As a long time local resident of Springwater Township I am very concerned about the health of our renowned Minesing Wetlands, often referred to as the “Minesing Swamp.” This jewel of a wetland, home to many rare and endangered species, is under increasing pressure from human activities. W...
News release from AWARE Simcoe Simcoe County should not be acting as an agent for a developer in pursuing a costs award, a spokesperson for AWARE Simcoe says. “AWARE Simcoe believes it is totally inappropriate for County lawyer Marshall Green to be representing both the County and Tecumseth Estates i...
Welcome Autumn…Critical Developments Await From Save Midhurst Village – Midhurst Ratepayers Association As Margaret Atwood told us, it is important for us to keep pushing that rock further up the hill. Each day we get closer. We’ve had important events happen in our campaign to brin...
Letter from AWARE Simcoe board member and Beeton resident Stephanie MacLellan to New Tecumseth Free Press Regarding your story that Simcoe County is aggressively pursuing its cost award of $5,000 from AWARE Simcoe, an award County Council decided to give away if collected, we learn now County ...
News release from the North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance The David Suzuki Foundation, Ontario Nature, Environmental Defence, AWARE Simcoe and the NGFA have asked the Government of Ontario to instruct the Region of York that it must amend the Town of Georgina’s Official Plan to ensure that it prohibits...
An Ontario court has ruled that the Ontario Municipal Board exceeded its mandate when it set new policy on parkland By NOOR JAVED Toronto Star The Town of Richmond Hill has emerged victorious in its challenge of an Ontario Municipal Board decision that would have significantly reduced the amount of p...
Letter to AWARE Simcoe from Danial Boyce We [meaning Danial and Tawnya], as the appellants in the OMB proceeding are so grateful for the overwhelming support of Council at the September 14th public meeting. Council unanimously voted to recommend repeal of the previously enacted bylaw, now known to ha...
By Mehreen Shahid, Orillia Packet & Times Severn Township council is likely to repeal a bylaw that has caused concern for residents of Carlyon Line. Council chambers Wednesday evening was at capacity, with more than 60 residents showing up at the planning and development committee’s meeting to he...
updated Monday Sept. 19 2016 By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The Ontario Municipal Board has released a ruling on the County of Simcoe’s motion that the board does not have jurisdiction to overrule county council’s decision not to grant any Chiarelli population allocations to some majo...
New Tecumseth Free Press Simcoe County, second in a line of two behind Tecumseth Estates in the order of who gets paid their court ordered costs imposed against AWARE Simcoe, first, is pursing an aggressive collection strategy by conducting an “Examination in Aid of Execution” to “...
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