AWARE News Network Last week, Simcoe County received this staff report on next steps in its plan to locate its organics and waste handling facility in the Freele Tract on Horsehoe Valley Road. CCW 2019-399 Friends of Simcoe Forests which, along with Ni...

Minesing Wetlands From Nature Conservancy of Canada  Here’s a chance to secure the future of 80 acres of wetland, the only Canadian home of the Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly, and a key resource to assist in controlling floods and providing clean...

‘There’s some wording confusion that’s taking place between the province and municipalities,’ councillor says By: Jessica Owen Collingwood Today For Coun. Mariane McLeod’s first motion before council since being sworn in, she has decided to...

A hawk moth flies through the night Light pollution is key ‘bringer of insect apocalypse’ By Damian Carrington The Guardian Light pollution is a significant but overlooked driver of the rapid decline of insect populations, according to the ...

AWARE News Network Environment Minister Jeff Yurek has turned down five bump-up applications that would have ordered the Midhurst Secondary Plan proponents to address specific environmental issues under Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act. 2019...

Sewage discharge cleanup: Unexplained insect die-offs, algae blooms have been observed AWARE News Network Shocking news from Hamilton, thanks to the Spectator’s award-winning investigative reporter Steve Buist: – In December 2018, raw sewag...

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Strong and strategic protections needed in the Lake Simcoe watershed Aurora, Ontario News release from Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition and Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust Next week, two conservation organizations share their strategies and mapping research ...

Scott Jermey By Nathan Taylor Barrie Today November 21 2019 The Township of Oro-Medonte is mourning the death of its deputy mayor, two weeks after the loss of one of its councillors. Scott Jermey died Wednesday morning. Mayor Harry Hughes said he was i...

  by Alec Adams Orillia Canada’s First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) electoral system might reflect voter intentions most of the time – if there were only two political parties; but with several significant parties, voter intentions are poorly ...