AWARE News Network Today opponents of the County of Simcoe’s proposal to build a waste facility in the Freele County Forest filed a legal challenge in their fight against the County’s plan. The Friends of Simcoe Forests Inc. filed a Notice of Application for Judicial Review with Divisional Court chal...
Unprecedented energy use since 1950 transformed our planetary environment and humanity’s geologic footprint AWARE Simcoe note: William Shotyk, Bocock Chair for Agriculture and the Environment at the University of Alberta, is one of 18 co-authors of a paper in the journal Nature Communications Earth a...
Prairie Smoke in the Cedarhurst Alvar – William McIntyre photo New conservation area worth $10 million dollars a year in ecosystem goods and services News release from Nature Conservancy of Canada The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and the Couchiching Conservancy have partnered in their eff...
“Minister Yakabuski, we call on you and the MNRF to provide a science-based, detailed and peer-reviewed approach to resolve conflicts with cormorants.” Open Letter Regarding Fall Harvest of Double-crested Cormorants To: Minister John Yakabuski, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry (...
Clark won’t grant minister’s zoning orders to projects going through LPAT process, including the ERRC in Springwater Township By Jessica Owen Barrie Today The County of Simcoe’s Environmental Resource Recovery Centre (ERRC) project will not be granted a minister’s zoning order from the province...
Back: Councillor Emmett Yeo, Councillor Clare Riepma, Mayor Virginia Hackson, Councillor Keenan Aylwin, Mayor Margaret Quirk, Councillor Randy Greenlaw, Councillor Alex Waters, Fron: Councillor Shira Harrison-McIntyre, Regional Councillor Tom Vegh, Councillor Avia Eek, Regional Chairman Wayne Emmer...
Migratory birds, like the endangered Black Tern, are protected in the U.S. and Canada by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Correction: a previous AWARE Simcoe caption included incomplete information about the recently introduced Double-crested Cormorant hunt. ‘It is not only a sin to kill a mockingbird...
MP fails to stand up for Lake Huron Georgian Bay constituents Letter to Tiny Township Council from Frank Dunnigan, Tiny Township On behalf of the Bluewater Community Action Group (BCAG), we congratulate you for passing the two high water resolutions this week. July 27 2020 Tiny Township Council resol...
From Mark Calzavera Council of Canadians This month, Ontario proposed changes to the process for issuing permits for bottled water companies that want to extract groundwater. Stronger regulations on water takings for all uses are needed, but these proposed changes will not protect groundwater from th...
The TC Energy project has faced a backlash from some residents near the pumped storage site, forcing the company to modify its plans. -Don Pittis/CBC photo Pipeline company turns its skills to pumped hydro to create new value from existing power plants By Don Pittis · CBC News On the face of it, the ...
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