By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald April 30 2012ALLISTON - As an Alliston restaurant continues its battle with the federal government over the definition of local food, the government says it wants to hear more from other farmers, food producers and business owners.This request comes on the heels of w...
News release from AWARE Simcoe April 29, 2013Alliston, ON – The Mega Quarry might be no more…for the time being….but there’s nothing to stop powerful companies from trying the same thing again and again and again.Join AWARE Simcoe and guest speakers for the first Public Meeting on FOOD AND WATER FIRS...
Fix water levels in Huron, Michigan: IJC By Morgan Ian Adams, Enterprise-Bulletin April 29, 2013The international agency tasked with monitoring the quantity and quality of water in the Great Lakes is recommending governments take steps to address record low water levels in lakes Michigan and Huron.Ho...
MP says business must follow the rulesBy Brad Pritchard Apr 17, 2013 Alliston HeraldALLISTON - An Alliston restaurant owner has been told by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) it will go into “enforcement mode” at the end of next week if he doesn’t come up with a plan to remove local claims ...
By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner April 20, 2013 SPRINGWATER TWP. - Almost three weeks after two Anishinaabe women began 'occupying' a cabin at Springwater Provincial Park, they held a native instructional class to a group of school children....
AWARE Simcoe news release April 17 2013COLLINGWOOD – As spring arrives, AWARE SIMCOE celebrates the Niagara Escarpment with a public meeting to discuss the benefits conveyed by this world-recognized landform, and measures needed to ensure its preservation.The meeting is timely as the Niagara Escarpme...
Letter from Keith and Ina Wood, Tiny TownshipTwo brave, heroic native women are occupying a cabin at Springwater Park. They are protesting the closure of the park by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in the hope that it can be turned into a learning centre....
Orillia Packet and Times April 15, 2013The next edition of the Orillia Museum of Art and History’s History Speakers’ Series will take place Wednesday at St. Paul’s United Church (assembly hall on the lower floor) at 62 Peter St. N. beginning at 7:30 p.m.The featured guest speaker for the evening gath...
By Krystyn Tully Lake Ontario Waterkeeper April 11 2013 Hear that sound? That’s a collective murmur rippling across Toronto in the wake of airline executive Robert Deluce’s announcement that he wants to fill in more of Lake Ontario and bring jets to the downtown core. Progress! Growth! Expansion! are...
AWARE Simcoe April 10 2013The North Dufferin Agricultural Task Force has launched its Food and Water First website, and the first thing we all can do is go there and take the pledge! Here's what it says: I promise to protect Ontario's prime farmland and source water regions. I will make every effort ...
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