By Cheryl Anderson and Myrna Wood Prince Edward County Field Naturalists Citizens all across Ontario have been asking themselves this question. Over the past decade, municipalities and planners have participated in provincial programs to preserve our important natural heritage. People have joined to...
PDF version: Planning-review-response Introduction Following the announcement of the review of Ontario land use planning and development charges and the series of workshops that were to be held in Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa, Mississauga and Toronto, AWARE Simcoe chair D...
PDF version: DC-review-response AWARE Simcoe is a citizens’ group that works to protect water, the environment and health through transparency and accountability in government. AWARE Simcoe does not have the resources to prepare a lengthy and detailed review of the Development Charges Act but we of...
Patrick Lane’s Convocation Address
– University of Victoria –
November 13, 2013
It is sixty-five years ago, you’re ten years old and sitting on an old, half-blind, grey horse. All you have is a saddle blanket and a rope for reins as you watch a pack of dogs rage at the foot of a Ponde...
By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Springwater Park’s Camp Nibi is still going strong, as park supporters try to keep it viable. In fact, the Beausoleil First Nation and the Ontario of Ministry of Natural Resources, came to an agreement Dec. 20 to become partners. The park, which opened in 1927, became no...
Globe and Mail Editorial Ontario Ombudsman André Marin’s report into secrecy in municipal government contains good news and bad news. The good news? Citizens across the province are increasingly upset about local governments that conduct democratic business behind closed doors, and they are complain...
Grassy Narrows Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek news release – Today the Wynne government approved plans for another decade of clearcut logging in Grassy Narrows Territory against the will of this Indigenous community. The decision has ruined Christmas in a community already struggling with the...
News release from Camp Nibi Springwater Provincial Park – renamed Camp Nibi by a group of First Nations women who have occupied it for nine months – is to be a partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Beausoleil First Nation. Beausoleil First Nation and the Ontario Ministry of N...
AWARE News Network December 20 2013 Brian Smith, a student in ecosystem management at Fleming College, Linday, started a Facebook page two days ago called Canadians for Environmental Responsibility. It’s intended to highlight issues seldom heard about in the mainstream media. As an example his first ...
By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner SPRINGWATER TWP. — Springwater Provincial Park will soon be occupied no more. The 193-hectare day-use park north of Barrie has been occupied by a determined group of First Nations protesters since April 1 when the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) changed the status ...
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