'When we opened our eyes, they has the land and we had the Bible'By David McLaren AWARE News Network September 10 2012In John Milloy’s A National Tragedy, there are before and after photographs of an Aboriginal boy. In the before photo, his hair is lon...

'Sustainable growth is an oxymoron'AWARE Simcoe September 10 2012Put on your headphones and listen to Jeff Rubin, former CIBC Chief Economist and author of The End of Growth and Rex Weyler, ecologist, activist, writer and a co-founder of Greenpeace as ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in what will be a regular series of reports from Bradford West GwillimburyBy Meade Helman AWARE News Network September 9 2012Learned a few things at Tuesday night’s town council meeting. 1.      It is OK for the VP of G...

City staff take a drubbing over secrecyBy San Grewal Toronto Star September 5 2012 Brampton councillors took turns chastising senior city staff Wednesday for routinely keeping councillors in the dark and “failing to report” on important issues that are...

Marshall agrees with group’s assessment that citizens’ voices not heardBy Maija Hoggett Barrie Advance Sep 05, 2012 SIMCOE COUNTY - AWARE Simcoe is calling for public meetings before Simcoe County council approves its updated official plan. A new versi...

By Roberta Bell, Orillia Packet & Times September 3, 2012For the past six years, Bruce Stanton has represented Simcoe North in the House of Commons.A native of Severn Township, he’s lived in the community his whole life. Four years ago, he moved to Oro...

By Bruce Hain Barrie Advance  Sep 05, 2012INNISFIL/BARRIE — Innisfil could be joining Barrie in a boundary shuffle of federal electoral boundaries, with the new riding tentatively being called Barrie South.But the mayors of both municipalities agree th...

AWARE Simcoe September 9 2012 The Ontario Electoral Boundaries Commissioner is holding public hearings to gather opinions on the proposed boundaries and electoral district names. The one in Simcoe County will be held Wednesday October 17 in the Barrie,...

Email from KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives John Rice, an Anishinabe/Ojibway healer and story teller – and an instructor at Georgian College in Aboriginal Studies – will lead a workshop on  Kindling the Flames of Aboriginal Justice. The ...

AWARE Simcoe September 8 2012 Jennifer Howard, whose photographs adorned AWARE Simcoe’s 2010 municipal election brochure, is having a sale. Set for Sunday September 23 (rain date: Sunday September 30), it will take place at her home at 3950 Alberta Ave...