Reflecting a true sense of caring for our communitiesBy David Suzuki AWARE Simcoe June 22 2011On reading about growing resistance to a mega-quarry being proposed for southern Ontario, I had an epiphany about the media’s use of the term NIMBY, for “not in my backyard.” It’s normally used to describe g...
Is it in the public interest to squander these foodlands for aggregate usage?AWARE Simcoe June 22 2010Email from Ontario Institute of Agronomists Please be aware that the Ontario Institute of Agrologists has taken a position opposing the quarry proposal and has submitted its opposition letter to the ...
‘Make your children proud of you’ AWARE Simcoe June 21 2011 Online petition to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Link here to sign...
By San Grewal Toronto Star June 12 2011 Months after the province cancelled a gas-fired power plant planned for Oakville, residents of Mississauga and Etobicoke are wondering why they’re still stuck with a similar project in their backyard. Some are vowing to make it an election issue. A building per...
'It is critical to find a balance between protecting water sources and agricultural lands and the need for aggregate resources' Email from MOE to concerned resident June 13 2011Thank you for your e-mail of June 8, 2011 to Minister Wilkinson regarding the proposal by Highland Companies to develop a li...
AWARE Simcoe June 10 2011 Beth Brass Elson posted in Water Walk 2011: Water Walkers from the East touched down in Wake Field for a pit stop and photo taking session. We had an awesome day and will be finished walking by 12:00 tomorrow morning! What a great time, adrenline rushing, feet were burning, ...
'All Ontarians deserve to live and work in clean, safe communities'Message from the Minister June 8 2011Thank you for your e-mail regarding a quarry licence application submitted under the Aggregate Resources Act (ARA) by the Highland Companies in the Township of Melancthon. I am pleased to respond....
Harper Government Prepares for First Nations “Unrest"by RUSSELL DIABO AND SHIRI PASTERNAK The Media Co-op June 7 2011Internal documents from Indian Affairs and the RCMP show that shortly after forming government in January of 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper had the federal government tighten up o...
Charest government has been pushing Canada-EU free trade dealNews release from Council of Canadians June 6 2011Montreal – The Council of Canadians joined a rally this morning outside the annual Conference of Montreal to protest the elite gathering, the Charest government’s economic policies, and the ...
In Scarborough, Elmvale, Oakville, North Dufferin… citizens unite to protect By Jim Coyle Toronto Star Jun 04 20 Over the holiday season of 2008, Premier Dalton McGuinty was having his now-famous Christmas existential crisis. Back then, John Laforet was a U of T student, an active Liberal sinc...
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