By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun Wasaga Beach taxpayers could be now facing a 1.5-per-cent increase in 2016. At its Dec. 8 committee of the whole meeting, councillors accepted a recommendation to add another to the budget to deal with road, sewer and other infr...

Cutting at Beeton Woods in March 2015 By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Monday, they started taking down more of the Beeton Woods. Stephanie MacLellan, one of the Beeton residents who spearheaded an effort to save the woodland just northwest of her vi...

By Ian Adams Collingwood Connection Secrecy over the future of the Collingwood Regional Airport is troubling to at least one municipal councillor. Collingwood council discussed the airport behind closed doors at its Jan. 4 meeting, which marks the thir...

‘Ontario welcomes report on Greenbelt and smart growth’ Ontario government news release Ontario has received recommendations on how to build more complete communities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe area – Canada’s fastest-growi...

Curbing urban sprawl by promoting greater density, improving public transit, and preserving farmland are critical to protecting the Greater Golden Horseshoe, says former Toronto mayor David Crombie By Robert Benzie Toronto Star Dec 7 2015 Curbing urban...

Indigenous women from the North and South Americas gathered in Paris against false solutions and extractive industries – IEN photo IEN news release by Suzanne Dhaliwal Indigenous peoples from Canada, U.S. and the world were initially elated to he...

Example of beach vegetation -Ontario Parks photo By Roger Klein CTV News Barrie December 7 2015 Some of the sand at Wasaga Beach is being plowed and that has caused some concern for environmentalists. Scott Martin says he couldn’t believe his eye...

From Indigenous Environmental Network December 6 2015 An all-Indigenous flotilla of kayaks took to the waters of Paris today, followed by a press conference featuring Indigenous leaders from the Americas delivering strong messages: warnings of the wors...

By Leanne Grieves and Hazel Wheeler Wildlife Preservation Canada One of the interesting challenges of modern-day conservation is that it’s no longer enough simply to get people to switch from unsustainable practices to greener ones. The problem now is ...

AWARE News Network UPDATE December 7 2015 Springwater Council received a report from its planning director on requests from developers for support in seeking additional population allocations to be used in the Midhurst area. The allocations are part of...