Political leaders must end sprawl, create higher-density communities surrounded by greenbelts of protected farmlandBy David Suzuki and Faisal Moola Toronto Star Feb 21 2013 Despite its huge area, Canada has relatively little dependable farmland. Good s...

By Carl Cosack February 22 2013 First: Display your Food and Water First  signs in spring.The FOOD AND WATER FIRST campaign is in full swing and needs your help. We are close to being ready to ask every organization and business that earns its living f...

Meaford Express by Chris Fell Febraru 23 2013 Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health Dr. Hazel Lynn has reviewed the available literature and concluded that industrial wind turbines are affecting people.Dr. Lynn presented her long-anticipated review of a...

From NGFA February 22 2012An Interim Control Bylaw (ICB) to restrict development in wetland and significant woodland areas of the North Gwillimbury Forest, including the Maple Lake Estates (MLE) property, can be f ully justified on legal grounds, accor...

Innisfil Heights Strategic Settlement Employment Area Ontario government website Feb 9 2013 The “made in Simcoe” amendment to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006, came into effect on January 19, 2012.  The development and implementat...

By Morgan Ian Adams, Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin January 20, 2013   COLLINGWOOD – Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Kathleen Wynne says she supports giving municipalities more autonomy when it comes to siting green energy projects. In a st...

By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner  February 14, 2013 SPRINGWATER TWP. - Simcoe County councillors will mull over options for Springwater Provincial Park during a regular meeting at the end of the month.In the meantime, the Ministry of Natural Resources (...

BY PETER WORTHINGTON QMI AGENCY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2013In the movie Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Michael Caine plays an aging roué on the French Riviera who justifies taking money from wealthy foreign women because “it’s for the children.”...

UPDATED AGAINPresenting: An alternative to growth and higher taxes: the AWARE Simcoe vision for Simcoe CountyAWARE Simcoe February 16 2013Update: Faisal Moola of the David Suzuki Foundation and Carl Cosack of NDACT, the group that forced the mega-quarr...

Deadline for comment extended to February 25Email from Ontario Nature February 14 2013 Recently, we told you about the government’s proposals to water down its own Endangered Species Act (ESA).We have since found out that the Ministry of Natural Resour...