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 ...
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...
Bifolchi opposes controversial Bonnie Smith amendments By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun Controversial changes to Wasaga Beach’s code of conduct for municipal politicians have been pushed through. Council had already been handed some proposed changes for the code of conduct by its recently-appointed integrity ...
By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun The foundation has been set to create a Main Street Market on the beachfront this summer. At council’s Jan. 19 committee of the whole meeting, committee accepted a series of recommendations to hire an architect and contractor to build market kiosks, as well as a beachfront pub...
AWARE News Network A free public event to discuss issues surrounding Simcoe’s water, farmland and natural heritage systems ,and how we can protect these important resources through expanding the Greenbelt in Simcoe County. Saturday, January 30, 2016, 9:30-11:30 am Liberty North, 100 Caplan Avenue, Ba...
By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun Wasaga Beach taxpayers could be now facing a 1.5-per-cent increase in 2016. At its Dec. 8 committee of the whole meeting, councillors accepted a recommendation to add another to the budget to deal with road, sewer and other infrastructure work expected over the next decade. CA...
Cutting at Beeton Woods in March 2015 By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Monday, they started taking down more of the Beeton Woods. Stephanie MacLellan, one of the Beeton residents who spearheaded an effort to save the woodland just northwest of her village, watched in horror. “They’re not even cutti...
Example of beach vegetation -Ontario Parks photo By Roger Klein CTV News Barrie December 7 2015 Some of the sand at Wasaga Beach is being plowed and that has caused some concern for environmentalists. Scott Martin says he couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw that large swaths of rare vegetatio...
Ontario Parks’ Healthy Beaches Speaker Series Wednesday November 25 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Wasaga Stars Arena 425 River Road West Wasaga Beach Speakers include David Featherstone, Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority; Ashley Wallis, Environmental Defence; Dr. Allan Crowe, the Coastal Centre; Will Ro...
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