New Tecumseth Free Press For the second time in less than six months, Simcoe County’s curbside collection contractor, Progressive Waste Solutions (PWS), has had to defend its service delivery levels, including missed routes, which over the past three weeks, are blamed on weather conditions. Las...
By David Suzuki For decades, scientists have warned that we’re on a dangerous path. It stems from our delusion that endless growth in population, consumption and the economy is possible and is the very purpose of society. But endless growth is not feasible in a finite biosphere. Growth is not an end ...
Councillor says pipeline will solve three problems By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald A Tottenham resident isn’t backing down from her decision to request the province review the solutions in the town’s master water plan to fix the community’s water problems. Nancy McBride said she asked the Ministry...
By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press TORONTO — The Canadian Press has learned that Ontario is proposing to charge water-bottling companies a little over $500 per million litres, up from the current fee of just a few dollars. Public outcry erupted last year over the small fee of $3.71 that the p...
Decades later, Grassy Narrows First Nation waits for solution to mercury poisoning CBC Radio The Current Read story transcript, listen to podcast The Grassy Narrows community in northern, Ont., has been plagued with mercury poisoning for decades — affecting its river, its fish, and its people. In th...
Snapping Turtles face many threats Link to AWARE Simcoe submission From Ontario Nature It’s crunch time. After years of dithering, Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) is poised to make a critical decision about the hunting of snapping turtles. Lamentably, the ministry is propo...
Acclaimed Canadian author lays out dirty back story of fossil fuel industry and government By Warren Bell National Observer Jessica Ernst, the biologist who on Friday, lost a split decision in the Supreme Court of Canada over suing the Alberta Energy Regulator, is no ordinary person. And she hasnR...
Dozens of complaints from residents who are getting by with little or no water By Mike Smee, CBC News An elderly couple in a municipality just east of Toronto have been living without running water for the past several months, and no one seems to know why Libby and Stan Racansky’s well has run ...
AWARE Simcoe note: this pre-hearing was cancelled because of the weather. The new date will be posted on the township’s website under Latest News New Tecumseth Free Press Ojibway Councillor Clayton King from Beausoleil First Nation is expected to attend tomorrow’s Ontario Municipal Board ...
By Ian McInroy Barrie Examiner Would you like a plastic straw with that? More and more customers are saying no, thanks to an innovative project by the Explore Lake Simcoe Sustainable Tourism project. The project was developed in partnership with the Government of Ontario, the RT07 tourism area and To...
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