• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

Agriculture

Nov 18th, 2016
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The Bobolink -Jennifer Howard photo Exploring Conservation on Farms from  Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Agricultural fields provide homes for grassland birds like the Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark. This workshop for farmers will look at best practices for managing hay and pastures that ...
Nov 17th, 2016
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By Matt Setzkorn Hamilton Spectator Now is the time to protect at-risk farmland in Ontario for good. Collectively, we in the agricultural sector call on the province to freeze all urban expansion and introduce firm, permanent municipal growth boundaries in the Greater Golden Horseshoe to prevent the ...
Nov 15th, 2016
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News release from ECO Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner, Dianne Saxe, is calling for the provincial government to take strong steps to foster healthier agricultural soils and a more sustainable farming sector, in preparation for climate change. The Commissioner’s technical report, Putting Soil Hea...
Nov 13th, 2016
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Proposed policy is a recipe for inaction and delay from Ontario Nature Prior to the 2014 provincial election, Premier Kathleen Wynne pledged to reverse wetland loss by 2025. Accordingly, the Province has proposed a new wetland conservation strategy, which is open for public comment until November 16,...
Nov 11th, 2016
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By Gisele Winton Sarvis Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin Due to onshore winds, the sediment has filled in to the point where you can hop across the opening and it’s only two-feet deep, reported Kevin Lalonde, director of public works to the Committee of the Whole. Lalonde approached committee looking ...
Nov 9th, 2016
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County of Simcoe statutory notice Notice of Requested Allocation 20,000 Population Program – Town of Wasaga Beach and Town of Innisfil Issued: November 1, 2016 TAKE NOTICE that a Request for population allocation within the County of Simcoe 20,000 population program has been received by: -Wasag...
Nov 7th, 2016
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Just When You Thought Life Wasn’t Fair OSSTF District 17 presents a film and discussion evening on Fair Trade Film: The Dark Side of Chocolate A 2010 documentary about the exploitation and slave-trading of African children to harvest chocolate which was still occurring ten years after the cocoa indus...
Oct 28th, 2016
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Becky BigCanoe, Bob Bowles, Bernard Pope and Nancy McBride AWARE Simcoe alert We need to grow the Greenbelt to protect our precious water resources in Simcoe County. The health and viability of groundwater, watersheds and wetlands are all under threat from out-of-control sprawl. Those who attended th...
Oct 24th, 2016
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Updated AWARE Network News The Ontario Municipal Board hearing into the bonus Chiarelli population allocations to be deployed in Springwater came to an abrupt end today, after Simcoe County lawyers presented a letter detailing an agreement reached with the Township of Springwater. They noted that nei...
Oct 24th, 2016
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By Bob Bruton Barrie Examiner SPRINGWATER TWP. – Clarification of local controls on future Midhurst development has led to an agreement between the township and Simcoe County council. The two levels of government had been at odds after the county announced earlier this month it had reached a de...