Approvals stand for Maple Lake Estates developmentNews release from the Town of Georgina - July 19 2012 Metrus Development Inc., owner of Maple Lake Estates (MLE), has withdrawn their appeal against York Region’s Regional Official Plan (ROP) and is no ...

by DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press July 19, 2012The International Joint Commission (IJC) was told Monday that a “do nothing” approach to restore the water levels of Lakes Michigan-Huron and Georgian Bay is unacceptable.Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton jo...

By Sara Ross, Orillia Packet & Times July18 2012ORILLIA - Orillia’s integrity commissioner has opened a case into a potential conflict of interest involving Mayor Angelo Orsi....

Politicians, scientists, activists, citizens urge action on Upper Great Lakes water levelsBy Kate Harries AWARE News Network July 19 2012MIDLAND – People care about water. There’s a visceral understanding of how important it is.We saw that in the Dump ...

‘We have already lost one-quarter of the submerged habitat in wetlands since the 1990s’ AWARE News Network July 19 2012 The following are notes or text of five presentations made to the July 16 meeting of the International Joint Commission in Midland. ...

By Morgan Ian Adams, Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin July 18 2012COLLINGWOOD — For a brief moment, it appeared as though this public meeting was about to get out of hand.About two-thirds of the way into its hearing and with about 300 people crammed int...

From Mary Muter: presentation to public meeting International Joint Commission July 16 2012  Chairs Comuzzi and Pollack, Commissioners Knott, Glance and Moy, As you are aware, I am the Great Lakes Section Chair for Sierra Club Ontario and acting Co-cha...

From Dr. Pat Chow-Fraser, Professor and Director of Life Sciences, McMaster University, Department of Biology, Hamilton, ON – presentation to public meeting  International Joint Commission July 16 2012 I am speaking on behalf of those organisms t...

From Paul Cowley: presentation to public meeting on low levels in Upper Great Lakes International Joint Commission July 16, 2012 Good evening Co-chairs, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen My name is Paul Cowley and I am President of the Federation of ...

From Tiny Deputy Mayor George Lawrence: Notes for remarks to public meeting International Joint Commission  July 16 2012 Thank I.F.C. for the opportunity to have our water level concerns addressed! It is apparent after 17 million dollars spent on resea...