News release from MNRF The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individual or individuals responsible for abandoning gill nets in Lake Superior, near the Montreal River. On January 19, 2017, conservation officers with the Ministry of Natural Resou...
Andrew McNeill says ‘common practice’ to reach out to consultants for input on RFPs By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun Wasaga Beach officials met with the consultant brought in to lead the downtown master planning process months before they were hired to find out what went wrong with a previous visi...
Integrity report sparks clashes, threat from mayor to clear the room by Catherine Thompson 977 the beach A Wasaga Beach councillor wants sanctions to be brought against the town’s Deputy Mayor. Integrity Commissioner Robert Swayze presented his report to council on Tuesday night to do with comp...
Orangeville.com An American city is defending its plan to draw water from the Great Lakes, saying Canadian and U.S. mayors trying to block the move should be ignored. The Wisconsin city of Waukesha argues a decision last year that gave it permission to pipe water from Lake Michigan was error-free, p...
North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance applauds decision By Heidi Riedner Georgina Advocate A war of environmental protections versus development rights in the north end of Keswick is ramping up after a potential land swap got nixed under a provincial Greenbelt review. For years, the North Gwillimbury F...
It’s been a while since I posted a blog so I’ll start with good news. Thanks to AWARE Simcoe’s efforts spearheaded by Anne Learn Sharpe and Kate Harries, the Nottawasaga River has been reinstated for protection under the Federal Navigation Protection Act. The former Conservative government had scrapp...
Carthew Bay Nature Reserve, donated by John and Betty McCulloch in 2002. From Couchiching Conservancy Annual General Meeting Sat, February 4th Hawkridge Golf & Country Club – map 1151 Hurlwood Lane, Orillia, ON L3V 6K8 1:30 pm – doors open 2:00 pm – meeting begins 4:00 pm –...
The Georgian Bay beachfront has seen a steady decline in tourism for years, but a new development proposal to revive the town’s fortunes has sparked division at city hall By BETSY POWELL Toronto Star WASAGA BEACH—A bundled-up couple walking a dog and a lone snowmobiler had the world’s longest freshwa...
by John Nicholson hazmatmag The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) has finalized the Excess Soil Management Policy Framework (the “Framework”). The goal of the Framework is to protect human health and the environment from inappropriate relocation of excess soil. The other ...
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