News release from NVCA March 20 2012 A pilot project to determine the best way to manage limited water supplies during a drought has been undertaken by the Innisfil Creek Water Users Association (ICWUA) in partnership with the Nottawasaga Valley Conser...

By Meade Helman AWARE News Network March 21 2013 The CAO Jay Currier shared a process with council to arrive at an OPP decision that is much more transparent than what has happened to date. It will review costs that have been ignored to this point like...

By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner  March 19, 2013 SPRINGWATER TWP. - The clock is ticking for the wildlife compound at Springwater Provincial Park.The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has stated the compound — enclosures first built in the 1930s to ho...

Lake Ontario Waterkeeper March 19 2013 Late last week, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission gave the go-ahead to Ontario Power Generation to refurbish the existing nuclear power plant located about an hour east of Toronto on Lake Ontario. This is the...

'Fill operations can be very lucrative, multi-million dollar businesses,' councillors told By Kate Harries AWARE News Network March 19 2013What comes out has to go somewhere – and if it’s contaminated fill, it goes to whatever municipality has failed t...

By Sara Ross, QMI Agency March 17, 2013SEVERN TWP. - Developers of a proposed Cambrian Road solar farm are promising to replace the farmland they take away and add more.“We’d like to introduce a sheep flock so that it still remains a working farm despi...

 By Kate Harries AWARE News Network March 18 2013Simcoe County is soliciting public input on its plan to extend the term of office of the county warden from the current two years to a proposed four years. A  public meeting is set for Tuesday, March 26 ...

Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs hosts discussion email from Robert Bowles March 18 2013We have observed drastic changes with lower water levels in the Great Lakes especially in Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. ...

First Nations hold round dance to show their support for Springwater ParkBy Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner March 17, 2013SPRINGWATER TWP. - One dish, one spoon and a Wampum belt.The peaceful agreement between First Nations and the Crown officially call...

Canadian political leaders remain in thrall to gaudy casino economies, like prisoners suffering from an economic Stockholm syndromeBy Ian Gill Toronto Star Mar 17 2013Several years ago, sitting in my office in Vancouver where I was heading up Ecotrust ...