New Tecumseth Free Press Online A week removed from a unanimous decision to issue the Tottenham airport property owner an ultimatum to conduct bore hole tests for contaminated soil at the fill import operation underway as part of its runway expansion, councillors last night agreed to wait for a Town ...
AWARE News Network A crowd-funding campaign has been launched to save the Beeton Woods. The appeal on the gofundme website states that the funds will be used to retain legal representation to address problems in the permits application and approval process, and to obtain expert assessments of the va...
AWARE News Network A yearling bear was photographed wandering through Beeton June 13 2015. Recently, after a young bear was shot in Newmarket, naturalist Bob Bowles had the following comment in his Orillia Packet & Times column. ‘Young black bears that were born in winter dens in Jan...
By Rick Vanderlinde Innisfil Journal Innisfil council has backed off its plan to charge residents a $25 fee to file a code of conduct complaint against any of the town’s municipal politicians. Initiated by Coun. Donna Orsatti, residents will once again be able to complain to the town’s integrity comm...
News release from MTM Conservation Association The MTM Conservation Association is hosting the First Annual Tiny Marsh BioBlitz on Saturday June 27, 2015. “This is a very exciting opportunity for newcomers to the world of nature to find out what’s going on, and for naturalists to experience the rich ...
By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times Accusations of impropriety levelled at township councillors over the future of Strawberry Island echoed through the Ramara Centre Monday night. Nearly 200 people packed the Atherley building for a second public meeting about the proposed official plan ...
By Don McCabe, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Ontario farmers are now facing new restrictions on the use of neonic-treated corn and soybean seed starting with 2016 planting. The Ontario government unveiled its rules for protecting pollinators through reducing acres treated with neonicot...
Mercury levels rising in the sediment of some lakes News release from Grassy Narrows Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek A newly released government commissioned report has found that mercury levels in the sediment of Grassy Narrows’ Wabigoon River remain up to 20 times above natural levels...
from Food and Water First Join us for a day in the country to celebrate local food, farmers, artists and musicians! Bring your family and healthy appetites to the beautiful Pegram Farm, down the road from where Foodstock was held. Explore the Hills of Headwaters and the Dufferin County fields which a...
We will not let nature down Letter to Ontario Nature members from executive director Carolyn Schultz Ontario’s gold-standard Endangered Species Act (ESA) is something that I know you care deeply about. I also know that you share my deep disappointment with Ontario’s Divisional Court uphol...
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