AWARE Simcoe Annual General MeetingPosted May 25 2012AWARE Simcoe is hosting a public meeting in Barrie on energy and the cost to society of our current system, in financial, social and environmental terms....
By SARA ROSS, The Packet & Times May 23 2012 A First Nation solidarity camp — which moved from Coldwater to Awenda Provincial Park early this month — isn’t interfering with park operations, says Ken Lacroix, zone manager for the Ministry of Natural Resources’ (MNR) central Ontario branch....
Don’t deal away the North Gwillimbury ForestEmail from North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance March 24 2012It appears that Regional Municipality of York and Metrus Developments may be about to sign a deal that could water down the environmental protections in the new Official Plan for the Regional Municip...
AWARE Simcoe hosting meeting Saturday in BarrieNews release from AWARE Simcoe - May 21 2012AWARE Simcoe wants to raise public awareness about the reasons for the shocking nearly 50% hike in the cost of electricity over the past several years.The citizens’ group is hosting a meeting Saturday at 9:30 a...
By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press May 17 2012PERKINSFIELD -Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians chairperson, who joined the protests that led to the cancellation of landfill Site 41, will be back in Tiny Township on May 28....
Workshop attempts to find solutionsBy M. Carolyn Black Barrie Examiner May 16 2012TINY TWP. — Last year’s massive bird and fish die-off in Severn Sound along the shoreline of Tiny Township alarmed residents and sparked questions about human and animal safety and the integrity of the water supply....
By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians May 6 2012The Canadian Press reports, “The federal government’s new budget bill sets out a controversial two-step approach to how industry should deal with fish and their habitat — with the second step much more far-reaching than the first. ...
Midland Free Press May 5 2012 A First Nation encampment at the Coldwater Canadiana Heritage Museum has packed up and moved on. The group has moved their protest to near Penetanguishene. ...
Budget implementation bill gives cabinet ministers and industry unprecedented influence over fish and fish habitat policyBy Mark Mattson Waterkeeper Weekly May 1 2012I remember the first time I sat around a kitchen table in a ru ral community giving environmental law advice. I was speaking with a far...
Province green lights hunting at-risk turtleOntario Nature April 24 2012In complete disregard of a petition signed by more than 11,000 people and a report jointly released by Ontario Nature, the David Suzuki Foundation and the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) tol...
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