Stop the mega-quarry open-pit mine now!!!News release from Danny Beaton, John Bacher and Carl Cosack July 2 2011WHEN:  12pm July 21 2011                                                           WHEN: JULY 21 2011 TIME: 12 P.M.WHERE: QUEEN'S PARK – Sou...

Flotilla makes waves for Israel By Jim Rankin Toronto Star July 1 2011 AGIO NIKOLAOS, GREECE—After months of remaining secret, the location of the Canadian ship participating in Freedom Flotilla II to Gaza was outed in this Greek seaside town when auth...

Listen up and call in  AWARE Simcoe July 1 2011 Beausoleil First Nation Councillor Jeff Monague, one of the panelllists at our recent Water is Life meeting in Alliston (and also on the panel for the meeting in Innisfil before that) has agreed to be on ...

News release from Tiny Township Mayor Ray Millar June 30 2011Perkinsfield ON - On June 28th, Simcoe County Council unanimously passed a resolution that will allow for the development of a water and agricultural research center on the lands formerly des...

Eco Fee debate misses the PointNew Release from RCO - June 30 2011TORONTO – On waste reduction and producer responsibility, Ontario has dropped from last place to first place until this year. Using policy tools like the Waste Diversion Act, the Ontario...

Thank you to AWARE Simcoe for hosting panel discussion  Letter to Simcoe.com June 30 2011 Although saddened by what I heard, I thank AWARE Simcoe for hosting a panel discussion on Saturday, June 25 in Alliston concerning the Highland Companies mega qua...

Seeking $150,000 for “false and defamatory” postings By Maija Hoggett Simcoe.com Jun 30, 2011  NEW TECUMSETH – In response to a wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed by former clerk Gayla McDonald, New Tecumseth Mayor Mike MacEachern is la...

CBC News Jun 29, 2011 Canada’s environment ministers have agreed to cut down on the consumer product packaging that often ends up in landfills. Meeting in Yellowknife on Tuesday, federal, provincial and territorial environment said they will deve...

News release from CAUSE, NDACT June 29 2011Melancthon ON -- The Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE)  has submitted its letter of objection to a mega-quarry proposal in Melancthon Township to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR).One of ...

Why local chefs are pissed at quarry proposal BY: KARON LIU The Grid June 29 2011 A proposal to build the country’s largest aggregate quarry about 100 km northwest of Toronto, in Dufferin County, has sent farmers, politicians and chefs into a frenzy. A...