from the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association The Ontario Beekeepers’ Association, representing the interests of Ontario’s 3,100 beekeepers, has come out in full support of the new regulations announced today. These regulations are intended to protect pollinators by reducing the use of neonicotinoid...
AWARE News Network Here in Simcoe County, the fight to stop Dump Site 41 marked a major move forward in relations between first peoples and non-indigenous residents, after women from Chimnissing (Beausoleil First Nation) took the lead in protecting the water and the land. Members of other nations als...
Statement on Divisional Court ruling on Ontario’s Endangered Species Act From Ontario Nature and other groups TORONTO — Ontario’s Divisional Court has upheld a provincial regulation that exempts major industries from the Endangered Species Act and allows them to kill species at risk and destroy their...
AWARE News Network From AWARE Simcoe’s submission on the 2015 Coordinated Planning Review “While well intentioned, the Growth Plan, Greenbelt Plan, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and Niagara Escarpment Plan have not served to adequately protect water, food land and ecological health...
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Hands up in favour of a motion to unconditionally lift the stop work order on the Beeton Forest clearcut: Front row: Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith, Ramara DM John O’Donnell, Tiny Mayor George Cornell, Warden & Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall (in chair); second row: Ramara Mayor Basil Clarke...
Updated Route for Migration Water Walk Letter from Josephine Mandamin Lead Waterwalker Dear Supporters: Please send this to whomever can respond to my request. Once again, I am approaching people to assist us with the rental of a van for approximately 2 months. I am hopeful that you can recognize th...
Paying for the last stand of trees: Club targeted by developer at OMB for defence of Dunlap Observatory From the Richmond Hill Naturalists Dear Fellow Concerned Citizens: “Help one another; there’s no time like the present and no present like the time.” – James Durst, songwriter The Richmond Hill N...
UPDATE – scroll down for link to LSRCA open letter From Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance Today, the board members of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) refused to close the door to development in provincially significant wetlands. The board’s actions have...
News release from the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists The Prince Edward County Field Naturalists have finally won their appeal against an industrial wind turbine project at Ostrander Point. The Decision by the Appeal Court of Ontario found that the project will cause serious and irreversible ...
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