5,786 complaints unearthed during comment periods By Brad Pritchard Simcoe.com Aug 10, 2011 MELANCTHON – Much like the protest signs that have been steadily popping up on lawns across the region, concerns surrounding the mega quarry plan in Melancthon Township continue to grow, which has politi...
By Robert Benzie Toronto Star August 10 2011 A Brazilian corporation is alleging its bid to build a massive quarry outside Hamilton was scuttled by the Liberal government for political reasons. Read more ...
Email from Simcoe Solar Farm Awareness Project August 9 2011Notice for Midhurst 6' (2024 Old Second St., Midhurst, Ontario) was posted on the Environmental Registry on July 20 and you have 30 days to forward your comments. More than 50% of this property is class 2 and 3 soils and they propose to clea...
IJC reviewing regulation plan for the upper Great Lakes By Shelley Nelson, Superior Telegram August 11 2011 The International Joint Commission is reviewing its regulation plan for the upper Great Lakes — Superior, Michigan and Huron. Read more ...
Americas: Development must not trump indigenous rightsAWARE Simcoe August 8 2011To mark the Internation Day of the Wold's Indigenous People, an Amnesty International report on the impact of development projects like mines, plantations, dams and roads in traditional territories;tribal facts from Survi...
Voters should force candidates to take a stand on mega-quarryBy Sandy Agnew North Simcoe Community News August-September 2011The Highland Companies proposal for a mega-quarry in Melancthon Township could have environmental, agricultural and social consequences that dwarf those of Site 41....
UPDATED'Rivers are the veins that carry the life blood of Mother Earth'By Sean Chase Barrys Bay This Week August 9 2011His message of peace and tolerance endeared Grandfather William Commanda to thousands around the world, however, his loss will be especially felt by the First Nation who were guided...
Canada and Tonga only countries not to have recognized right to water By Maude Barlow July 28 2011 Globe and Mail One year ago today, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a historic resolution recognizing the human right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation. Two months later, the Hu...
Between a rock and a hard place BY IAN ROBERTSON TORONTO SUN July 30 2011 SHELBURNE – Plans for North America’s second-biggest rock quarry on potato farms north of Toronto have coated Queen’s Park in a dust cloud of public outrage. Farmers, residents, environmentalists, opposition MPs and MPPs,...
Low water conditions for Innisfil Creek, Boyne River and Blue Mountain subwatershedsNews Release from Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority July 25 2011 UTOPIA – Low water conditions have been declared in parts of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) watershed. A Level I low water...
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