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Sep 23rd, 2019
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Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber at United Nations Climate Summit ’Listen to this inner voice in each of us that whispers that life is sacred’ AWARE News Network The following is the statement to the United Nations Climate Summit by Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber (watch on video 2:32:37 to 2:36:20) “The fo...
Sep 23rd, 2019
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Members of Toronto’s Honduran community with speakers Karen Spring and Yurissa Varela, front, second and third from left, and Tyler Shipley and Yves Engler, back row. -AWARE Simcoe photo AWARE News Network The Simcoe County Honduras Rights Monitor hosted a meeting in Foreign Minister Chrystia F...
Sep 23rd, 2019
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Barrie-Innisfil and Barrie Springwater Oro-Medonte meetings are part of 100 Debates initiative from Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition Groups across Simcoe County are coming together to ensure that local candidates are transparent and clear about their intentions regarding the environment and climate ...
Sep 20th, 2019
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Barrie’s Climate Strike: Jeff Monague and his daughter Rhiannon sing Water is Life. AWARE News Network September 27 Climate Strikes were held in Barrie, Orillia and Collingwood. Below, more photos from Barrie.           CTV Barrie report: Teens demand change to protect the p...
Sep 8th, 2019
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by Ian Adams Wasaga Sun A Wasaga Beach councillor will continue his tenure as chair of the conservation authority. At its Aug. 23 meeting, the board of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority decided not to ask for George Watson’s resignation, even though his municipality had expressed the view...
Sep 4th, 2019
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‘What we need is more humming and buzzing’ by Andrea Germanos Common Dreams The German government announced Wednesday it had agreed on a plan to phase out the use of glyphosate—the key chemical in the weedkiller Roundup—with a total ban set to begin by the end of 2023. “Way to go, G...
Sep 4th, 2019
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Steve Ogden in 2009 as the Site 41 protest camp was being set up. Vicki Monague is in the background. -Kate Harries photo ‘This collection offers comprehensive documentation of an important episode in Canadian environmental activism’ By Kate Harries AWARE News Network It’s official –...
Sep 3rd, 2019
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Downtown Clinton – Angela Smith photo Officials say more shops may open in the near future By Hala Ghonaim CBC News August 31 2019 The community of Clinton, Ont. is preparing to open up a total of 11 new storefront businesses along its main drag this fall, much to its own surprise. This small O...
Sep 3rd, 2019
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Edwin Espinal and Karen Spring on recent break in north Honduras Simcoe County Honduras Rights Toronto Event September 18, 2019 By Janet Spring Simcoe County Honduras Rights Monitor On Friday September 30, we received devastating news that the prosecutor in Edwin Espinal and Raul Alvarez’s bail heari...
Sep 3rd, 2019
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Mayor Don Allen AWARE  Simcoe update – Monday Sept. 3 2019: Springwater Mayor Don Allen’s case on charges of operation of a motor vehicle while impaired as well as dangerous operation of a motor vehicle has been put over to October 1. Allen, 67, was not in Collingwood court today, the dat...