Erin Archer. Anne Ritchie Nahuis and Judith Grant at the Elmvale flow (fed by an artesian well, one of many in the area that’s the source of the world’s purest water) for the launch last fall of the save our water tiny website “The water speaks to me; I know her to be a living [&hel...
News release from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority For the second time in its 61 year history, the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) will be led by two women. In today’s Annual General Meeting, Mariane McLeod, Councillor for the Town of Collingwood was elected as Chair, wh...
David Strachan’s song, the Special Rule, summarized how wrong it is to allow this development to go ahead. By Cheryl Browne Barrie Advance In this David and Goliath story, David threw a dozen rocks, but couldn’t knock the giant down. David Strachan, treasurer of the Midhurst Ratepayers Associa...
Rendering of aerial view of Harbour Village at the Narrows. Source: Rama Road Corridor MZO package, Ramara Township Ministerial zoning orders an authoritarian tool that will cost taxpayers in the long run By Phil Brennan AWARE Simcoe The current use of ministerial zoning orders (MZOs) by the provinci...
Part of a consultant’s expectation of how Springwater tax rates, driven by the Midhurst development, will rise and fall over the next 20 years. Full slideshow presentation. Webcast of meeting (1 hour long). By Bill French Springwater News I just want to make a comment on the flaw in the Mayor...
Freele Tract From Friends of Simcoe Forests This pertains to the Springwater Township Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) matter which the County of Simcoe appealed to LPAT as a result of the Township’s failure to make a decision on its Official Plan and Zoning by-laws to establish the Environmenta...
Sideroad 26/27 SAVE Escarpment Wetlands, SAVE County Road 91 From the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation One of our popular inter-county roads is on the chopping block. The proposed replacement is a seasonal sideroad with a 14% grade that traverses delicate Niagara Escarpment wetlands. Walker A...
Wayne Mixemong AWARE News Network Another Site 41 warrior has left us. Wayne Mixemong of Beausoleil First Nation passed away suddenly on January 13 2021, in his 67th year. He will be remembered by other veterans of the Site 41 battle to prevent a dump site being built atop the world’s purest water &#...
News release from AWARE Simcoe The Ontario government has granted CRH Canada a 10-year permit to take water from the recharge site of the world’s purest water. “This is part of a continuing pattern of politicians allowing multi-national corporations to deplete our planet,” said Anne Ritchie Nahuis of...
Posted on the Environmental Registry of Ontario AWARE News Network Over 5,000 comments were received. The decision details what the government considers to be the major concerns raised by “stakeholders” and why it has decided they can be disregarded. There is a 15-day appeal period. The d...
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