IJC news release July 20 2011 At a meeting of the International Joint Commission (IJC) today, Commissioner Dereth Glance made a solemn declaration to faithfully and impartially perform the duties assigned under the Boundary Waters Treaty. Ms. Glance was appointed to the IJC by President Barack Obama ...
COC news release July 18 2011 In selling the federal Crown corporation, the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), to the SNC-Lavalin Group, the Harper government is placing the profit motive, rather than safety, at the center of nuclear policy in Canada. Read more ...
2,051 objections under ARA, 3,735 through ERFrom the Ministry of Natural Resources website July 18 2011 Concerns have been raised regarding the application put forward by Highland Companies for a licence to operate a quarry in the Township of Melancthon. No decision on the application is imminent as ...
By Thornton McEnery Business Insider Jul. 13, 2011 A furor has erupted in Ontario, Canada over the proposal of a “mega-quarry” that could potentially contaminate the waters of five large rivers in the areas that would surround it. Petitions have been passed and the Canadian government has been besie...
Comment now and make sure your voice is heardAlert from Simcoe Solar Farm Awareness Project July 17 2011Three of the ten proposed Industrial Solar Facility sites by Recurrent Energy have been registered on the Ontario Environmental Registry. We as citizens have 30 days to make comments from the publi...
BY DECHINTA STUDENTS AND FACULTY Rabble.ca JULY 15, 2011 During their recent tour of Canada, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Blachford Lake Lodge on the traditional and unceded territory of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. The July 5 stopover began with demonstrations by the 1st Canadian...
By GARY MASON Globe and Mail July 15 2011 When Canada’s premiers gather in Vancouver next week, it’s hard to imagine that the subject of trade talks with the European Union won’t come up. The potential ramifications of any deal for the provinces are enormous. And yet there has been little discussion ...
Truck traffic, air and water quality, need for EA AWARE Simcoe July 15 2011 At least one Simcoe County municipality registered its concerns with the proposed mega-quarry in Melancthon Thownship. New Tecumseth Mayor Mike McEachern sent in a letter last week raising key concerns about the Highlands Com...
LETTER TO Simcoe.com July 14 2011 It was recently said that by the time three or four more provincial elections occur, that rural southern Ontario will be unrecognizable. This is because so much of the political will and the bureaucrats exercising that will are based in the urban centres. Over the la...
Next steps, media coverage, upcomng events etc AWARE Simcoe July 14 2011 This is a link to the current newsletter from the North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce....
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