By Debora Van Brenk London Free Press December 19, 2012 A comprehensive study analyzing and ranking 34 stressors the Great Lakes are battling against shows Lakes Erie and Ontario are under the greatest stress. It’s no coincidence that’s where the highe...

 Call to Action: Thank You Notes! Message From NDACT Chair Carl Cosack December 16 2012Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone,Consider the original NDACT mission statement: NDACT's mission is to preserve and protect the unique and non-renewable re...

Letter to the editor New Tecumseth Free Press December 13, 2012Your article regarding the Legal fees for Freedom of Information and the lack of reporting expenditures to Council is interesting but only the tip of the iceberg.Lawyers only do and say as ...

EDITORIAL COMMENTBy Meade Helman AWARE News Network December 14 2012 This is supposed to be a democracy, but our BWG council seems to be working hard to eliminate any and all citizen input since the last election. OR as one of our councillors told me, ...

Report of December 10 Tiny Council Meeting By Vickie Kee AWARE News Network December 13 2012Mayor Millar asked for comments on the oral submission from Sandy Agnew, representing AWARE Simcoe, on the "Advantages Of Municipal Membership in a Conservation...

Environment 360 September 11 2012Photographer Peter McBride travelled along the Colorado River from its source high in the Rocky Mountains to its historic mouth at the Sea of Cortez. ...

By Kate Harries AWARE News Network December 11 2012There’s an old guard and a new guard at Simcoe County Council. It’s not a matter of length of service, and it’s not a matter of left/right political positions. Old guard tends to cleave to the party li...

New Tecumseth Free Press December 10, 2012 The only details confirmed about a Freedom of Information (FOI) request made of the Town is that it involves four related matters, and it has so far cost New Tecumseth about $5,000 in legal bills to justify it...

By MARK HUME The Globe and Mail Nov. 30 2012When a small native band in British Columbia launched an online petition to oppose increased water use by the gas industry, it was hoping for 500 signatures.A month later, the Fort Nelson First Nation has nea...

Neoliberalism is not the root of the problem: it is the ideology used to justify a global grab of power, public assets and natural resources by an unrestrained eliteBy George Monbiot The GuArdian December 3 2012Humankind's greatest crisis coincides wit...