by John Nicholson hazmatmag The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) has finalized the Excess Soil Management Policy Framework (the “Framework”). The goal of the Framework is to protect human health and the environment from in...

New Tecumseth Free Press For the second time in less than six months, Simcoe County’s curbside collection contractor, Progressive Waste Solutions (PWS), has had to defend its service delivery levels, including missed routes, which over the past t...

By David Suzuki For decades, scientists have warned that we’re on a dangerous path. It stems from our delusion that endless growth in population, consumption and the economy is possible and is the very purpose of society. But endless growth is not feas...

Councillor says pipeline will solve three problems By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald  A Tottenham resident isn’t backing down from her decision to request the province review the solutions in the town’s master water plan to fix the community’s water pr...

By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press TORONTO — The Canadian Press has learned that Ontario is proposing to charge water-bottling companies a little over $500 per million litres, up from the current fee of just a few dollars. Public outcry erupted...

Decades later, Grassy Narrows First Nation waits for solution to mercury poisoning CBC Radio The Current Read story transcript, listen to podcast  The Grassy Narrows community in northern, Ont., has been plagued with mercury poisoning for decades — aff...

Snapping Turtles face many threats Link to AWARE Simcoe submission From Ontario Nature It’s crunch time. After years of dithering, Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) is poised to make a critical decision about the hunting of sn...

Acclaimed Canadian author lays out dirty back story of fossil fuel industry and government By Warren Bell National Observer Jessica Ernst, the biologist who on Friday, lost a split decision in the Supreme Court of Canada over suing the Alberta Energy R...

Dozens of complaints from residents who are getting by with little or no water By Mike Smee, CBC News An elderly couple in a municipality just east of Toronto have been living without running water for the past several months, and no one seems to know ...

AWARE Simcoe note: this pre-hearing was cancelled because of the weather. The new date will be posted on the township’s website under Latest News New Tecumseth Free Press Ojibway Councillor Clayton King from Beausoleil First Nation is expected to...