From Sierra Club Canada Dr. John Bacher, Ontario Executive Committee member and activist in the Niagara Region, has a new article on Thundering Waters. Dr. Bacher and others in the community are seeking to protect the 500-acre ecosystem, known as Thundering Waters Forest, from negative impacts of dev...
Freele Tract AWARE Simcoe note about MZOs (Ministerial Zoning Orders): The Planning Act gives the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing the authority to zone any property in the province. Zoning orders were used in areas of Northern Ontario where there was no local municipality or local zoning b...
Human-set fires in the Amazon: The current pandemic is an inevitable consequence of human populations everywhere expanding into the habitats of other species with which we have had little previous contact. -Pixabay Creative Commons photo Why COVID-19 previews a larger crash. What we must do to save o...
By Bill French Springwater News I read and commented on the excellent articles by Kate Harries posted recently on this site. I did post a brief comment and would like to elaborate. It did not surprise me that Council approved the tree cutting on the MSP development lands in the Carson Road area. Mos...
Assault on nature…. –Wilderness Committee photomontage Ford suspends public participation in proposed Ontario government environmental decisions News release from EcoJustice April 7, 2020 The Ford government has used the cover of the COVID-19 pandemic to pass a regulation that effectively...
From Peaceful Parks Coalition We have until April 20 to comment on this proposal: EBR # 019/1406 https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-1406 “Proposed regulatory matters pertaining to community benefits authority under the Planning Act, the Development Charges Act, and the Building Code Act” P...
By Emma McIntosh National Observer The Ontario government has suspended key environmental protection oversight rules, saying they could hinder its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The change allows the Progressive Conservative government to push forward projects or laws that could significantly imp...
Cleared trees – AWARE Simcoe file photo By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Is tree clearing part of the development process? Not according to Springwater. If it is development, a request by the developer Geranium to be allowed to clear 1 hectare of land (2.5 acres) to provide for access to the ...
Location of retirement complex east of Elmvale planned by a non-profit group. Separately, a seniors’ care provider company is proposing a complex on Bayfield St. By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Two proposals for seniors’ facilities in Springwater Township were under discussion recently by l...
The Canadian Press Canada’s old-fashioned city sewer systems dumped nearly 900 billion litres of raw sewage into this country’s waterways over five years, enough to fill up an Olympic-sized swimming pool more than 355,000 times. The amount of raw sewage being vented is increasing every ye...
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