• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

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Sep 22nd, 2017
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Tiny Concession 2, September 22 2017 -AWARE Simcoe photo Letter to Our Midland from John Morgan, Midland September 22, 2017 I just learned today that the huge effort to put a halt to Site 41 taught no lessons. Several conversations today, with local individuals, divulged that the water pressure from ...
Sep 22nd, 2017
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E. C. Drury (who would later be elected premier) on Angus Plains in 1906 -Photo by E.J. Zavitz Closing would mark an abandonment of commitment to public good Letter from Anne Learn Sharpe, Angus to the Orillia Packet & Times After 94 years, our provincial government is closing the doors of the On...
Sep 19th, 2017
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Open letter from Ann Truyens, Oro-Medonte to Kathryn McGarry, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry I find it extremely unconscionable that your ministry has recently informed the Township of Tiny in a letter that it had consented to eight amendments to the site plan of the Beamish gravel pit. T...
Sep 19th, 2017
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by MICHAEL YATES Counterpunch I am lying in a meadow high in the Rocky Mountains. The sun is warm and comforting. I watch the clouds, puffy white in the blue sky, but soon pull a cap over my eyes and enter that state where thoughts swirl through your head and you don’t know if you’re […]...
Sep 16th, 2017
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By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians  On May 16, 2017 AWARE News Network reported, “William Shotyk, right, addresses Tiny Township Council. Vickie Monague of Beausoleil First Nation, known for her role in stopping Dump Site 41, is at left, live streaming the presentation.” The communit...
Sep 15th, 2017
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See below for update, text of flier ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF TINY, SPRINGWATER AND TAY TOWNSHIP from Friends of the Waverley Uplands Protecting French’s Hill * The Recharge Area For The Alliston Aquifer There will be a public meeting held by Dufferin Aggregates on Tuesday September 19. 2017 * Wye...
Sep 13th, 2017
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In Zinacantán, a Tzotzil indigenous community outside San Cristobal, Coca-Cola is widely sold during the festival for the town’s patron saint, San Jerónimo. (Photo: Martha Pskowski) Coca-Cola Sucks Wells Dry in Chiapas, Forcing Residents to Buy Water By Martha Pskowski, Truthout The water is di...
Sep 13th, 2017
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Aerial view of the land acquired by Simcoe County in BWG County Forests officially opens Kirkup Woods Tract Simcoe County news release Simcoe County Forests is celebrating the official opening of the 104-acre Kirkup Woods Tract in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury. Located within a County “...
Sep 13th, 2017
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Major salmon migration event includes nature walk with conservation experts, gourmet meal, FREE kids lunch and entertainment News release from the Blue Mountain Trust Foundation In the wake of last year’s resounding success, the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust is holding See the Salmon Run for a second...
Sep 4th, 2017
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Province’s new plan for Greater Golden Horseshoe would protect a continuous base of agricultural land By AINSLIE CRUICKSHANK Toronto Star The whiz of cars on Kennedy Rd. cuts through the sound of crickets singing and wind rustling through soy fields at Empringham Farms. The busy north-south corridor ...