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May 23rd, 2015
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May 14th, 2015
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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...
May 2nd, 2015
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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...
Apr 28th, 2015
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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...
Apr 24th, 2015
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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...
Apr 20th, 2015
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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 ...
Apr 15th, 2015
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From the Clearview Community Coalition The Niagara Escarpment, an important natural resource for Clearview Township and the Province, is threatened by the pressures of development.  CCC member Ruth Grier has stayed on top of the Niagara Escarpment Plan Review.  Please read her message, below.   You c...
Apr 14th, 2015
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  Beeton residents Scott Orr, Carolyn Milne, Stephanie MacLellan and Nicole Cox were among the objectors at a hearing today into  a stop work order issued last month to halt the clear cutting of the woodland north of Beeton. After hearing from a dozen objectors as well as lawyers representing pr...
Apr 12th, 2015
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AWARE News Network The following is the text of the AWARE Simcoe presentation to Simcoe County Council at the hearing into whether the stop-work order of the Beeton Woods clear cutting should be lifted. (The hearing is open to the public and all are urged to attend. This is the link to the agenda, wi...
Mar 26th, 2015
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AWARE News Network Just as soon as the NDP brought forward a bill to ban hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in Ontario,  Liberal Natural Resources Minister Bill Mauro dismissed fears of the controversial industry coming to the province as “hypothetical,” and ruled out the poss...