From Andrew McCammon Ontario Headwaters Institute The Ontario government continues its unparalleled and cynical assault on environmental protection and democratic norms. Its most recent effort was Bill 197, the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act (2020), which had virtually nothing to do with COVID nor a...
Innisfil Mayor Lynn Dollin News release from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Most of us in southern Ontario take safe and plentiful drinking water for granted, but that supply is being protected through the actions of numerous legislative provisions, one of which is a local stakeholder ...
The Critical Value of Wetlands – Ecology Ottawa photo Tories ram through omnibus bill AWARE News Network July 23 2020 On Tuesday the Ford government passed Bill 197, amending 20 existing laws and making pivotal changes to environmental law. The new measures include: -Sweeping changes to the En...
‘The scale of this is staggering,’ said member of Save Georgian Bay; Potential $3-billion project pitched as a ‘better use’ of Ontario’s ‘wasted’ renewable energy By: Erika Engel Collingwood Today A plan to store electricity using Georgian Bay water is either...
News release from Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition Environmental coalitions around Lake Simcoe have been waiting for the Province of Ontario to start the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan review for many months, and today Barrie-Innisfil MPP Andrea Khanjin announced that the Ministry will initiate the statutor...
Letter to Pierre Béland, Chair of the International Joint Commission, from Rene and Danny Vistoli, Tiny Township We are sending this email to formally request the assistance of the IJC in conjunction with the federal/provincial governments and OPG to manage the high water level crisis occurring in t...
Pachter playfully presents the Queen in a moment of contemplation, pondering which hat to choose, or rather, which role to assume. Lake Simcoe group wants someone to make a big decision News release from Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition In support of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition, one of Canada’s lead...
Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from Nature Canada and 235 organizations, including AWARE Simcoe July 10 2020 As organizations with a strong commitment to defending nature in Canada, we want to acknowledge the efforts that the Government of Canada has made to protect Canada’s populatio...
From the North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) has dismissed the request of Maple Lake Estates Inc. (MLE) for a review of the Tribunal’s December 2019 decision, which amended the Town of Georgina’s Official Plan by designating the MLE wetlands and woodlands...
Oro-Medonte’s designated water zones for Horseshoe Valley from John Thornton – Coordinator Horseshoe Valley Zone 1 Task Force Since the 1970’s families in Horseshoe Valley have been served by a municipal water system, much the same as thousands of families in towns and cities across Ontario. We...
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