• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

Author "AWARE Simcoe"

Feb 1st, 2018
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Jennifer Howard photo From the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition We are pleased to partner with the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), the Ontario Headwaters Institute, and the Ontario Environment Network to present, “WaterScapes R...
Feb 1st, 2018
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MNRF Minister Nathalie Des Rosiers Ontario Needs Government Leadership to Ensure Tree Seed for Resilient Forests Letter from Stephen Smith, Society for Ecological Restoration, Ontario Chapter, to Premier Kathleen Wynne and MNRF Minister Nathalie Des Ro...
Feb 1st, 2018
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Toronto Councillor Michael Layton By Chris Fox, CP24.com A Toronto city councillor says that Ontario’s proposed legislation to create more affordable housing amounts to “picking municipal pockets to line the pockets of developers.” Ward 20 Coun. Mike L...
Feb 1st, 2018
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Karen Spring and Edwin Espinal AWARE News Network A farm family in Elmvale is working desperately to secure the release of their daughter’s partner from harsh conditions in a Honduran prison. Janet and John Spring are asking for the Canadian government...
Feb 1st, 2018
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News release from NVCA UTOPIA, Ontario (January 29, 2018) – Gail Ardiel, Deputy Mayor for the Town of the Blue Mountains, will head the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) in 2018. Deputy Mayor Ardiel, an apple orchard owner and retired ch...
Jan 28th, 2018
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From Myiingan Kwe I am EXTREMELY PROUD & HONOURED that the Site 41 water, the purest water on Earth, will be a part of the Khoisan Liberation Walk in South Africa this year in the midst of the Cape Town Water Crisis. My friend Gillian will be also ...
Jan 26th, 2018
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by Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald Nelson Aggregates has succeeded in its bid to develop a new gravel pit in Adjala-Tosorontio. A written decision released Jan. 26 by the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) recommends the province issue the company a Class A ...
Jan 25th, 2018
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Patrick Brown at Queens Park on January 24 2015 By Rick Vanderlinde and Frank Matys Barrie Advance Two local Progressive Conservative Party riding association members had differing reactions to the sudden resignation Jan. 25 of leader Patrick Brown. Sc...
Jan 24th, 2018
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Julie Barker and Midland Mayor Gord Mackay From the Town of Midland  “Julie is someone whose passion and commitment to environmental sustainability, creativity and education expands beyond Midland’s boundaries. As one of the founding member...
Jan 24th, 2018
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By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Springwater Mayor Bill French’s application for a judicial review of a committee’s appointment of a second auditor to look into his 2014 campaign expenses has been dismissed. Madam Justice Anne Molloy, writing for a p...