News release from AWARE Simcoe Last week, members of AWARE Simcoe learned that a campaign they started almost four years ago has finally been successful. Liberal Transport Minister Marc Garneau has notified some local municipalities that the Nottawasaga River has been included in the small number of ...
Liberal government adds river to list under Navigable Waters By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun The Nottawasaga River is once again protected under federal legislation. In October, the federal government added the river to the list of rivers and lakes protected under the Navigation Protection Act. Several area ...
AWARE News Network We did it! Thanks to you, the Nottawasaga River has been added to the schedule of the Navigation Protection Act. Only two rivers have had their protection restored by the Liberal government. The other is the Nass River in British Columbia. The reason? The Canada Gazette listing of ...
Letter to Simcoe County from Anne Learn Sharpe on behalf of AWARE Essa August 8 2016 To Warden Marshall, Deputy Warden Dowdall and Members of Council (response posted below) Re: Proposed Waste Management Infrastructure Project 2976 Horseshoe Valley Road West AWARE Essa supports Simcoe County Council’...
New Tecumseth Free Press Essa mayor Terry Dowdall, was reelected to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) board of directors, one of 16 members from Ontario, yesterday, during the last day of the organization’s Annual General Meeting held in Winnipeg. Mr. Dowdall’s FCM connectio...
from AWARE Essa From the distant past to the near future: Essa’s Trees through Time Ancient Forests of Massive Pines up to early 1800s Lumber Industry 1800s Reforestation Years 1900s What’s Next for the Trees of Essa? 2016… Can Essa’s Official Plan Protect our Trees? AWARE Essa invites you to j...
Rethinking citizen engagement in Peterborough will ‘knock your socks off’ Peterborough This Week February 3 2016 One of Canada’s leading voices for citizen engagement and new approaches to planning is coming to Peterborough on Feb. 10, as guest speaker and “provocateur” at two events hosted by local ...
Innisfil Journal While municipal leaders pull for the resurrection of a mothballed plan to build a bypass between highways 404 and 400, an environmental lawyer says the idea is outdated. Laura Bowman said she’s disappointed York Region and Simcoe County mayors are reverting back to a transportation o...
From Utopia Hall Breakfast Buffet ($5 donation suggested), take-out Potato Onion Soup ($2 donation), orders taken for Valentine’s Day treats....
Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte MP Alex Nuttall addresses the Greenbelt meeting Life is a pay-attention contest: Oakville Mayor Rob Burton By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Protecting the natural environment makes communities more livable, safeguards our food and water for the future and reinvigora...
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