The proposed Darien Quarry will encroach on the habitat of a large population of endangered Blanding’s Turtles on the north shore of Lake Huron. From the Wilderness Committee In this time of crisis, many of us are taking comfort in seeing nature’s cycles continue. Spring buds opening, warming s...
Freele Tract – C. Rutherford photo Friends of Simcoe Forests Outraged as County of Simcoe uses COVID-19 in effort to avoid LPAT hearing over the proposed waste processing complex in the Freele County Forest News release from the Friends of Simcoe Forests The County of Simcoe is using the COVI...
Key evidence sitting in government database since the late 1990s By David Bruser Toronto Star The people of Grassy Narrows First Nation have long faced doubts that the industrial mercury dumped upstream made them sick. Despite their tremors, slurred speech, impaired hearing, tunnel vision and lost mu...
Physical distancing, cleaning and disinfection will be required. AWARE News Network Just in time for planting, the Ontario government has ended its prohibition on community gardens. In a news release, the province announced the it has amended an emergency order to help ensure food security for some ...
Powerful and painful – an exposé of what we are doing. Link to film America’s Great Greenwashing by Robert Hunziker Counterpunch Celebrating 50 years of Earth Day, Michael Moore, executive producer and director Jeff Gibbs re-released their daunting and alarming documentary about the heart and ...
Square-foot growing. -Free Spirit Gardens photo Community gardens across Ontario have been closed due to COVID-19, however a number of community groups say it’s a service essential for food security By Jennifer Golletz Collingwood Today Local communities throughout the Southern Georgian Bay are...
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...
Injured turtles need Super Glue – and kids and grownups can help! Hello from Kelly at Think Turtle Conservation Initiative As we are all aware one of the affects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been people purchasing a vast array of staple items as well as other items to the point it has become di...
Listening to the science? Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams answers questions, with Premier Doug Ford, Health Minister Christine Elliott and Finance Minister Rod Philips looking on – CANADIAN PRESS photo by Mike Balkwill Wellington Water Watchers April 01, 2020 WWW has made the...
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...
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