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Apr 15th, 2019
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Ontario Environment Minister Rod Phillips and Ontario Energy Minister Greg Rickford apply a “gasoline transparency sticker” to a gas pump in Oakville, Ont. on April 8, 2019. Rickford Twitter Photo By Allison Jones National Observer April 12 2019 Buried in Ontario’s budget bill are f...
Apr 11th, 2019
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A piping plover and chick at Wasaga Beach, where protective measures have led to the nesting of 36 breeding pairs and the fledging of 64 chicks in the last decade. Environmental groups fear Ontario’s review of the Endangered Species Act signals deregulation that could include piping plovers By ...
Apr 8th, 2019
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls after a Grassy Narrows protestor at Liberal Party fundraiser. AWARE News Network It turns out Mark Calzavera of Council of Canadians, well-known to those who stood at the gates of Site 41, was part of the party fundraiser action that revealed a mean spirit behind t...
Mar 14th, 2019
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AWARE News Network #youthstrike4future is a global youth climate change action started by Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teenager who today was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize Here is a link to a post for an event in Barrie – in front of town hall, 12.00-13.00 (noon to 1pm) on Friday 15 March 20...
Mar 10th, 2019
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  AWARE News Network From Ontario Farmland Trust website The Ontario Farmland Trust is pleased to announce that our 2019 Farmland Forum will explore the theme “A Natural Systems Approach to Farmland Protection.” Join us for a full day of presentations & discussion on: – Public-private partne...
Mar 5th, 2019
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The Ontario Tree Seed Plant From AWARE Essa The Ontario government has closed the Tree Seed Plant in Angus. The 26-acre site of this unique historic facility is now in the government’s “disposition of realty” process. Organizations such as municipalities, conservation authorities an...
Mar 5th, 2019
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Redside Dace -Fisher’s Films photo AWARE News Network The Endangered Species Act comment period is now closed.  We will see what impact public feedback will have on the government’s actions.  We are not overly optimistic that the needs of our endangered species will supersede the desire t...
Mar 4th, 2019
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Dr. Norman Yan, chair of Friends of Muskoka Watershed Friends of the Muskoka Watershed launch AshMuskoka, the 1st nonindustrial wood ash recycling program in Canada to scientifically solve calcium decline by Alison Brownlee Bracebridge Examiner February 28 2019 Wood ash could save Muskoka’s lakes and...
Mar 2nd, 2019
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The Jefferson Salamander is endangered, meaning it lives in the wild but is facing imminent extinction or extirpation. Let the Province know you don’t think vulnerable species are just red tape AWARE News Network With so many species – caribou, polar bears, sturgeon, turtles, eagles, swal...
Mar 2nd, 2019
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The Piping Plover, shown at Wasaga Beach, is listed as endangered, meaning it lives in the wild but is facing imminent extinction or extirpation. -AWARE Simcoe photo Ontario review of Endangered Species Act could put vulnerable species at even greater risk News release February 14, 2019 TORONTO — The...