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Jan 16th, 2017
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Dozens of complaints from residents who are getting by with little or no water By Mike Smee, CBC News An elderly couple in a municipality just east of Toronto have been living without running water for the past several months, and no one seems to know why Libby and Stan Racansky’s well has run ...
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Jan 15th, 2017
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By Ian McInroy Barrie Examiner Would you like a plastic straw with that? More and more customers are saying no, thanks to an innovative project by the Explore Lake Simcoe Sustainable Tourism project. The project was developed in partnership with the Government of Ontario, the RT07 tourism area and To...
Jan 8th, 2017
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AWARE Simcoe note: We fought to get the Nottawasaga River included in the Navigation Protection Act – and we won. But the NPA does not protect our waters in the way the ancient Navigable Waters Protection Act did, so we support this campaign for a return to meaningful legislation to preserve Ca...
Dec 7th, 2016
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Liberal government adds river to list under Navigable Waters By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun The Nottawasaga River is once again protected under federal legislation. In October, the federal government added the river to the list of rivers and lakes protected under the Navigation Protection Act. Several area ...
Dec 7th, 2016
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AWARE News Network We did it! Thanks to you, the Nottawasaga River has been added to the schedule of the Navigation Protection Act. Only two rivers have had their protection restored by the Liberal government. The other is the Nass River in British Columbia. The reason? The Canada Gazette listing of ...
Nov 25th, 2016
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Some of the concerned Wasaga Beach residents who attended a county council hearing on the Easdale wetland. Among them – front row, fourth from right – is Town Councillor Sylvia Bray. -AWARE Simcoe photo By Kate Harries – AWARE News Network Some 30 Wasaga Beach residents watched from...
Nov 23rd, 2016
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Health Canada Proposes Ban On Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid by Cory Knutt Pembina Valley Health Canada has now completed its re-evaluation of the neonicotinoid imidacloprid, which is used in pest control products. Scott Kirby, director of Environmental Evaluation at Health Canada, revealed the findings ...
Nov 23rd, 2016
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Public notice from New Tecumseth TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to the Planning Act the Corporation of the Town of New Tecumseth will hold a Public Meeting on Wednesday December 7, 2016 at 7:00pm in the Council Chambers of the Administration Centre, 10 Wellington Street East, Alliston THE PURPOSE of the p...
Nov 17th, 2016
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Municipalities don’t recover the full cost of stormwater management, according to report from Diane Saxe CBC News Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner wants homeowners to pay an additional fee to deal with flooding. Dianne Saxe, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, calls on every mu...
Nov 17th, 2016
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By Heidi Riedner Georgina Advocate An appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) filed Thursday morning is the latest attempt by an environmental group to save significant wetlands from development in Georgina. The North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance has always contended the town’s official plan is “f...