Invasive Species Student is on the Job Fighting Unwanted InvadersMarketwire-- July 4 2011 Invasive species pose a growing threat to Ontario's biodiversity and cause billions of dollars in damage annually. With more invasive species found in Ontario than anywhere else in Canada, it is a good thing tha...
By mail or email, get your comments in by Monday July 11AWARE Simcoe July 2 2011The deadline for comments to the Environmental Registry on the mega-quarry is July 11. ...
The Associated Press Jul 3, 2011 An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River in Montana ruptured Saturday and leaked hundreds of barrels of oil into the waterway, causing a 40-kilometre plume that fouled the riverbank and forced municipalities and irrigation districts downstream to c...
Thank you to AWARE Simcoe for hosting panel discussion Letter to Simcoe.com June 30 2011 Although saddened by what I heard, I thank AWARE Simcoe for hosting a panel discussion on Saturday, June 25 in Alliston concerning the Highland Companies mega quarry in the works in Melancthon Township, Dufferin...
News release from CAUSE, NDACT June 29 2011Melancthon ON -- The Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has submitted its letter of objection to a mega-quarry proposal in Melancthon Township to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR).One of the 2,000+ letters of objection to a proposed 2,3...
Why local chefs are pissed at quarry proposal BY: KARON LIU The Grid June 29 2011 A proposal to build the country’s largest aggregate quarry about 100 km northwest of Toronto, in Dufferin County, has sent farmers, politicians and chefs into a frenzy. A crowd of a hundred or so farmers, environmentali...
Ministry details concerns over modelling of future impactsAWARE Simcoe June 26 2011The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has filed an objection under the Aggregate Resources Act to the Highland Companies’ mega-quarry application, advising that it would be premature to consider issuing a licence to ...
Standing room only at AWARE’s mega-quarry meetingBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe June 26 2011A crowd of more than 160 people crammed into a church hall in Alliston yesterday to hear the many reasons why people across Ontario should be concerned about the proposed Highland Companies mega-quarry in Melanc...
UPDATE – link to AWARE Simcoe resolution Surprisingly, FCM board refused debate on BC resolution to allow municipal exemption By Scott Sinclair Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives June 7 2011 The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was a hot topic of debate at the ...
MNR has received over 2,000 written comments from the public By Drew Halfnight Guelph Mercury Fri Jun 17 2011 GUELPH — Opposition is mounting to a proposed limestone quarry critics say could affect the drinking water of a million residents in southwestern Ontario. Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael...
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