Karen Rathwell AWARE News Network March 7 2018 ‘Water for Life, not Profit’ is the theme of the 2018 AWARE Simcoe Annual General Meeting / public meeting. Who: Karen Rathwell of  Wellington Water Watchers is the guest speaker When: Saturday...

SCDSB news release On March 19, the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) is launching an organics collection pilot project with Waste Connections, an integrated solid waste services company, in four schools in Barrie. The pilot project will enco...

Waterwalkers at the end of their 42 km march to the Teedon gravel pit on November 5th By Mark Calzavera Council of Canadians  The world’s purest groundwater is under threat again- this time from a gravel pit expansion in the Waverley Uplands- the recha...

by Andrew Mendler Midland Mirror Penetanguishene residents spoke and councillors listened. The overwhelming opposition of a proposed subdivision, which would have annihilated a 30-acre woodland to build a 118-unit residential subdivision between Fox an...

Edwin Espinal on day of arrest, January 19 2018 From Alliance for Global Justice  Go to this link for a two-step process, to contact Honduran authorities and US and Canadian representatives. 26 political prisoners in Honduras remain detained in the con...

Local officials stunned by the lack of consultation on closing of tree seed facility Mayor Terry Dowdall, left, at February 14 Angus protest – AWARE Simcoe photo BY DIANA MARTIN Ontario Farmer March 2018 Angus is channelling its inner Lorax to fi...

Springwater DM Don Allen By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Simcoe County councillors have voted overwhelmingly once again not to provide funds so local First Nations and Metis can engage in consultation on an archaeological management plan (AMP). On T...

  from The Friends of the Waverley Uplands Join the Friends of the Waverley Uplands in their support of the local First Nations on World Water Day in a simultaneous rally and ceremonial vigil to protect the Alliston Aquifer. WHEN: Thursday March 2...

Carmela Marshall of the Ontario Soil Regulation Task Force From Concerned Citizens of Ramara We are asking concerned residents to attend the Ramara Township council meetings on Monday, March 19 at 9:30 am and especially Monday, March 26 at 7:00 pm in a...

James Hill, Canadian ambassador to Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. Canada reiterates concerns following publication of OHCHR report on human rights violations in the context of the 2017 elections in Honduras From Embassy of Canada, San José, Costa ...