Tiny is Ontario’s first municipality to take stance on three principles of water protection News release from Council of Canadians September 13 2011 The Council of Canadians is congratulating Tiny Township for becoming Ontario’s first Blue Commun...

AWARE Simcoe news release – September 11, 2011-BARRIE -- AWARE Simcoe, a citizens’ group committed to safeguarding water, is calling on Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak to explain what appears to be a plan to weaken Ontario’s Conservation Auth...

AWARE Simcoe September 11 2011Ontarions should let the people of Boston, home of the Baupost hedge fund, know how they feel about the mega-quarry. Keep your letter short and it’s more likely to be published. Email it to il to: letterstoeditor@bos...

Hub hedge fund hit over quarry By Brendan Lynch Boston Herald September 11, 2011 The Baupost Group, a Boston hedge fund, is under fire north of the border for financing a controversial, 2,300-acre limestone “mega-quarry” outside Toronto that would repl...

The Grower September 2011 Six thousand acres of Honeywood silt loam, coveted by potato growers surrounding Shelburne, Ontario, sit at the head of a simmering controversy. “The BMW of soil” is how Kate Armstrong describes the legacy of her great-great-g...

County council negotiations aim for continued scattering of growthNews release from the Sustainable Urban Development Association September 8 2011Ontario’s Simcoe County is negotiating with the Ontario government to finalize a growth plan that will see...

By Ian McInroy Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin September 6 2011 TINY TWP. — Once the scene of mass protests and national media attention, the majority of the former Site 41 landfill property is going up for sale. Read more ...

UPDATED - DATE CORRECTION Ronnie Stanley from Freecycle Midland will speak about the international re-use movement  Zero Waste Simcoe news release Setpember 6 2011 WASAGA BEACH -- Zero Waste Simcoe (ZWS) will host a series of four 'zero waste' themed m...

From Brampton Greens September 6 2011Demonstration on Saturday Oct. 1 at3 pm to express opposition to the proposed quarry that would destroy 2300 acres of prime farmland and threaten the water relied upon by ONE MILLION CANADIANS....

By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians September 2 2011 CBC reports that the Pikangikum First Nation in Ontario – located about 600 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay and 300 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg – “is experiencing a spike in ...