AWARE News Network The Ontario government has launched a public consultation process on climate change: Climate Change Discussion Paper, EBR #012-3452. This is an exercise we should all get involved in as a first step. Future steps will be to ensure our government follows through with real action to ...
From Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance On Friday March 27th, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority’s (LSRCA) board of directors will be hearing deputations from the public with respect to their draft new Watershed Development Guidelines, which prohibit the building of subdi...
Remember how the local Oro-Medonte residents banded together to fight the Weber’s hamburger outlet on Highway 400 proposal? The Township wisely supported the residents, went to the Ontario Municipal Board and won. Now two more groups of residents have formed to fight unwelcome proposals in their neig...
From Climate Action Now Blue Dot campaign for the right to a healthy environment kicks into high gear! WHEN Friday March 13, 2015 at 5:30pm – 7:30pm WHERE Unity Market Cafe & Studios 25 Toronto St., Barrie Google map and directions There are a number of exciting projects about to get underw...
Together we make history! From the Everett Ratepayers Association The Everett Ratepayers Association is holding a townhall meeting to create a new organization to represent residents of all Adjala-Tosorontio so that together we have a voice to bring up our concerns and fight issues that threaten our...
By Dr. Trevor Hancock Times Colonist For the past three years, I have been leading an important project for the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), which led to the release on May 25th of our Discussion Paper and a 100-page technical report on global change and public health. In these document...
Further restoration work vital to environmental integrity of Oak Ridges Moraine News release from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority An environmental report card recently released by a coalition of conservation authorities reveals that efforts to protect the Oak Ridges Moraine have been la...
From Ontario Nature This afternoon, the provincial government announced the start of the much anticipated review of plans that protect the Oak Ridges Moraine, Niagara Escarpment and Greenbelt.To protect these embattled landscapes forever, we must unequivocally tell the government that we want: strong...
Premier Kathleen Wynne has chosen the former mayor to revisit the decade-old Greenbelt Plan that curbs urban sprawl from Niagara Falls to Peterborough By: Robert Benzie Toronto Star Premier Kathleen Wynne has tapped former Toronto mayor David Crombie to revisit the decade-old Greenbelt that curbs ur...
Orangeville Citizen Orangeville Council has voted to follow municipalities like Mono in banning the use of Neonicotinoid Pesticides (Neonics) in the Town of Orangeville, and send a request to the provincial and federal governments, to phase out the use of all neonics in both agricultural and ornament...
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