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Jan 25th, 2016
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Ontario says it’s taking action to reduce pollinator losses Ontario government news release January 22 2016 Ontario is seeking public feedback on a draft action plan to improve pollinator health and reduce pollinator losses. Pollinators, including honey bees, are essential to Ontario’s ag...
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Jan 17th, 2016
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The news, revealed by Martin Regg Cohn in the Toronto Star last week – that provincial cabinet ministers are assigned fundraising quotas, and are in trouble if they don’t rake in enough money for the Ontario Liberal Party – was very shocking. It showed how much the representative system of democracy ...
Jan 17th, 2016
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Happy New Year! 2016 will be an interesting and most likely an eventful year for the Township of Springwater. Strategic Plan Springwater Council, Senior Staff and some key stakeholders participated in a number of sessions in the last half of 2015 to develop a strategic plan for the township. It will ...
Jan 12th, 2016
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AWARE News Network A free public event to discuss issues surrounding Simcoe’s water, farmland and natural heritage systems ,and how we can protect these important resources through expanding the Greenbelt in Simcoe County. Saturday, January 30, 2016, 9:30-11:30 am Liberty North, 100 Caplan Avenue, Ba...
Jan 6th, 2016
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Text of January 4 2016 letter to Town of Collingwood from Collingwood Aviation Business Park president Remo Niceforo: Deputy Mayor Brian Saunderson and Councillor Mike Edwards I am responding to your media release issued December 29, 2015, titled ‘Collingwood’s Support for Regional Airport’. Having s...
Jan 6th, 2016
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From Utopia Hall Steel City Rovers play Saturday January 23, 2016 at Utopia Hall 8396 6th Line, Utopia ON Dinner Buffet at 6:30pm  Concert starts at 7:30p Advance Tickets $15.00 At-the-Door Tickets $20 Call 1-877-499-HALL(4255) or visit www.utopiahall.ca If you were shipwrecked on a small North Atla...
Jan 4th, 2016
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NVCA news release  The community is invited to a meeting on January 13 in Adjala-Tosorontio to learn about enhancements planned for the Pine River in 2016. The Pine runs from the top of the Niagara Escarpment in Mulmur Township to join with the Nottawasaga River in Angus. From there, the Nottawasaga ...
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Dec 14th, 2015
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  AWARE News Network Tuesday December 15 2015 is the deadline for the public to comment on the Ontario government’s plans to update the Aggregate Resources Act. Access the government’s ‘Blueprint’ at the Environmental Bill of Rights registry, EBR#012-5444.  Submit your ow...
Dec 14th, 2015
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Voices from Paris AWARE News Network Helen Szoke Oxfam International  This deal offers a frayed life-line to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Only the vague promise of a new future climate funding target has been made, while the deal does not force countries to cut emissions fast enoug...
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Dec 13th, 2015
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Open letter to City of Orillia – Mayor Clarke and Members of Council Re: New opportunity available to City of Orillia to support the Resolution to oppose burying nuclear waste in Great Lakes Basin. Dear Mayor Clarke, The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Canada’s Minister of Environment, has postpo...