From the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association We may be heavily into winter, but when it comes to the proposed neonic regulations it’s getting warmer all the time. Subsequent to the announcement of a proposed regulatory system aimed at reducing ...

January  25 is deadline for comment  to: pollinatorhealth@ontario.ca Response to Pollinator Discussion Paper Dear Premier Wynne I am concerned about the threat that the overuse of neonicotinoids poses to our environment, our food security, the health o...

New Tecumseth Free Press Online  New Tecumseth and the Walton South Simcoe Residential Development Corp have agreed to a subdivision agreement and draft plan whose initial approval will kick-start $4.1 million worth of construction for 123 new homes we...

By Heather Butts, CTV News Barrie With the Barrie landfill reaching its limit, change is on the way for resident starting today when the City of Barrie is moving to bi-weekly garbage collection. As it stand now, by 2035 the landfill would reach capacit...

By Jacob Kearey-Moreland Orillia Packet & Times More than 100 nations on Earth recognize the right to live in a healthy environment. Canada does not, yet. The Blue Dot Tour, launched by geneticist and grandfather David Suzuki, seeks to enshrine thi...

By David Suzuki Abundant, cheap fossil fuels have driven explosive technological, industrial and economic expansion for more than a century. The pervasive infrastructure developed to accommodate this growth makes it difficult to contemplate rapidly shi...

By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Innisfil Councillor Doug Lougheed has defeated Shelburne Councillor Walter Benotto in an election for the 2015 chair of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority. The surprise defeat of a Conservation Authority ve...

From STORM (Save the Oak Ridges Moraine) Town Hall Meeting Wednesday January 28 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Brougham Hall, 3545 Brock Road, Brougham, ON Farmland and forests in Ontario’s Greenbelt are at risk of being paved over. Ask questions and hear...

The Mayor’s View  – December 20 2014 It is now 30 days since becoming mayor of Springwater Township. I have spent a lot of time in orientation sessions at the Township and County and have become well versed in the running of these two levels of g...

The site has been issued several orders over the years to come into compliance, following water samples taken in 2010 that exceeded water quality guidelines From Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine An Ontario hazardous waste processing company, and it...