Link to April 8 2013 meeting of New Tecumseth council ...

News release from AWARE Simcoe April 29, 2013Alliston, ON – The Mega Quarry might be no more…for the time being….but there’s nothing to stop powerful companies from trying the same thing again and again and again.Join AWARE Simcoe and guest speakers fo...

Fix water levels in Huron, Michigan: IJC By Morgan Ian Adams, Enterprise-Bulletin April 29, 2013The international agency tasked with monitoring the quantity and quality of water in the Great Lakes is recommending governments take steps to address recor...

Midhurst Ratepayers Association April 26 2013Public Forum on how Midhurst Development affects SpringwaterWhen: Tuesday May 7 at 7:00- 9:00 pmWhere: Elmvale Community Hall, 33 Queen St. W.AGENDA...

AWARE Simcoe April 23 2013 We defeated the Mega Quarry… for the time being… but there’s nothing to say it can’t happen again 100 times over! Now we need to change the Ontario Aggregate Resources Act to protect our clean water and prime farm...

MP says business must follow the rulesBy Brad Pritchard Apr 17, 2013  Alliston HeraldALLISTON - An Alliston restaurant owner has been told by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) it will go into “enforcement mode” at the end of next week if he do...

By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner April 20, 2013 SPRINGWATER TWP. - Almost three weeks after two Anishinaabe women began 'occupying' a cabin at Springwater Provincial Park, they held a native instructional class to a group of school children....

Motion approved by the AWARE Simcoe Board of Directors April 11 2013 WHEREAS Simcoe County’s Draft Modified Official Plan differs significantly from the proposed Official Plan that was the subject of public consultation in 2008 and WHEREAS most o...

AWARE Simcoe April 21 20113 Message from Beth Brass Elson at the Springwater Park occupation: Pass the word around we are having Dumpsite 41 Potluck Reunion at the Springwater Park Pavilion for Saturday May 4 at 5:00… Its been 4 years! Time to ga...

By MARCUS GEE The Globe and Mail Apr. 19 2013Barrie is hardly the first place you would go to see the new urbanism that is sweeping North American cities. The bedroom community of 140,000 an hour’s drive up the 400 highway from Toronto is about as subu...