Reflecting a true sense of caring for our communitiesBy David Suzuki AWARE Simcoe June 22 2011On reading about growing resistance to a mega-quarry being proposed for southern Ontario, I had an epiphany about the media’s use of the term NIMBY, for “not ...

Is it in the public interest to squander these foodlands for aggregate usage?AWARE Simcoe June 22 2010Email from Ontario Institute of Agronomists Please be aware that the Ontario Institute of Agrologists has taken a position opposing the quarry proposa...

Radio host Dale Goldhawk among the panellistsAWARE Simcoe June 22 2011 Don't miss AWARE Simcoe's public meeting on the proposed Melancthon Township mega-quarry. Panellists are: David Vander Zaag, farmer in New Tecumseth and Melancthon; Darren White, De...

‘Make your children proud of you’ AWARE Simcoe June 21 2011 Online petition to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Link here to sign...

After the Arab Spring, it's time for a Palestine Freedom SummerBY DERRICK O'KEEFE Rabble JUNE 21, 2011Today is the first day of summer, and it's now only a matter of days before the Canadian Boat to Gaza sails towards Gaza from a port in the Meditarran...

Tiny Township council is holding a public workshop on Balm Beach parking on Friday July 8 at 10 a.m. at the municipal office on Balm Beach Rd., Perkinsfield. Deadline for written submissions and delegation requests to be included on the agenda is June ...

County looks at dividing up and selling controversial dump lands By Maija Hoggett Simcoe.com Jun 21, 2011 MIDHURST – Simcoe County council could be taking steps to sell off parts of the controversial Site 41 property. June 9, Simcoe County clerk ...

Property once earmarked for landfill could be declared surplus and sold By Maija Hoggett Simcoe.com Jun 17, 2011  SIMCOE COUNTY – Simcoe County council could be taking steps to sell off parts of the controversial Site 41 property. On June 9, clerk Bren...

A great opportunity to combine economic benefit with what's good for allBy Mariane Cancilla AWARESimcoe June 17 2011Bill Shotyk’s vision for developing a “living laboratory” for education around groundwater quality and natural resources in the Elmvale ...

But all options 'on the table,' including Shotyk water innovation centrel – HughesBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe June 16 2011Members of Simcoe County’s performance management committee, after meeting behind closed doors today, voted to declare the Site 4...