from 350.org Canada needs an energy economy that respects Free Prior and Informed consent of Indigenous frontline communities and creates good, green jobsfor workers. It is morally indefensible for us to continue to pursue an economic growth strategy t...

Tiny Township Council Meeting Monday May 25, 201 By Vickie Kee AWARE Simcoe A presentation was made by Ms. Cathy Kytayko, Director, Social Housing and Midland Mayor Gord McKay, Chair, Affordable Housing Advisory Committee from the County of Simcoe and ...

50-year-old contamination that was never cleaned up still polluting water and fish, report says By Jody Porter, CBC News  Fifty years after a Dryden pulp mill dumped its effluent into a northern Ontario watershed, mercury continues to rise in some lake...

from AWARE Essa The following is the text of a presentation to Essa Council on Wednesday June 3, 2015 Introduction and greeting AWARE Essa is here tonight to request that Essa council work toward creating a Tree Protection Strategy for the township. Th...

Council votes against appealing County decision New Tecumseth Fress Press Online New Tecumseth councillors voted last night against launching an appeal of the May 12th decision by Simcoe County council that lifted a stop work order and reinstated a spe...

by John Michael McGrath The Agenda Tuesday June 2, 2015 In 2009, the Region of Waterloo approved a regional plan to constrain sprawl and encourage transit use. Developers fought back, starting a legal battle. Now, the two camps have reached a settlemen...

Newmarket bear shooting leads to online outrage By Kendra Mangione, CTVNews.ca Social media users are expressing their outrage after police shot a black bear as it climbed down a tree in a Newmarket backyard. The bear was climbing over fences through s...

New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth councillors are under pressure from a group of Beeton residents to launch a court action appeal of Simcoe County council’s May 12 verdict that lifted a stop work order and reinstated the terms of a sp...

From Maggie Curran AWARE Essa Hello everyone! A municipality’s Official Plan reflects the goals and perspectives of our community here in Essa Township. Before there can be a tree ordinance protection strategy in Essa Township, we need the Mayor and Co...

AWARE News Network Here in Simcoe County, the fight to stop Dump Site 41 marked a major move forward in relations between first peoples and non-indigenous residents, after women from Chimnissing (Beausoleil First Nation) took the lead in protecting the...