Comment on Environmental Registry closes Monday – make sure your voice is heard AWARE Simcoe July 8 2011 Emma Ruby-Sachs (daughter of activist lawyer Clayton Ruby) posted a petion against the megaquarry on Avaaz.org two days ago and within 24 hou...

Strangers become allies… NDACT meetings always run out of chairs BY TIM SHUFF In the Hills June 16, 2011 This spring, when The Highland Companies filed its application for a 2,316-acre limestone quarry, a small rural protest caught the big wave. ...

Grassroots groups urge province to protect farmland, stay the course on controlled growthNews release from AWARE Simce July 5 2011BARRIE – Representatives of two grassroots organizations stressed the need to preserve farmland in a meeting with Provinci...

Waste Diversion Needs Support from All Political PartiesCanada NewsWire June 30, 2011The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) challenges all Ontario political parties to demonstrate how they will support waste diversion strategies that ensure...

Portion of north Simcoe lands retained for consideration of proposal News release from Simcoe County — June 29, 2011 On June 28th, County Council unanimously passed a resolution which recognizes Council’s existing commitment to return the former ...

Invasive Species Student is on the Job Fighting Unwanted InvadersMarketwire-- July 4 2011 Invasive species pose a growing threat to Ontario's biodiversity and cause billions of dollars in damage annually. With more invasive species found in Ontario tha...

News from the Site 41 group - July 4 2011Please join us for a Site 41 Potluck and Fellowship Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 at the Wyebridge Community Centre. Social starts at 5 pm, we eat at 6 pm. 7pm: short presentation by Dr. William Shotyk...

By Jim Rankin Toronto Star July 3 2011 Why I’m on the Tahrir  David Milne, 65, is a retired social worker from Belleville, Ontario. He was chosen to be a delegate on the Canadian boat to Gaza, part of Freedom Flotilla II. He’s in his 9th year with Chri...

By mail or email, get your comments in by Monday July 11AWARE Simcoe July 2 2011The deadline for comments to the Environmental Registry on the mega-quarry is July 11. ...

The Associated Press Jul 3, 2011 An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River in Montana ruptured Saturday and leaked hundreds of barrels of oil into the waterway, causing a 40-kilometre plume that fouled the riverbank and forced munici...