Why we’re switching tactics in the fight to protect our clients from harmful pollution from EcoJustice Five years ago, we helped our clients Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain of Aamjiwnaang First Nation launch a lawsuit against the Ontario government and Suncor Energy. Up until this point, all other effort...
News release from Simcoe County The County of Simcoe continues to be among the very best in the province when it comes to diverting waste from landfills. The County received fifth place out of 237 municipalities in the just released annual Waste Diversion Ontario Datacall (Ontario’s standardize...
Orillia Packet & Times The City of Orillia’s draft five-year waste-minimization plan is available for public review. The draft plan evaluates methods to reduce waste disposal at the Orillia Waste Diversion Site (landfill) and ways to improve diversion and recycling programs. Based on the pu...
AWARE Simcoe Annual General Meeting and Public meeting on Expanding the Greenbelt in Simcoe County Guest speakers: -Margaret Prophet – Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition -Bernard Pope – Ontario Farmland Preservation Learn about farmland and greenlands preservation by expanding the Greenbel...
From the Brereton Field Naturalists On Saturday, May 14, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority will be continuing to implement their “the Creeks project” by involving the community in tree planting at 99 Loon Ave. in Barrie from 10 am to 12. The more community volunteers we get, the more nati...
Experts Unanimous in Opposition to Burl’s Creek Event Grounds News release from SaveOro Expert witness statements filed yesterday by the Township of Oro-Medonte, the West Oro Ratepayers’ Association (“WORA”) and SaveOro all conclude the OMB application for temporary use of the Burl’s Creek Event Grou...
County forests changing through heavy-impact uses By Bob Bowles Ganaraska Hiking Trail Association Newsletter The Ganaraska Trail makes its way across Simcoe County as it runs from Port Hope on Lake Ontario to Glen Huron where it meets the Bruce Trail with side trails to Midland and Wasaga Beach. The...
By Robin MacLennan Barrie Today Dr. David Suzuki celebrated Earth Day today at Georgian College. The Co-Founder of the David Suzuki Foundation and award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster spoke to a sold out audience of young and old. His message of taking responsibility for protecti...
Jim Charlebois photo AWARE News Network The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is urging us to celebrate, in the words of E.O. Wilson, “the little things that run the world.” If insects disappeared, there are many items we would struggle to find (apples, blueberries, and ...
Letter to the Barrie Advance Re: City has grown 560% in 40 years, study finds, April 7. Your article was staggering. What was more jaw-dropping is what has been sacrificed to support Barrie’s previous love of sprawl – 154 square-kilometres (26,000 football fields) of natural and semi-natural space, m...
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