By Sandy Agnew AWARE News Network Following a deputation by Paul Bonwick (president and CEO of Compenso Communications, representing the Collingwood Airport Industrial Development) complaining about their high plan review fees, the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) board has thrown out...
Ontario Reintroduces Legislation to Safeguard Public Participation in Debate Ontarip government news release Ontario is taking steps to protect the freedom of people who speak out on matters of public interest. If passed, the Protection of Public Participation Act would give Ontario courts a more eff...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth’s deal to settle an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) appeal of its Development Charges (DCs) will reduce the rates across all categories, according to the Order issued on November 27. The agreement requires New Tecumseth to reduce its per unit DCs on s...
The October 27th municipal election resulted in another huge turnover in the membership of County Council, more than 50%. In some municipalities none of the incumbents on council survived. One of the biggest issues almost everywhere is transparency. People want easy access to information, not to be s...
Sierra Club Canada Foundation news release TORONTO – The global campaign to ban neonicotinoid pesticides took a big step forward in Ontario today. The provincial government — using its own pesticide control legislation — will reduce the use of neonicotinoid pesticides by 80%. The Si...
From the North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce Two years ago today November 21, the proposed Highland Mega Quarry was defeated and the Food & Water First movement was born. Let’s celebrate by urging the Liberal government to move immediately on protecting Ontario’s rare ...
by JOHN LAFORGE Counterpunch Maybe vampire fables are just metaphors for bad ideas that are hard to kill. The proposed Deep Geological Repository for radioactive waste being considered by Canada’s Joint Review Panel is such a bad idea that even pro-nuclear Republican US senators like Illinois’ Mark K...
By Ian Adams Collingwood Connection QUEEN’S PARK — Simcoe-Grey’s Member of Provincial Parliament is not just tilting at windmills, he’s cursing them. In the Ontario Legislature on Tuesday, Jim Wilson continued to press the Liberal government for answers on the status of a wind energy project propose...
From Maude Barlow Council of Canadians I have big news to share with you this morning. Internal company documents leaked by Greenpeace just hours ago reveal oil giant TransCanada has teamed up with the world’s largest public relations firm, Edelman, to smear the Council of Canadians and build p...
from Cheryl Anderson Prince Edward County Field Naturalists On Dec 8-9, PECFN will be defending the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) ruling that overturned the Ministry of the Environment’s approval of the Gilead wind turbine project. We are appealing to the Appeal Court of Ontario because, subseq...
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