AWARE Simcoe news release AWARE Simcoe is calling on Ontario to plan for finite, sustainable communities. The underlying assumption of the current planning regime is one of perpetual growth, with no community ever deemed to be complete, no level of pop...

From Transition Barrie On the surface, Vaxjo Sweden and Barrie Ontario are actually somewhat similar. Vaxjo, situated inland in southern Sweden at the 57th parallel, is actually slightly further north than Fort McMurray, Alberta. Barrie would seem rath...

By Cheryl Anderson and Myrna Wood Prince Edward County Field Naturalists Citizens all across Ontario have been asking themselves this question. Over the past decade, municipalities and planners have participated in provincial programs to preserve our i...

PDF version: Planning-review-response Introduction Following the announcement of the review of Ontario land use planning and development charges and the series of workshops that were to be held in Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Kitchener-Waterloo, Otta...

PDF version:   DC-review-response AWARE Simcoe is a citizens’ group that works to protect water, the environment and health through transparency and accountability in government. AWARE Simcoe does not have the resources to prepare a lengthy and detaile...

New Tecumseth Free Press Ward 1 incumbent Keith White became the first candidate to file his nomination papers to run for Essa council in the October 27 municipal elections. Mr. White, who owns and operates Angus Borden Music and Entertainment, is curr...

By Nikki Cole Midland Mirror PORT MCNICOLL – Gil Blutrich says he is prepared to walk away from Port McNicoll – taking a multimillion-dollar waterfront development and the SS Keewatin tourist attraction with him. “I am going to close the project down,”...

Barrie Advance Two more people have registered to run in the 2014 Barrie municipal election. Registering on Jan. 7 were Caroline Smith in Ward 4 and Harry Ahmed in Ward 5. Although new to the council race, both aren’t new to campaigning: Smith is...

AWARE Simcoe note: Peter Rosenthal represented Vicki Monague when she and Anne Ritchie-Nahuis were sued by the County of Simcoe for their roles in the 2009 Site 41 battle, and helped negotiate a settlement that required county council to meet (they vot...

Patrick Lane’s Convocation Address
 – University of Victoria – 
November 13, 2013

 It is sixty-five years ago, you’re ten years old and sitting on an old, half-blind, grey horse. All you have is a saddle blanket and a rope for reins as you...