By Mark Reusser, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Newsletter Only 5% of Ontario’s land base is suitable for agriculture. And since we have no way to make more soil, we need to hold on to all the productive land and soil we have. As farmers, we know th...

By Andrew DeWit Asia-Pacific Journal – Japan Focus Japan’s former Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro has repeatedly called for current Prime Minister Abe Shinzo to make an explicit decision to get out of nuclear power. Koizumi’s full-scale press conferen...

A decision was deferred on a presentation by AWARE Simcoe asking for the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority’s support for its request to have the “Notty” listed under the Navigation Protection Act. Chair Nina Bifolchi said the matter will be ref...

AWARE Simcoe is working on recommendations to ensure the province develops a framework that will allow communities to improve without exhausting natural resources like water and farmland and without destroying natural spaces. We will post our report on...

From Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance This morning, our lawyer, Leo Longo, made an excellent submission to the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) and asked them to eliminate the Maple Lake Estates (MLE) Loophole now. Accord...

By Michael Gennings Staryner Sun The head of the Creemore BIA says Simcoe-Grey MP Kellie Leitch is not welcome at the village’s Santa Claus parade next year after a candy throwing incident at this year’s parade on Dec. 7. BIA president Corey Finkelstei...

Jim Wilson news release Simcoe-Grey MPP is reeling after getting news that the Ministry of the Environment has accepted wpd Canada’s application as “complete” to build eight 500 foot industrial wind turbines on the flight path of the ...

Every day we see new attacks on our rights as citizens in a participatory Democracy from all levels of government. From the Federal government denying environmental groups a voice and ignoring First Nations concerns and welfare; through Provincial nucl...

The following  is the text of a letter sent by the Township of Essa to The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada Dear Sir: Please be advised that Council, at their meeting on December 4, 2013, passed the following resolution: WHEREA...

By Michael Gennings Stayner Sun Creemore residents desperate to save the historic Collingwood Street Bridge made no headway with Clearview council Monday night. Collingwood Street Bridge Committee spokesperson Barry Burton and fellow committee members ...