The proposed Darien Quarry will encroach on the habitat of a large population of endangered Blanding’s Turtles on the north shore of Lake Huron. From the Wilderness Committee In this time of crisis, many of us are taking comfort in seeing nature’s cycles continue. Spring buds opening, warming s...
Freele Tract – C. Rutherford photo Friends of Simcoe Forests Outraged as County of Simcoe uses COVID-19 in effort to avoid LPAT hearing over the proposed waste processing complex in the Freele County Forest News release from the Friends of Simcoe Forests The County of Simcoe is using the COVI...
From Georgian Bay Great Lakes Foundation Join us for a webinar on “Extreme Water Levels on the Upper Great Lakes: What Can Be Done?” -Tues. May 12, 2020 at 7:00 PM. Roger Gauthier -American Chair of ROWI, former Chief Hydrologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit – will present fac...
Key evidence sitting in government database since the late 1990s By David Bruser Toronto Star The people of Grassy Narrows First Nation have long faced doubts that the industrial mercury dumped upstream made them sick. Despite their tremors, slurred speech, impaired hearing, tunnel vision and lost mu...
Chief John Essens preached self-governance in 1836; Today, his descendants focus on the ‘survival of our people … in this time of crisis’ By: Jeff Monague Barrie Today The fire burned late into the night. The flames burned high for hours, fueled not just by the hardwood that was us...
Physical distancing, cleaning and disinfection will be required. AWARE News Network Just in time for planting, the Ontario government has ended its prohibition on community gardens. In a news release, the province announced the it has amended an emergency order to help ensure food security for some ...
Powerful and painful – an exposé of what we are doing. Link to film America’s Great Greenwashing by Robert Hunziker Counterpunch Celebrating 50 years of Earth Day, Michael Moore, executive producer and director Jeff Gibbs re-released their daunting and alarming documentary about the heart and ...
Square-foot growing. -Free Spirit Gardens photo Community gardens across Ontario have been closed due to COVID-19, however a number of community groups say it’s a service essential for food security By Jennifer Golletz Collingwood Today Local communities throughout the Southern Georgian Bay are...
Human-set fires in the Amazon: The current pandemic is an inevitable consequence of human populations everywhere expanding into the habitats of other species with which we have had little previous contact. -Pixabay Creative Commons photo Why COVID-19 previews a larger crash. What we must do to save o...
About 8 waste collection staff have been in self-isolation with symptoms of illness whether or not related to COVID-19: county official By Jessica Owen April 16 2020 Editor’s note: As a separated city, Barrie takes care of its own waste collection. The County of Simcoe, however, handles wastes ...
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