• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

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Jul 10th, 2015
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By Louis Roesch Ontario Federation of Agriculture If you could pick the infrastructure priorities for your community, what would they be? The Ontario government is travelling across Ontario this summer asking for input from local communities as it works on a new plan to fund infrastructure programs i...
Jul 9th, 2015
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New five-year agreement for Springwater Provincial Park By Heather Butts CTV News Barrie Springwater Provincial Park will reopen after a five-year deal was agreed to between the Beausoleil First Nation and the Province of Ontario. The gates will reopen thanks to the unique deal between the two sides....
Jul 9th, 2015
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News release from Springwater Township The Township of Springwater is pleased that Springwater Provincial Park will reopen as the result of a 5-year co-management and operational agreement between the Beausoleil First Nations and the Province of Ontario. The Park, located in Springwater Township, off...
Jul 9th, 2015
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Photo of sign at main gate from Springwater Park Citizens’ Coalition Beausoleil First Nation and Ontario develop partnership to operate Springwater Provincial Park From G’Chiminissing News  Beausoleil First Nation is working with the Government of Ontario to operate Springwater Provincial...
Jul 6th, 2015
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Two Anishnawbe Grandmothers … Here’s the route.. Check out where they’ve got to… How you can help… from Water Walkers United  Two Anishinawbe Grandmothers, and a group of Anishinawbe Women and Men have taken action regarding the water issue by walking the perimeter of th...
Jul 6th, 2015
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The Ramsay Road Woodlot By John Bacher Sierra Club Ontario In 1993. as the provincial government was working to develop legislation to give municipalities ability to strengthen their powers to regulated tree cutting on private land, came one of the worst assaults on the environment in Niagara since t...
Jul 6th, 2015
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By Phil Brennan AWARE News Network Last month, when the Heartland Institute, a so called free market-oriented group vigorously fought to discourage Pope Francis from “lending his moral authority to the politicized and unscientific climate change agenda of the United Nations, ” I found mys...
Jul 5th, 2015
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From the Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture the Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture’s 75th Anniversary Celebration will be held Thursday, July 9, 2015 at the Farm of Jim and Nancy Partridge, 192 Line 4 North, Oro-Medonte, ON Celebration begins at 4 p.m. Cost: $25/person, includes Dinne...
Jul 3rd, 2015
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By Dr. Trevor Hancock Times Colonist For the past three years, I have been leading an important project for the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), which led to the release on May 25th of our Discussion Paper and a 100-page technical report on global change and public health. In these document...
Jun 28th, 2015
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from Ontario Beekeepers Association In a recent letter to members, the chair of the Grain Farmers of Ontario, reacting to new regulations to limit the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments, indicated that his members will likely resort to foliar sprays that are even more toxic to bees. The letter also...