From Food & Water First Hundreds of people gathered in the village of Brougham on Wednesday night to show their support for the Greenbelt. It’s under review this year and also under attack. Most recently, the Globe & Mail published an article What’s so smart about unaffordable hou...
Report of Tiny Township Council Meeting, Monday January 26, 2015 By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny Burnside and Associates made a presentation regarding the staatus and next steps of the septage issue. Burnside confirms that this issue is on Phase 2 and on hold. The preferred alternative is to find a sight to...
By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times Some Simcoe County municipal leaders are upset by what they see as a less-than-transparent process regarding work on the county’s official plan. Springwater Township Mayor Bill French said he’s worried the general public isn’t fully engaged in the process....
By Sandy Agnew AWARE News Network We saw a refreshing change of attitude at County Council’s Jan. 27 meeting toward the Ontario Municipal Board hearings into the Simcoe County Official Plan (SCOP). In response to a staff report intended to be received only (not discussed) Springwater Mayor Bill...
News release from EcoJustice Environmental groups are appealing a Federal Court decision that refused to overturn an environmental assessment of Ontario Power Generation’s proposal to rebuild four aging nuclear reactors at the Darlington power plant. The appeal has been launched by Greenpeace, Canadi...
Simcoe County news release Simcoe County Council today approved a $432-million budget for 2015, which focuses on major capital expenditures, including County roads and related infrastructure, housing, and facilities. The 2015 budget ensures the County remains on a path of long-term fiscal stability,...
By Roberta Bell, Orillia Packet & Times Lakehead University has launched a project to study the quality of the water in Lake Couchiching. There isn’t as much research on Lake Couchiching as there is on the nearby and more polluted Lake Simcoe, said Sree Kurissery, the environmental microbi...
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin (STAFF) — Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Glen R. Murray has presented the County of Simcoe with an award for Environmental Excellence to acknowledge the Learning & Living Green partnership program between the county and local school boards. This pr...
Debora Van Brenk QMI Agency LONDON, ONT. – America’s slime, Canada’s dirty little secret. Until now, that is. Toxic algae that’s made life miserable along Lake Erie’s Ohio shore, forcing the shutdown of Toledo’s water intake last summer, has links that reach far into Southwest...
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