CTV Barrie A committee tasked with picking the location of two waste facilities in Simcoe County has narrowed in on their primary location. The Committee of the Whole has chosen a single site located in Springwater for the proposed Organics Processing ...

Simcoe County OPF and MMF Added to Springwater’s March 2 Agenda News release from Springwater Township The Springwater Council meeting agenda for Wednesday March 2, 2016 (6:30 pm)has been amended to include item 8.1, addressing the County of Simc...

I don’t get it! Environmental Conundrums From Midland Cultural Centre Loved by audiences across Canada for making complex scientific issues understandable, meaningful, and fun, Bob McDonald is in high demand. A fixture in broadcasting for more th...

How endangered Little Brown Bats and Blanding’s Turtles stalled another wind-turbine project in Prince Edward County By: Jim Coyle Toronto Star Blessed are the small and humble, for they, it seems, shall halt wind turbines. In the latest instalme...

by Naomi Klein TheLeap-ThisChangesEverything AWARE News Network Naomi Klein delivered the following remarks in Ottawa on February 29, at the Leap Day launch of Delivering Community Power, a proposal to turn postal offices into green community hubs to p...

Township plans to appeal wind project By Elliot Ferguson, Kingston Whig-Standard PLEVNA — North Frontenac Township is to appeal any large-scale wind energy project approved for the township. Township council agreed on Friday that an appeal to the...

Delegation of indigenous Canadians presenting its case in Geneva for safe drinking water for community first poisoned in the 1960s By Jim Coyle Toronto Star By any measure, it’s a long way from Grassy Narrows First Nation in northern Ontario to a Unite...

By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times The fate of a temporary use bylaw to permit special events at Burl’s Creek will be decided over three days in May. The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing into the matter will begin May 24, however two...

from the Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County  AWARE News Network Dear APPEC supporters, We are pleased to announce that APPEC’s appeal of wpd’s White Pines Wind Project has been upheld in part. The Tribunal has found that the White Pin...

Clear garbage bags could boost green-bin use for residents across Simcoe County By Laurie Watt Barrie Today Using clear garbage bags may be one way for Simcoe County to encourage residents to make better use of their green bins, says the chair of its c...