• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

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Sep 15th, 2016
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Map shows sites formerly under consideration for waste facility, including the selected C-136 site on Horseshoe Valley Road: there was no discussion of an update report. But councillors vote 16-8 to proceed with consultant’s recommendations By Kate Har...
Sep 15th, 2016
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AWARE News Network Simcoe County Council recorded vote Tuesday after Bradford-West-Gwillimbury Deputy Mayor James Leduc proposed referring the county’s waste strategy back to staff. The vote was on accepting the staff report, and not referring ba...
Sep 14th, 2016
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A new scientific report says adding more mercury to the area near Grassy Narrows First Nation is “irresponsible” and “shameless” By JAYME POISSON and DAVID BRUSER Toronto Star Top environment ministry officials had serious concerns that a plan to clear...
Sep 14th, 2016
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New Tecumseth Free Press  Simcoe County, second in a line of two behind Tecumseth Estates in the order of who gets paid their court ordered costs imposed against AWARE Simcoe, first, is pursing an aggressive collection strategy by conducting an “...
Sep 11th, 2016
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The following Code of Conduct was approved by the AWARE Simcoe board of directors at its September 8, 2016, meeting. It will be presented for adoption by the membership at the 2017 Annual General Meeting Draft AWARE Simcoe CODE OF CONDUCT The purpose a...
Sep 9th, 2016
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Letter to Simcoe County from Anne Learn Sharpe on behalf of AWARE Essa August 8 2016 To Warden Marshall, Deputy Warden Dowdall and Members of Council (response posted below) Re: Proposed Waste Management Infrastructure Project 2976 Horseshoe Valley Roa...
Sep 8th, 2016
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From the Friends of Simcoe County Forests An update on work currently being undertaken on Site C136 has just become available. Item number CCW 16-301 (Click here to download (6.5 mb) is on the agenda for the next County Committee of the Whole meeting s...
Sep 8th, 2016
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From Danial Boyce Severn Township Severn Township is holding a public meeting Wednesday Sept. 14 2016 about a bad zoning decision that was based on a mapping error. This 20 acre parcel of rural land at 4265 Carlyon Line, Severn Ont in situated in a res...
Sep 7th, 2016
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By Dave Dawson, Orillia Packet & Times Kelly Clune believes something stinks at city hall. The long-time local crusader, who has, for decades, been a tenacious watchdog of all things related to the environment, has decided to resign from the city&#...
Sep 7th, 2016
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From Isabel Balarezo Blue Flag Program Coordinator On September 27th, Environmental Defence and the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) are hosting a FREE workshop: From the Lawn to the Lake: How You Can Keep Lake Simcoe Swimmable. Join u...