By Allan Gregg October 5 2013Link to allangregg.com and video overview 200 years ago today, in what is now called Moraviantown, Ontario, the great Shawnee warrior, Tecumseh was killed defending Canada against invading American troops during the War of 1812. After waging a fearsome battle with the enc...

Bones of First Nation’s ancestors that had spent decades in boxes at the University of Toronto and the Ontario Heritage Trust are re-interred at a heritage site near VaughanBy Jane Gerster Toronto Star Sep 14 2013 There was no bitterness and no anger, just a sense of closure as members of the Huron-W...

Sole Idle No More protester to be targeted for Sarnia-area railroad blockadeAWARE Simcoe August 26 2013Aamjiwnaang activist Ron Plain joined a blockade of the CN railroad during the Idle No More protests last December. He ended up being the spokesperson, the target of legal action and the sole partic...

By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner April 20, 2013 SPRINGWATER TWP. - Almost three weeks after two Anishinaabe women began 'occupying' a cabin at Springwater Provincial Park, they held a native instructional class to a group of school children....

Letter from Keith and Ina Wood, Tiny TownshipTwo brave, heroic native women are occupying a cabin at Springwater Park. They are protesting the closure of the park by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in the hope that it can be turned into a learning centre....

Orillia Packet and Times April 15, 2013The next edition of the Orillia Museum of Art and History’s History Speakers’ Series will take place Wednesday at St. Paul’s United Church (assembly hall on the lower floor) at 62 Peter St. N. beginning at 7:30 p.m.The featured guest speaker for the evening gath...

CORRECTED - In earlier version, comments made by Wilson were incorrectly attributed to Les Stewart. AWARE Simcoe regrets the error. AWARE News Network April 9 2013Natural Resources Minister supports taking another look at options for keeping Springwater Provincial Park open, Conservative MPP Jim Wils...

By Kate Harries AWARE News Network April 6 2012 Springwater Park put its best foot forward as county residents turned out for an impromptu show of support today. “This is beautiful,” people said, breathing in the fresh air of an early-spring day, snow still in drifts under the trees, vernal pools eme...

By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner April 5, 2013SPRINGWATER TWP. - There’s wood piled neatly outside the door and colourful curtains on the windows inside the log home at Springwater Provincial Park.Two First Nations women moved into the cabin nestled amongst the pines five days ago and have settled i...

By Erich Jacoby-Hawkins Barrie Examiner April 3, 2013 I commended Ontario’s Liberal government for putting participatory democracy into action when crafting the Lake Simcoe Protection Act and Plan.However, this same government has become acutely non-participatory, seemingly deaf to entreaties to save...