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 ...
By Heidi Riedner Georgina Advocate Details of a disputed development application for the North Gwillimbury Forest will be made public after all after a recent tug of war over its release. The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority “blinked”, according to The North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance, whic...
from Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance After insisting for months that DG Group’s application to destroy wetlands in the North Gwillimbury Forest should remain tightly under wraps, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) has changed direction and agreed to release the...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority’s (NVCA) Human Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC) meets Aug. 13 to deal with the CAO’s report that requests “endorsement, in principle” to reduce its Board of Directors from 27 to 18 members. CAO Ga...
Springwater issues water restrictions From the Midhurst Ratepayers Association July 29 2015 On Tuesday, July 28, Springwater Township issued water restrictions for all those connected to municipal water. Residents are being advised to conserve water generally and, specifically, to reduce the watering...
from Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance The head of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) says the authority cannot release DG Group’s wetland destruction application because it would be illegal and against LSRCA policy to do so. Except there actually is no law that ...
By John Bacher Sierra Club Ontario Ontario’s environmental movement should be celebrating a remarkable victory won by a two year struggle for the re-opening of Springwater Provincial Park in Midhurst, 10 kilometres north of Barrie. Springwater is a 193 hectare forested park, with picnic grounds and 1...
By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times Development on Strawberry Island is one step closer to reality but still a long way off. Ramara Township council voted Monday night to approve an official-plan amendment designating Strawberry Island partially as “island accommodation” and ...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online A Free Press Online query as to why the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) invokes the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to shield its summary of permit approvals/refusals, from the public agenda, has sparked a review of the p...
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