Letter to AWARE Simcoe June 15 2013If you looked around Clearview and see the degeneration in infrastructure (the "lakes" at the bottom of Mill/George in Creemore for example) maybe you are wondering where our property taxes end up? ...

New Tecumseth Free Press June 12, 2013The proponent of Nottawasaga Estates whose plans to amend a 60 unit estate development into 160 general market homes on CW Leach Road immediately north of the Briar Hill community, has appealed council's rejection ...

By Meade Helman AWARE News Network June 15 2013Two days ago, on Wednesday June 13, a special meeting of council was held to allow residents to comment on the proposed conversion of SSP (South Simcoe Police) to OPP. The room was packed, the crowd spilli...

Midland-Penetanguishene are a preferred settlement area, but Midhurst to be three times the size of Penetang, mayor points outBy Kate Harries AWARE News Network – June 11 2013At an Ontario Municipal Board pre-hearing on April 19, after hearing a submis...

Our dreams matter tooinformation from Kairos and the Barrie Native Friendship Centre June 11 2013First Nations children on reserve receive a lesser level of service for health, welfare, and education because federal levels of funding fall below provinc...

By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald June 11 2013ADJALA-TOSORONTIO - A company has been given council’s consent to ask Adjala-Tosorontio residents what they would want out of a public transit system.Darren Parberry of Métis Transportation Limited, who rec...

Ontario industries no longer have to work as hard to protect vulnerable creatures under new environmental rulesToronto Star Editorial June 7 013When a leading environmental group resigns in protest from a government panel working on changes to Ontario’...

By Emily Innes, Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin June 7, 2013A citizen’s group has inspired the federal NDP caucus to launch a campaign to restore protection of the Nottawasaga River.In April, the NDP began trying to reverse changes to the Navigable Wat...

Joint news release June 5 2015Toronto, ON – Public interest groups applauded a proposed new law that would allow Ontario citizens to speak out without fear of damaging lawsuits meant to intimidate them. Today Attorney General John Gerretsen tabled a go...

Liberals’ new waste reduction legislation places recycling costs upon producers, not the consumer, says Environment Minister Jim BradleyBy: Richard J. Brennan Toronto Star Jun 06 2013The Liberal government is moving to scrap controversial consumer eco ...