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Jun 5th, 2012
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Opportunity knocks for ending reliance on nuclear as well as coalBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe June 4 2012Nuclear power, not the cost of green energy, lies behind soaring electricity prices, a recent meeting of AWARE Simcoe in Barrie was told. ...
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Jun 4th, 2012
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By Mariane Cancilla AWARE Simcoe May 21 2012Learn more ... take action ... share ... join AWARE Simcoe ... write letters to your newspapers and online, social media - Facebook, TwitterWebsites have reports, articles links to information ... petitions, letters, ideas, videos, resources, etc. to help y...
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Jun 4th, 2012
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CBC News Jun 4, 2012 First Nations people from Grassy Narrows, Ont., continue to suffer the effects of mercury poisoning more than 40 years after commercial fishing was closed, a new report shows.The report, released in English today in Toronto, outlines the long-term effects on people who lived alon...
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Jun 4th, 2012
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Email from Solar Farm Awareness Project June 2 2012 Many local residents have received letters from Hatch regarding amendments to Waubaushene 4 and 5 Industrial Solar Farms. Hatch is a firm retained by the proponent Recurrent Energy. ...
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Jun 4th, 2012
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50 years after dumping began governments refuse to acknowledge MinamataDiseaseNews release from Grassy Narrows Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek May 30 2012The people of Grassy Narrows are still suffering from thedebilitating health impacts of mercury poison fifty years after a Drydenmill began dumpin...
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Jun 4th, 2012
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By PATRICIA WILLIAMS Daily Commercial News June 4 2012When the firm of Snyder Architects was retained by the Simcoe County District School Board in the fall of 2008 to realize the board’s bold vision for a 21st century school in the town of Angus, it immediately realized “that this wasn’t just anothe...
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May 31st, 2012
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The alternative: costly water infrastructure, like pipelines, filtration systems and treatment plantsNews release from the David Suzuki Foundation May 30 2012 TORONTO – The globally renowned Ontario Greenbelt provides more than $1 billion a year in economic benefits, according to a report released to...
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May 30th, 2012
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Council of Canadians chairperson says governments more interested in profit than protection By Andrew Philips Simcoe.com May 29 2012  TINY TOWNSHIP – The Great Lakes require urgent care and attention to ensure they remain healthy for future generations. That was one of the primary messages delivered ...
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May 30th, 2012
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Email from North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance May 28 2012On Friday, the Regional Municipality of York informed us that it is postponing introducing its proposed deal with Metrus Developments with respect to the North Gwillimbury Forest until a later OMB prehearing.  We also learned that two Town of Ge...
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May 28th, 2012
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A visit to the 'ground zero' of the Great LakesBy Emma Lui Rabble.ca May 25, 2012Yesterday afternoon National Chairperson Maude Barlow, Regional Organizer Mark Calzavara, London Chapter activists Gary Brown and Don McLeod and I arrived in Sarnia for our fifth stop of the Great Lakes Need Great Friend...