• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

Author "AWARE Simcoe"

Mar 28th, 2014
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From Mary Muter,
 Chair, Great Lakes Section,
 Sierra Club Canada Foundation The US Army Corps of Engineers recently released a report on options to prevent the very invasive Asian Carp from getting into Great Lakes and all connecting waterways and lak...
Mar 28th, 2014
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By Anne Learn Sharpe AWARE Essa In spite of a spring snowstorm, more than 70 people gathered at Utopia Hall in Essa Township on Saturday, March 22, to watch the movie Vanishing of the Bees. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, only 15 minutes ...
Mar 27th, 2014
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By Dominik Kurek Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic Council approved two new subdivisions with a combined total of more than 900 homes at the south end of town at a meeting March 18. The two new subdivisions, though being constructed by separate developer...
Mar 26th, 2014
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Final push joined by Atwood in Twitter feed Today, the 5,000th  person signed the petition to save the village of Midhurst (population 3,500), preserve the 756 hectares of surrounding farmland and stop the proposed effluent discharge into the Willow Cr...
Mar 26th, 2014
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King Weekly Sentinel  The future of Ontario’s protected green spaces may very well depend on the fate of three very important pieces of legislation. To that end, the Concerned Citizens of King Township (CCKT), with support of other concerned environmen...
Mar 26th, 2014
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By Richard Blanchard  New Tecumseth Times   Leo Losereit will be running for mayor of Adjala-Tosorontio in this fall’s elections. Loseriet  announced his decision to run at  a meeting on Sunday organized by the Everett Ratepayers Association to di...
Mar 26th, 2014
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The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Four major environmental groups are demanding that Ottawa force pesticide makers to provide scientific studies looking at whether their products are killing off bees. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Ag...
Mar 25th, 2014
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From North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 Reverend Jim Keenan and Robert Eisenberg will make deputations to Georgina Town Council to request that all the candidates in the upcoming municipal election only accept donations from...
Mar 25th, 2014
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Ontario government news release March 25, 2014 Premier Kathleen Wynne announced changes today to her cabinet that will see two new ministers join the team. Bill Mauro, MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan, becomes Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. He ...
Mar 25th, 2014
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From FAWF Help protect the land that feeds us! Food & Water First is hosting a Public Meeting in Shelburne about the importance of Ontario’s prime farmland to our economy and food security, and why it should be preserved. Zoomer Radio’s Dale Goldha...