Members of the AWARE Essa deputation seeking council support for the Ontario Tree Seed Plant -AWARE Essa photo Essa Township supports saving the Ontario Tree Seed Plant from AWARE Essa AWARE Essa members and supporters were jubilant yesterday after Essa Township’s mayor and council unanimously approv...
AWARE Simcoe note: Cornerstone Standards Council has responded to concerns raised by Gravel Watch Ontario in a letter circulated to municipalities across Ontario. Here is a link to the GWO letter and some other information. Here is the Cornerstone letter: RE: Gravel Watch Ontario Correspondence Regar...
Dianne Saxe Facility is important in the preservation of Ontario’s biodiversity – ECO Letter from the Environmental Commission of Ontario to Susan Antler, Friends of the Utopia Mill & Park Thank you for your message of October 13th sharing your message to Premier Wynne and Minister McGarry ...
Letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne and Natural Resources from North Grenville Mayor David Gordon We, the Council and residents of North Grenville are deeply concerned about the August 2017 announcement by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) that the Tree Seed Plant in Angus is schedul...
From AWARE Essa and Friends of Utopia Mill and Park Join us at the Essa Administrative Offices, 5786 County Road 21, Utopia ON at 6:00 p.m. on December 6. AWARE Essa will be giving a ten-minute deputation to Essa Council asking for their support for our efforts to keep the Tree Seed Plant open in [&h...
From Grassy Narrows Support Today our friends in Grassy Narrows will celebrate 15 years of resistance to industrial logging on their traditional territory, along with some incredible news. On Wednesday, under intense pressure from Grassy Narrows and their supporters, the Canadian government committed...
The Canadian Press November 20, 2017 Chief Simon Fobister doesn’t have to imagine the grief and anguish and pain that decades of slow-motion mercury poisoning have wrought on the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation. After all, he’s one of them. Fobister and a number of his family members are among ...
As Toronto awaits new rules that will shift the balance of power long held by the Ontario Municipal Board, uncertainty over how to transition from the old system to the new has city officials and communities warning of a rush of problematic applications By Jennifer Pagliaro Toronto Star City official...
By Yvonne Ho — Sierra Club Foundation The following article was written by Dr. John Bacher, Greenbelt Campaign leader at Sierra Club Ontario, and a member of the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society (PALS). “Environmentalists believe the overall development could destroy a rich ecosystem,...
AWARE News Network AWARE Simcoe note: there’s disagreement among environmentalists over the Cornerstone Standards Council, which claims to be an “independent, impartial, transparent, consistent and rigorous process” to confirm whether aggregate sites meet its standards.To date, four...
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