By Stéphane Leclerc and André Flys The Hill Times December 13, 2018 We can no longer ignore the harmful effects of pesticide exposure on pollinator health. Last year, beekeepers in Ontario and Québec suffered record overwinter colony losses: 45.7 per cent in Ontario and 30.3 per cent in Québec. These...
Vehicles used to haul aggregate are the largest and heaviest allowed in Ontario. Letter to the Creemore Echo from George Powell, Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation The mission of the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust is to “Preserve and Enhance the Blue Mountain Watershed Ecosystem” and in this reg...
By Kate Harries – Lake Simcoe Living Magazine There’s a popular orchard on Yonge Street south of Barrie called Carpe Diem — “Seize the Day.” That day is drawing to a close. This area is part of 5,600 acres annexed by Barrie almost a decade ago. Now, ploughed fields proliferate with “...
News release from Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition, Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition and Ontario Headwaters Institute On Thursday, December 6, the provincial government tabled legislation known as the “Open for Business Bill”, or Bill 66. This bill provides municipalities with powers that endanger the c...
Earlier map shows location of Metrus Development project. The company has now rebranded as DG Group. -North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance facebook In exchange, DG would give up its proposed Maple Lake Estates (MLE) project in a Provincially Significant Wetland From Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest...
Outside La Tolva Prison: Karen Spring and Delmi Espinal argue with the prison director after he denies Delmi visitation rights. This was a very sad day for Edwin as Delmi brought special food to celebrate his birthday. Women hang their belongings on the fence for collective safety. Janet Spring photo...
AWARE News Nework The Forest Gene Conservation Network (FGCN) has called on the Ontario government to continue support for the services provided by the Ontario Tree Seed Plant in Angus In a November 1 2018 letter to then Natural Resources Minister Jeff Yurek (the current minister is John Yakabuski), ...
Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner with some members of the Simcoe County delegation in his Legislature office. -AWARE Simcoe photo News release from Waterkeepers A delegation of Simcoe County residents attended proceedings at the Ontario Legislature yesterday and met with MPPs to underscore ...
An early photograph of the African Church. AWARE News Network Oro-Medonte’s historic African church was built by black settlers in the mid-19th century and used by that community – some free black refugees, some escaped slaves and a few of them veterans of the War of 1812 – until 19...
The endangered Blanding’s Turtle. As of April, 2018, when the Midland Painted Turtle was designated, all of Ontario’s eight turtle species are considered at risk or more under various designations by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) Two petitions circ...
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