By TEVIAH MORO Orillia Packet and Times March 30 2010The plastics industry is pressuring Orillia city councillors to reconsider a bylaw that charges shoppers five cents per plastic bag. The policy, even in its preliminary stages, provoked howls of disapproval from those in the business of manufacturi...
SDS41 April 3 2010Simcoe County has spent more than $240,000 to withhold the Site 41 Modflow calibrated computer model from the Site 41 Community Monitoring Committee and the public, a letter to the Site 41 Community Monitoring Committee from Tiny Township resident Hugh Anson-Cartwright reveals.The q...
National environmental group supports call for a time-out on massive hearings in Ontario’s Greenbelt
News release — Toronto, Ontario – March 18 20101 – Environmental Defence is joining forces with the Niagara Escarpment Commission, Clearview Community Coalition and Protecting Escarpment Rural Land (PERL) to protect the Niagara Escarpment, which is under threat from two proposed quarries. One q...
The Clearview Community Coalition is holding a meeting Saturday March 27, Duntroon Hall, 10am-12pm about the massive new quarry on the Niagara Escarpment, Simcoe County’s behind-closed-doors give-away of a scenic County Road to private interests, and the threat to water and endangered species. Full d...
Site 41 opponents shouldn’t be focusing on the next Simcoe County council to make sure the controversial landfill never opens. They should continue to pressure this group of county councillors. Last summer, under extreme public pressure, this county council decided not to go ahead with its plan...
By Kate Harries WaterWatch One of the longest environmental battles in Canadian history is drawing to a close. Today, Simcoe County councillors voted overwhelmingly to request that the Ontario Ministry of the Environment revoke the Site 41 Certificate of Approval. They also passed by a narrow margin ...
Essa council looks to extend special policy area northBy Matthew Talbot Alliston Herald April 27 2010ANGUS – A Canadian Tire store for Angus that was until recently the subject of an Ontario Municipal Board appeal could achieve another stunted move forward. The development of the store has by t...
Could open doors to development despite floodplain designationANGUS – The Township of Essa put a hold on any discussions over development of a special policy area in Angus after more residents stepped forward to be included. The policy area would allow the township to approve development in the...
The second in a series of grassroots meetings in preparation for the October 25 municipal election in Simcoe County is to be held this week in Bradford.EVENT: Spring into Action public meetingTIME: 9:30am-12 noon, Saturday, May 1.PLACE: St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2940 SR 10,...
By Kate Harries WaterWatchSimcoe County’s second and final round of consultation sessions on its proposed solid waste management strategy are to be held next week. At yesterday’s county council meeting, Tiny Mayor Peggy Breckenridge asked whether the recommendations outlined in Stantec’s ‘Phas...
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