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Mar 29th, 2019
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Beaver River wetlands – Friends of the Greenbelt photo Lakehead prof focusing research on Lake Simcoe, Visiting McGill professor offers ideas for carbon capture By: Nathan Taylor Orillia Matters Scientists and academics around the world are tackling one of the biggest issues of our time: climat...
Mar 25th, 2019
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Graphic from Township of Oro-Medonte website From AWARE Oro-Medonte AGM Annual General Meeting When: Sunday April 7, 2019 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Where: Stanhope House at Carriage Hills Resort, 90 Highland Drive in Horseshoe Valley Map  Guest Speakers: David J. Hawke & Linda Myles Topic: Horseshoe-...
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Mar 25th, 2019
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Great Lakes – Wikiemedia Commons photo Ramped up efforts needed to protect the world’s inland waters EU SCIENCE HUB  February 5 2019 At least 15% of the world’s inland surface water areas are covered by protected areas, according to a new study from the Joint Research Centre (the European...
Mar 25th, 2019
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Cheryl Hardcastle MP By Janet Spring Springwater News September 21 2019 Since Edwin Espinal’s arrest, the Simcoe County Honduras Rights Monitor has received support from many different organizations and political parties. We have taken a non-partisan approach in our campaign to free Edwin Espinal and...
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Mar 25th, 2019
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Government to Convene Great Lakes Guardians’ Council Ontario government news release March 22, 2019 To mark World Water Day, Ontario’s government is working for the people to protect the water quality and ecosystems of the Great Lakes as part of its commitment in the Made-in-Ontario Environment...
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Mar 25th, 2019
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MNRF Minister John Yakabuski News release from the North Dufferin Agriculture and Community Taskforce March 21 2019 The Ontario government has introduced another threat to moraines, water protection and perhaps the Green Belt. John Yakabuski, Minister of Natural Resources and Forests is holding a ...
Mar 22nd, 2019
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Nottawasaga River – NVCA photo Highlights of the March 22, 2019 board of directors meeting From the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority The board of directors approved NVCA’s 2019 budget. The budget came in at $4.9 million, up $184,600 from 2018. Funds from municipal levy represent 49% of...
Mar 22nd, 2019
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Jack Gibbons From Jack Gibbons Lake Simcoe Watch This morning I made a deputation at the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority’s (LSRCA) Board of Directors meeting. On behalf of Lake Simcoe Watch, I asked the Board Members to direct their staff to work with the Province of Ontario and the Governm...
Mar 22nd, 2019
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Water protectors gather at Teedon Pit entrance.  AWARE News Network Thank you to the Council of Canadians and regional organizer Mark Calzavera for rallying their province-wide network of supporters to the defence of our water. Click here to sign the COC letter to Ontario Minister of Natural Resource...
Mar 22nd, 2019
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Dr. John Cherry  News release from AWARE Simcoe Groundwater will be the topic of discussion at a public meeting co-sponsored by AWARE Simcoe and the Elmvale Foundation on Sunday April 28 in Elmvale. “Groundwater is of major interest to residents of north Simcoe,” said AWARE Simcoe chair Don Morgan. “...