• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

Author "AWARE Simcoe"

Dec 19th, 2023
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By Michael Owen, December 7, 2023, Bradford Today ‘This simple solution — for a very modest amount of money — will significantly reduce waste entering into our watershed, protecting our ecosystems,’ says Scott Bradford is looking to take ou...
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Dec 14th, 2023
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Dinner and a Blue Rodeo Tribute Concert with Diamond Mine Saturday December 16, 2023 Utopia Hall 8396 6th Line, Utopia ON Dinner Buffet at 6pm Concert starts at 7pm Advance Tickets $50 Tickets At-the-Door $65 Led by Barry James Payne, former guitarist ...
Dec 10th, 2023
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Kinga Surma, Ontario Minister of Infrastructure, trade places at the podium during a news conference at Ontario Place, in Toronto on April 18, 2023Chris Young/The Canadian Press Value-for-money reports critique province on...
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Dec 10th, 2023
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Community organizations are calling on the provincial government to reinstate all protections for the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve. Pictured are community members rallying in front of Ajax MPP Patrice Barnes’s office more than one year ago...
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Dec 6th, 2023
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Join Stacy Brenner, Senior Policy Advisor for Maine Farmland Trust’s land access programs, and Krisztian Varsa, Georgia Farms Fund Program Manager for the Conservation Fund to learn about their organizations’ unique approaches to land access for farmer...
Dec 6th, 2023
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Municipal planners and land trusts often work independently and use different systems towards their conservation goals. Both systems have their strengths and challenges and yet the two groups rarely collaborate to effect significant, long-term protecti...
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Dec 6th, 2023
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance Napanee takes the bait Last night, Greater Napanee Town Council decided to sell its residents’ right to clean air and a safe climate to Ontario Power Generation (OPG). Town Council endorsed OPG’s plan to build a third massive...
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Dec 6th, 2023
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Susan Kao / Toronto Star illustration using Dreamstime photos By Kevin Jiang, Staff Reporter, The Toronto Star November 29, 2023 Ontario dispenses nearly half of the 5 million tonnes of road salt spread across Canada each year and experts say it’s chan...
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Dec 6th, 2023
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By Marco Chown Oved, Staff Reporter, The Toronto Star November 29, 2023 At a meeting on Monday evening, Loyalist Township declined to support a new gas plant. On Tuesday, Napanee council endorsed a bid by Atura power to build a new gas plant in their c...
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Dec 3rd, 2023
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Ontario doubles down on climate denial The Ford Government is making it clearer than ever that it has no interest in addressing climate change, despite record global temperatures and a summer of fires that blanketed much of this province in choking smo...