• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

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Aug 16th, 2019
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland chat with  Honduras Foreign Affairs Minister Maria Dolores Agüero at the Lima Group meeting in Ottawa this spring. The strange, distasteful case of Canada and Honduras By Rick Salutin Toronto Star I feel flummoxed, a word I’ve never...
Aug 16th, 2019
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From Friends of the Simcoe Forests -Corn Roast, garage sale, music and raffles, baked goods -1-4 pm at Bridle Tree Farm, 1336 Rainbow Valley Road E., Phelpston -Note: this is a Zero Waste Event    ...
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Aug 16th, 2019
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Environment Minister Jeff Yurek Statement from Environmental Defence Environmental Defences’s Plastics Program Manager Vito Buonsante on Ontario’s commitment to improve recycling and tackle plastic waste: We applaud the Ontario government for moving forward and committing to improving the province’s ...
Aug 14th, 2019
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Property site plan, with Sunnidale Road running across the top By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The province’s Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has given the go-ahead to continued gravel extraction amidst the rapidly expanding population of Centre Vespra in Springwater, near Barrie. In a decisi...
Aug 13th, 2019
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Joe Vaccaro By John Bleasby Daily Commercial News The Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA) will return to the Blue Mountain Village and Conference Centre in Collingwood, two hours north of Toronto, for its 2019 Conference and Awards of Distinction. The three-day event, starting Sept. 22, will pr...
Aug 11th, 2019
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Gail Ardiel Ontario court dismisses defamation suit against newsletter from The Blue Mountains under anti-SLAPP law By SIMON HOUPT Globe and Mail JULY 16, 2019 An Ontario court has dismissed a defamation suit launched by a pair of politicians in the town of The Blue Mountains against the publisher of...
Aug 10th, 2019
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Edwin Espinal, no longer behind bars. @adriennepine Edwin Espinal spent more than 18 months in a maximum-security prison in Honduras, in pre-trial detention; ‘I’m still shocked they let him out’ by: Erika Engel Collingwood Today  Edwin Espinal and Karen Spring have been partners for...
Aug 9th, 2019
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Celebration the day after the release by the side of Highway 92 in front of the political prisoners sign. Among those attending were Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton (next to Janet Spring, at left) and Vicki Monague (not shown).  -AWARE Simcoe photo CTV News report Family in Simcoe County rejoices The S...
Aug 7th, 2019
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Ontario Environment Minister Jeff Yurek and Agriculture Minister Ernie Hardeman were joined by local MPP Andrea Khanjin and Attorney General Doug Downey at Innisfil Creek Honey to announce new cost-share funding to support the health of the province’s beekeeping sector. Innisfil Creek owner Brian Sco...
Aug 5th, 2019
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Today we have almost enough forests and wetlands to buffer the watershed from the impacts of climate change and the stress of phosphorus pollution. But we are losing, not gaining, forests and wetlands. Stronger, strategic protections needed in Simcoe County, report shows News release from Rescue Lake...