International Joint Commission holds public meetings in Midland, Collingwood July 16, 17AWARE Simcoe JUne 21 2012The International Joint Commission is coming to report on their plans to manage changing water levels and flows in the upper Great Lakes system. This your last opportunity to comment on th...

Great Lakes protection bill laudedBy Dave Battagello, The Windsor Star June 8, 2012 Provincial legislation aimed at protecting the Great Lakes is a major step in helping protect drinking water and attacking environmental issues caused by climate change, says a local environmentalist.Environment Minis...

Council of Canadians chairperson says governments more interested in profit than protection By Andrew Philips Simcoe.com May 29 2012  TINY TOWNSHIP – The Great Lakes require urgent care and attention to ensure they remain healthy for future generations. That was one of the primary messages delivered ...

A visit to the 'ground zero' of the Great LakesBy Emma Lui Rabble.ca May 25, 2012Yesterday afternoon National Chairperson Maude Barlow, Regional Organizer Mark Calzavara, London Chapter activists Gary Brown and Don McLeod and I arrived in Sarnia for our fifth stop of the Great Lakes Need Great Friend...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press May 17 2012PERKINSFIELD -Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians chairperson, who joined the protests that led to the cancellation of landfill Site 41, will be back in Tiny Township on May 28....

Barlow to speak in Tiny May 28News release from COC April 30 2012Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow is embarking on an eight city speaking tour aimed at protecting the Great Lakes from private interests and government complacency and restoring more democratic control over them....

By BUD TRIVETT AND BOB BOWLES Midland Free Press April 5 2012Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) was first confirmed in Lake Simcoe last year. It is unknown exactly how the virus gained entry to the Great Lakes.Full story...

By Niamh Scallan Simcoe.com Apr 03, 2011Engineering projects that would have helped Georgian Bay wetlands not recommendedNORTH SIMCOE – Bob Duncanson remembers the days years ago when he could kayak through the wetlands near his family’s cottage on Georgian Bay’s east coast. Today, a rise of land cov...

Current plan for managing water levels has hurt ecosystem IJC news release – January 31 2012 The International Joint Commission (IJC) is developing a potential new approach for managing water levels and flows in the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River system. The system’s current water regula...

Action alert from Great Lakes United January 12 2012In December, the Great Lakes United coalition passed a resolution in support of Canadian input into U.S. hydroseparation studies, to aide efforts preventing an Asian carp invasion into the Great Lakes....