Sideroad 26/27 SAVE Escarpment Wetlands, SAVE County Road 91 From the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation One of our popular inter-county roads is on the chopping block. The proposed replacement is a seasonal sideroad with a 14% grade that traverses delicate Niagara Escarpment wetlands. Walker A...
Wayne Mixemong AWARE News Network Another Site 41 warrior has left us. Wayne Mixemong of Beausoleil First Nation passed away suddenly on January 13 2021, in his 67th year. He will be remembered by other veterans of the Site 41 battle to prevent a dump site being built atop the world’s purest water &#...
News release from AWARE Simcoe The Ontario government has granted CRH Canada a 10-year permit to take water from the recharge site of the world’s purest water. “This is part of a continuing pattern of politicians allowing multi-national corporations to deplete our planet,” said Anne Ritchie Nahuis of...
Posted on the Environmental Registry of Ontario AWARE News Network Over 5,000 comments were received. The decision details what the government considers to be the major concerns raised by “stakeholders” and why it has decided they can be disregarded. There is a 15-day appeal period. The d...
What’s next after the gutting of Conservation Authorities? From Ontario Nature Protecting Ontario’s Environmental Future Webinar January 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Free On December 8th, the Ontario government passed a new law which seriously weakened Conservation Authorities, allowing the province ...
Link to video message From David Attenborough …It’s been a challenging few months for many of us but the reaction to these extraordinary times has proved that when we work together there is no limit to what we can accomplish. Today we are experiencing environmental change as never before ...
From left: Kate Harries, John Beaucage (then Grand Council Chief of the Anishinabek Nation), Carolynn and Wayne Fishleigh at the Site 41 camp in 2009. -Mary Rajapakse photo By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Carolynn Fishleigh was a determined defender of the water and the Stop Dump Site 41 group was...
Councillor Cathy Keane: Declined to comment Township says code is a way to deal with harassment, residents say it’s a muzzle By: Nathan Taylor Barrie Today An unusual measure taken by Oro-Medonte Township council has some residents claiming it’s an attempt to “muzzle” them. Council recently pas...
By Frank Matys Orillia Today A group of Ramara township residents, living in an area targeted for development, is concerned the municipality is acting hastily to make it happen. “We are not against development, we understand it is going to come — but protect the people that are here,” said Patrick He...
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