One of the first of many projects to use Ontario Health Study data now published Ontario Health Study Newsletter This article originally appeared in the October 2015 issue of Hospital News Trees provide us with shade and help to clean the air, but new research shows they may also be helping us out in...
By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Simcoe County councillors voted yesterday to collect $5,000 in legal costs from AWARE Simcoe in the Beeton Woods case. Mayor Rick Milne of New Tecumseth, where the woodland that is to be clearcut is located, urged his fellow councillors to “move on” and waive the co...
Council of Canadians’ Maude Barlow condemns judge’s decision as “perversion of justice” AWARE Simcoe news release A massive costs award against a watchdog environmental group could have an adverse impact on citizens’ ability to protect their communities and natural herit...
AWARE Simcoe recommendations to promote transparency and public participation Text of submission to Simcoe County Governance Committee November 5, 2015 Meeting. AWARE Simcoe respectfully submits the following recommendations to the Simcoe County Governance Committee with the intention and hope of fur...
AWARE Simcoe Comments on Simcoe County OPF/MMF Site Selection AWARE Simcoe is pleased to submit comments on the Site selection process for the Organics Processing Facility and Materials Management Facility. We see these new facilities as a necessary step in the progression toward a zero waste economy...
Danny Beaton examines the massive stump of an ancient maple at French’s Hill Tiny’s large old forest tracts atop world’s purest water are a precious resource By John Bacher Tiny Township is blessed to have some of the rarest and largest old-growth forests in southern Ontario south o...
Environmental groups win right to appeal decision on industry exemptions Ontario Nature news release TORONTO – The Ontario Court of Appeal has granted Ontario Nature and Wildlands League leave to appeal a lower court ruling that puts already endangered species at further risk of extinction. “Biologic...
Ground breaking case invokes Charter to protect First Nation community from toxic harm Today the Grassy Narrows First Nation is filing legal proceedings against Ontario asking the Divisional Court to overturn provincial plans for a decade of clearcut logging on Grassy Narrows’ homeland. This sm...
AWARE Simcoe News Release A judge has ruled against an application by AWARE Simcoe for an injunction against any cutting of the Beeton Woods until October, when a date was set for a judicial review of Simcoe County’s decision to lift a stop-work order. Tecumseth Estates has the right to start clear-c...
The following letter has been sent on behalf of AWARE Simcoe to federal party leaders and local candidates From the time of Confederation, each and every Canadian has had the right to travel on 40,000 lakes and 2.5 million rivers across the land. In October, 2012, the Conservative government brought ...
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