
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By John Bacher Sierra Club Ontario Ontario’s environmental movement should be celebrating a remarkable victory won by a two year struggle for the re-opening of Springwater Provincial Park in Midhurst, 10 kilometres north of Barrie. Springwater is a 193...
Jul 29th, 2015
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By Roberta Bell, Orillia Packet & Times The Township of Oro-Medonte has given the green-light to the Boots and Hearts Music Festival at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds, but only on the 92 acres appropriately zoned for it. During a special council ...
Jul 28th, 2015
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By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times Development on Strawberry Island is one step closer to reality but still a long way off. Ramara Township council voted Monday night to approve an official-plan amendment designating Strawberry Island par...
Jul 28th, 2015
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From Grassy Narrows Support Dear friends and supporters, Since April, Grassy Narrows First Nation activist and grandmother Judy DaSilva has faced mounting legal costs from a CN railway lawsuit, meant to intimidate her and other Indigenous activists who...