News release from Ontario Clean Air Alliance January 19 2012With the government’s announcement that all coal burning will cease at the Nanticoke and Lambton plants by the end of 2013, the dirty coal era is ending in Ontario.  This represents a huge env...

Email from Peaceful Parks Coalition January 20 2013A court action has begun against the City of London to halt the construction of a storm sewer pond on a sensitive wetland.The Application filed on December 21, 2012 claims the City of London acted ille...

AWARE Simcoe January 19 2013 The Ministry of Natural Resources has extended the deadline for comment on proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act to January 25 2013. Be sure to get your comment in! This earlier posting has links to changes being p...

Urgent action needed on proposed changes to Ontario's Endangered Species ActAction alert from John Bennett Sierra Club Canada January 19 2012The break is over and we only have a few days to convince the Ontario government not to weaken its already inad...

Residents and municipalities urged to rally against changesNews release Assoc. for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals January 13, 2013 Sweeping changes to the Ontario Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act could lead to ecological warfare in Ontario com...

Zero Waste Simcoe letter to Simcoe County Council January 18 2012It has come the attention of the Board of Zero Waste Simcoe that Simcoe County is considering shipping curbside waste to an Ontario landfill site. This is our understanding as per item re...

Deputy mayor 'surprised' LSRCA OK with region's dataBy Heidi Riedner YorkRegion.com Jan 17, 2013Georgina’s deputy mayor wants the town to hire its own consultants to examine the effects of a proposed sewage treatment plant in Queensville emptying into ...

By Morgan Ian Adams, Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin  January 15, 2013CLEARVIEW TWP. — Ken Ferguson admits he did his million-dollar happy dance.Or, that should be, $10 million, after an impromptu announcement at Monday night’s Clearview Township counc...

By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner January 17, 2013SPRINGWATER TWP. - No one was idle when the mercury dropped below minus -15 degrees Celsius in the sunshine on Nursery Road, Thursday.More than 50 people stomped their feet and shrugged in their winter ...

Report of Tiny Council meeting By Vickie Kee AWARE News Network January 17 2013 Mayor Millar is absent.Deputy-Mayor Lawrence chaired the meeting.Deputy-mayor Lawrence announces that today's meeting is beeing recorded.Deputy-Mayor Lawrence wants to put ...