A Presentation by GEAR and Transition Barrie: Financial Crisis, Peak Oil & You. Double Dip Recession... Depression... Deflation... Inflation.. What does this mean to me and my family? ...

The Green Pages December 22, 2010Toronto – Environmental groups are applauding the strong recommendations put forward by the Ontario government’s expert advisory panel aimed at protecting citizens from strategic lawsuits against public part...

By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin January 10 2010COLLINGWOOD - A councillor says the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority needs to be told enough is enough when it comes to budget increases. ...

Funding for street outreach program to be cutBy Nicole Million Midland Mirror Jan 10, 2011MIDLAND – As the Town of Midland inches closer to finalizing its 2011 budget, the street outreach program appears set to become a casualty of cost cutting. ...

Penetanguishene mayor says town won’t dispute population numbers for time beingBy Nicole Million Jan 07, 2011PENETANGUISHENE – The towns of Midland and Penetanguishene have less than three weeks to get their ducks in a row and submit feedback on propos...

…Somebody turned our places to eat; our most valuable food lands, into parking lots… That is what our Epitaph will someday proudly read unless we wake up and pay attention to what is going on all around us. In the U.S.A. according to today&...

AWARE Simcoe January 10 2011The following is in response to requests from residents who have been unable to find the draft 2011 budget on the County of Simcoe website.Here's how: ...

Invitation from Ontario government January 4 2011The Minister of Infrastructure released Proposed Amendment 1 to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006 <https://www.placestogrow.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=210&Itemid...

Letter from Cindy Hilliard Transition Town Orillia January 6 2010What sustainability Plan? You mean we have one? That would mean there are possibilities for all of us to contribute. It is possible....  In the words of the famous musician Dave Matthews,...

By Andrew Chung Toronto Star January 9 2011MONTREAL—Marie-Paule Spieser won’t drink water from a tap. Any tap. Anywhere. Such is the psychological legacy of learning 10 years ago that the well from which she and her young children were drawing their dr...