MISSION STATEMENTAWARE Simcoe (Action Watch Affecting Residents Everywhere) is a non-partisan citizens’ group that works for transparency and accountability in government and to protect water, the environment and health. POLICY POSITIONS FOR ELECTION 2...

News release from the Council of Canadians July 8 2010 Ottawa – Canada should be denied the seat it is seeking on the UN Security Council if the Harper government obstructs a crucial upcoming vote on the right to water at the General Assembly, says Cou...

Letter writer responds to three articles Orangeville Citizen July 8 2010Please accept this as my response to “Unhelpful Criticism” , “County vigilantly investigating proposal” from June 17, 2010, as well as “Sounds like a good deal” from June 24, 2010....

By Michael Gennings Simcoe.com July 7 2010 STAYNER - Clearview Township council, acting on the advice of clerk Robert Campbell, has established a Compliance Audit Committee. ...

By Douglas Glynn Midland Free Press July 7 2010The chair of Zero Waste Simcoe –whose campaigns to reduce waste have helped spark a switch to cloth shopping bags -thinks Simcoe County should strive for greater waste diversion targets than those re...

By Sara Ross Midland Free Press July 7 2010Seven large solar-panel projects proposed for Severn and Oro-Medonte townships have to go through a “rigorous” government process before seeing the light of day, says Robert Leah, director of devel...

By Sara Ross Midland Free Press July 7 2010Seven large solar-panel projects proposed for Severn and Oro-Medonte townships have to go through a "rigorous" government process before seeing the light of day, says Robert Leah, director of development with ...

From Rosslyn Danby, AngusOn Wednesday, July 21 at 7 pm at the Camphill community (off Simcoe County Rd. 10, south of Angus, toward Baxter, 4th line)there will be a presentation by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority.  This presentation has be...

 AWARE Simcoe meeting in PenetanguisheneSaturday July 10, 2010 10 am to 12:30 pmRoyal Canadian Legion -2 Poyntz St.From Letty McNeil“Thank God that when our governments are failing us, we can hold fast to moral, spiritual and natural law by which to st...

Don’t think apartments belong in subdivisionsBy Matthew Talbot Alliston Herald June 30 2010 — ANGUS – Judging by the reaction of Township of Essa citizens at a public meeting recently, apartment buildings in subdivisions are something...