The following letter has been sent to MP Harold Albrecht – Chair of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainability Development: Dear Mr. Albrecht Re: Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development – 8th Report (Feb 2015) “The Management of Municipal Solid Waste ...
Acting on Climate Change suggests way to sustainable future By Bob McDonald, CBC News More than 60 Canadian scientists, from every province, have assembled a report that points to a realistic, clean, sustainable future for our country, one that won’t destroy the economy. In the report, Acting o...
from the Council of Canadians The UN recognized last Sunday, March 22 as World Water Day, but a former UN advisor on water says that Canadians did not have much to celebrate this year. Maude Barlow, former UN advisor on water and bestselling author, gives Stephen Harper’s government a failing grade i...
Report to Council and Senior Staff – prepared by Bill French – March 23 2015 This is a summary of the meeting between Mayor French and Deputy Mayor Allen with the Honourable Ted McMeekin, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and senior staff on Thursday March 19, 2015. The Minister ...
By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun CLEARVIEW Twp. — A development proposed for land beside the Collingwood Regional Airport has taken its first tentative steps toward receiving regulatory approval. On Monday night, Clearview Township held a public meeting on an official plan amendment that could lead to the dev...
By Sara Carson Innisfil Journal Ontario farmers learned Monday the Ministry of the Environment is proposing to reduce neonicotinoid (neonics) pesticide use 80 per cent by 2017. The cutback isn’t coming fast enough for Dickey Bee Honey Inc. owner Peter Dickey. “It’s just very unfortunate that it is go...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online A five year review of taxable assessment patterns amongst the 16 towns and townships of Simcoe County reported average growth of 2.02 per cent since 2010. New Tecumseth was one of five municipalities to post above average with a 2.32 per cent. Its highest rate was 2.98...
AWARE News Network “You and I have a sacred trust. We must protect the trees and the forest, and we’ve got to hear the wings of birds against the sun of the golden dawn.” Link to 10 Trees That Can Save The World. ...
By Kate Harries AWARE News Network New Tecumseth Council meets tomorrow, Monday March 23, at 7 pm. Link to agendas under Upcoming Meeting Agendas. There is notice of an in camera meeting for a legal matter – the Beeton Woods issue and, no doubt, the position the town should take with regard to ...
By Keith Currie, Vice President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture The federal government is putting farmers first with their plans for the proposed Rouge National Urban Park. The development of this new park would see more than 7,600 acres of mostly Class 1 farmland protected under legislation. The ...
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