EcoJustice news release TORONTO- Ecojustice lawyers are in court today challenging an Ontario government regulation that allows major industrial sectors to kill species at-risk and destroy their habitat. The regulation provides broad exemptions from prohibitions in Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (E...
From Peter Anderson Tiny Township Tiny Township is considering an official plan and zoning amendment to allow Beamish Construction limited to expand its existing aggregate operation on part lot 79 and 80 (40 Darby Road ) North to 2 Darby Road. To my knowledge no one has involved the Severn Sound Envi...
AWARE News Network AWARE Simcoe is pleased to welcome Gary Christie, an accomplished angler and knowledgeable biologist, to our organization’s lineup of bloggers. Gary, who has been president of the Nottawasaga Steelheaders since 2001, and a member of this conservation-minded group of anglers since 1...
From the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner says he’s adopting a waitand- see attitude towards the government’s Conservation First philosophy. In releasing his 2014 Energy Conservation Progress Report “Planning to Conserve”, Gord Miller praised the shift to con...
By Patrick Bales Orillia Packet & Times Ramara Township has been reprimanded by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) for violating the Environmental Protection Act. A notice of violation was delivered to the township Monday afternoon by the MOE, stating the township had exceeded the para...
From the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association We may be heavily into winter, but when it comes to the proposed neonic regulations it’s getting warmer all the time. Subsequent to the announcement of a proposed regulatory system aimed at reducing neonicotinoid usage on 80% of corn and soy fields...
January 25 is deadline for comment to: pollinatorhealth@ontario.ca Response to Pollinator Discussion Paper Dear Premier Wynne I am concerned about the threat that the overuse of neonicotinoids poses to our environment, our food security, the health of bees and the viability of our industry. I belie...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth and the Walton South Simcoe Residential Development Corp have agreed to a subdivision agreement and draft plan whose initial approval will kick-start $4.1 million worth of construction for 123 new homes west of Daniele Avenue in Beeton. West Country, ini...
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