• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

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Apr 26th, 2022
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From Simcoe.com, April 21, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Re: “Know the facts about stone, sand and gravel,” Simcoe.com, April 11. As a concerned citizen, I do not approach the subject of gravel mining with any vested interests. Norm Chessman, the Ontario Stone, Sand and Gravel Association e...
Apr 16th, 2022
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Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner is coming to Simcoe County to raise awareness for the threat to the world’s purest water on his campaign. Come out and join us on Tuesday, April 19th – 4:30PM at the flow in Elmvale. Mike’s team asks that those planning to attend wear masks....
Mar 24th, 2022
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Grassroots groups gather at Queen’s Park in Toronto to raise Awareness for the Alliston aquifer From CTV News, March 22, 2022 By Rob Cooper A group of concerned residents from Tiny Township gathered in Barrie before heading to Queen’s Park on Tuesday for World Water Day. The group wants p...
Mar 22nd, 2022
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Simcoe North MP Adam Chambers has helped initiate a House of Commons e-petition, which calls on the federal goverment to step up and protect the pristine groundwater in Tiny Township. From Simcoe.com, March 19, 2022 By Andrew Mendler The Government of Canada is being asked to take action to protect t...
Mar 21st, 2022
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Stock image From BarrieToday, March 20, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Tuesday, March 22 is World Water Day – a day to celebrate and recognize the critical importance of water in our lives (and our existence) and to raise awareness about the billions of people living on this planet without access to saf...
Mar 18th, 2022
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What: a rally to protect the world’s purest scientifically tested water. A gravel mining operation in North Simcoe has a permit to draw millions of litres of groundwater daily just to wash gravel. A second operation is seeking a similar permit. Both operations sit above an aquifer containing the worl...
Mar 17th, 2022
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The world’s purest water – right here in Simcoe County – is featured in ON Nature, published by leading environmental charity Ontario Nature. “Why is that water so pure? Nobody in the world can tell you that,” scientist Bill Shotyk tells the magazine. “A few truckl...
Mar 16th, 2022
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Residents have been regularly gathering in front of the Teedon Pit gates to peacefully protest the proposed expansion. Locals are worried about the impact the expansion will have on the ground water quality. From Simcoe.com March 14, 2022 By Andrew Mendler Residents are not giving up in the fight to ...
Mar 14th, 2022
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World Water Day Webinar March 21, 2022, at 7 pm...
Mar 14th, 2022
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Zoom information meeting March 20th at 7 pm...