Margarest Atwood with Dale Goldhawk at 2014 Midhurst event From the Midhurst Ratepayers’ Association Help Save Midhurst from “life-wrecking” event This is how international author, Margaret Atwood, describes what is happening in Midhurst. We couldn’t agree more. Our rural vill...
‘Ontario welcomes report on Greenbelt and smart growth’ Ontario government news release Ontario has received recommendations on how to build more complete communities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe area – Canada’s fastest-growing urban region, the province’s economic en...
Curbing urban sprawl by promoting greater density, improving public transit, and preserving farmland are critical to protecting the Greater Golden Horseshoe, says former Toronto mayor David Crombie By Robert Benzie Toronto Star Dec 7 2015 Curbing urban sprawl by promoting greater density, improving p...
AWARE News Network UPDATE December 7 2015 Springwater Council received a report from its planning director on requests from developers for support in seeking additional population allocations to be used in the Midhurst area. The allocations are part of a bonus 20,000 population granted to Simcoe Coun...
Commemoration Part of Ontario’s Commitment to Soil Health News release from Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs November 30, 2015 To commemorate its important role and historical significance in the development of Ontario’s agri-food sector, the province is designating the Guelph So...
Despite much-touted provincial regulations, dumb growth continues unabated on the ragged frontier of the megacity By John Barber Toronto Star Flowers will be strewn and Hosannas sung in upcoming days when elder statesman David Crombie, irrepressible bearer of good news, releases the results of his la...
Changes needed for provincial land-use policies to recognize farmland as a permanent feature with economic and ecosystem benefits From Environmental Defence, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Farmers and environmentalists don’t always agree, but today Environmental Defence and the Ontario Federation ...
By Peggy Brekveld Ontario Federation of Agriculture The Ontario government recently approved an Invasive Species Act, giving Royal Assent to this new legislation on November 3. The new act is intended to manage invasive plant species threatening Ontario’s ecological biodiversity. The Ontario Federati...
Proposal for a “Bluebelt” — which also guards waterways — would see 1.5 million acres added to the protected area, which is already the bigger than P.E.I. By: Alex Ballingall Toronto Star Greenbelt, meet “Bluebelt.” That’s the vision of a collection of environmental groups that wants to almost double...
By Mark Kunkel, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture There’s nothing farmers depend on more than farmland and healthy soil. So when the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) announced the development of a soil health and conservation strategy, the Ontario Federation ...
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