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Jul 25th, 2014
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From City of Orillia waste management and environmental advisory committee No more battling landfills and incinerators in Ontario. This important Conference will bring together bright, enthusiastic people to focus on waste solutions that will help Ontario move into a Zero Waste future. Politicians. B...
Jul 19th, 2014
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  By STEVE CONNOR The Independent July 19 2014 Superbugs resistant to some of the most powerful antibiotics in the medical arsenal have been found for the first time in a British river – with scientists pinpointing a local sewage-treatment plant as the most likely source. Scientists discovered t...
Jul 18th, 2014
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Significant deficiencies in Highland’s studies point to gaping flaw in province’s developer-driven process From NDACT website AWARE News Network Recently, a peer review study of the Melancthon mega-quarry was released. Commissioned by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority in response to...
Jul 16th, 2014
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By Bruce Hain Innisfil Journal  “Reluctantly” was the word Coun. Rod Boynton used when he voted to approve the application to rezone land owned by John Harris on the 6th Line from Agricultural to Agricultural Area Exemption to allow for water extraction. Despite numerous comments and concerns from In...
Jul 14th, 2014
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Documents reveal bureaucrats warned of likely legal challenges By David McKie, CBC News Jul 13, 2014 The federal government is girding for yet more court battles, this time involving waterways used by boaters, cottagers and First Nations, according to a document obtained by CBC News. At issue is the ...
Jul 10th, 2014
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AWARE News Network interview with Margaret Prophet of the Modhurst Residents Associaiton – 42,000 have signed the petition – that’s getting on for ten times the previous goal of 5,000 – are you surprised?  Yes and no.  When we started the petition, we weren’t even sure i...
Jul 8th, 2014
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On July 17, 2014, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the SSEA will be hosting our annual Open House at the Midland Public Library, 320 King Street, Midland ON.. Featuring Guest Speaker Scudder Mackey, Chief, Office of Coastal Management at Ohio Department of Natural Resources, presenting (2:00 p.m. – 3:00...
Jul 7th, 2014
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Behind the current veneer of cordiality at Queen’s Park there is trouble brewing. At the centre of the political maelstrom is Ombudsman Andre Marin By: Richard J. Brennan Toronto Star Jul 07 2014 The battle lines are being drawn between municipalities and Ontario’s ombudsman. Many municipalities can’...
Jul 7th, 2014
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Farmers pan province’s bee protection plan – CTV Barrie Province to consult with agriculture and could move by 2015 By Susan Noakes, CBC News  Jul 07, 2014 Ontario plans to consult with growers and agricultural representatives over the next few months to reduce or eliminate use of neonico...
Jul 6th, 2014
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Letter to the Toronto Star July 6 2014 Re: Pollinators in peril, Editorial June 29 Right on. I applaud you for the editorial. However, not only the bees are threatened with extinction. Add to that list the Monarch Butterflies, the soil micro-flora of our best agricultural lands and the vast aquatic s...