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Mar 25th, 2019
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Graphic from Township of Oro-Medonte website From AWARE Oro-Medonte AGM Annual General Meeting When: Sunday April 7, 2019 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Where: Stanhope House at Carriage Hills Resort, 90 Highland Drive in Horseshoe Valley Map  Guest Speakers: David J. Hawke & Linda Myles Topic: Horseshoe-...
Mar 25th, 2019
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Cheryl Hardcastle MP By Janet Spring Springwater News September 21 2019 Since Edwin Espinal’s arrest, the Simcoe County Honduras Rights Monitor has received support from many different organizations and political parties. We have taken a non-partisan approach in our campaign to free Edwin Espinal and...
Mar 22nd, 2019
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Jack Gibbons From Jack Gibbons Lake Simcoe Watch This morning I made a deputation at the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority’s (LSRCA) Board of Directors meeting. On behalf of Lake Simcoe Watch, I asked the Board Members to direct their staff to work with the Province of Ontario and the Governm...
Mar 22nd, 2019
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Water protectors gather at Teedon Pit entrance.  AWARE News Network Thank you to the Council of Canadians and regional organizer Mark Calzavera for rallying their province-wide network of supporters to the defence of our water. Click here to sign the COC letter to Ontario Minister of Natural Resource...
Mar 22nd, 2019
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Dr. John Cherry  News release from AWARE Simcoe Groundwater will be the topic of discussion at a public meeting co-sponsored by AWARE Simcoe and the Elmvale Foundation on Sunday April 28 in Elmvale. “Groundwater is of major interest to residents of north Simcoe,” said AWARE Simcoe chair Don Morgan. “...
Mar 20th, 2019
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Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark joins local MPPs and other representatives for Burl’s Creek announcement. Property owners awaiting final decision from Ontario Municipal Board: Downey by Frank Matys Orillia Today The owners of Burl’s Creek Event Grounds have secured an extension of a temp...
Mar 20th, 2019
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Bill and Lorraine French  News release from Justice for Bill French committee A citizens’ committee has launched a campaign to address the misuse of the Municipal Elections Act which resulted in 10 charges of alleged non-compliance against former Springwater mayor Bill French. “We believe Bill has be...
Mar 15th, 2019
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AWARE News Network Simcoe County Council holds a special meeting next week, to consider the governance review launched by the Ontario government. Here is the agenda. Note listed correspondence for useful background on communications between the province and the county. Special Council and Committee o...
Mar 14th, 2019
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Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in friendly discussion with Honduras Foreign Affairs Minister Maria Dolores Agüero. by Yves Engler  Dissident Voice The hypocrisy is head spinning. As Justin Trudeau lectures audiences on the need to uphold Venezuel...
Mar 12th, 2019
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This graphic of an idealized geological cross section shows the interception of rain by the forests of the uplands (Simcoe Uplands) to the east. These hills are composed of coarse-grained sediments (rocks, gravel, sand) left behind by glaciers: rainwater percolates through the soils, becoming filtere...