News release from AWARE Simcoe WASAGA BEACH – Water quality in the Nottawasaga River is deteriorating, and the functionality of the Minesing Wetlands as a buffer against flooding and erosion is being reduced. These are some of the indicators and threats: *Walleye have all but disappeared from the riv...
Mayoral candidate Rob Keffer makes open campaign pledge Calls on rival candidates to join him in transparency, no developer dollars from Rob Keffer campaign BRADFORD—Mayoral candidate and current Deputy Mayor Rob Keffer wrote to his rival candidates today, encouraging them to join him in raising the ...
Significant deficiencies in Highland’s studies point to gaping flaw in province’s developer-driven process From NDACT website AWARE News Network Recently, a peer review study of the Melancthon mega-quarry was released. Commissioned by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority in response to...
AWARE News Network interview with Margaret Prophet of the Modhurst Residents Associaiton – 42,000 have signed the petition – that’s getting on for ten times the previous goal of 5,000 – are you surprised? Yes and no. When we started the petition, we weren’t even sure i...
Midhurst resolution gives staff, chair authority to settle at OMB By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority board members postponed approval of a controversial efficiency audit last Friday following an outcry from citizens’ groups. They also passed a resoluti...
The Nottawasaga Steelheaders have a series of fact sheets with information about the Nottawasaga River and related issues. This is the text of their most recent publication, regarding the Midhurst Secondary plan. Midhurst Secondary Plan Threatens Us! The Nottawasaga Steelheaders, a volunteer group of...
Sierra Club says ban bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides now! News release from Sierra Club Canada Foundation OTTAWA — The findings of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) undertaken by the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides make it absolutely clear neonicotinoid pesticides must be banned ...
SCROLL DOWN FOR TURNIP’S STORY – VIDEO OF FULL SPEECH Calls on premier to correct previous government’s mistakes Margaret Atwood came, and Midhurst turned out to welcome her! Can the Midhurst Secondary Plan be stopped? Yes, Atwood told a crowd of about 400, after reviewing the chang...
Open letter to the Georgian Bay Community from Restore Our Waters International Recently the Georgian Bay Association (GBA) requested that Restore Our Water International (ROWI) participate in a mediation session with other organizations to arrive at a common position regarding what should be done a...
By Kate Harries AWARE News Network MIDHURST – The public has been shut out of the process to approve Simcoe County’s Official Plan, the Ontario Municipal Board heard Monday in presentations from several citizens’ groups. The groups – AWARE Simcoe, the Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture, Ontario ...
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