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Jan 23rd, 2015
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By Anna Baggio CPAWS Wildlands League Huffington Post This is the only reasonable conclusion I can come up with after listening to Ontario’s lawyers in court late last week defend a regulation (O Reg 176/13) that exempts almost all industrial activities from the core protections of the Endanger...
Jan 23rd, 2015
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You may have noticed we have added some new bloggers to this site. It is a real pleasure to welcome Gary Christie, a passionate angler from the GTA with a particular attachment to the Nottawasaga River. He’s also a scientist who explains with great clarity what’s happening to the lifeforms in the wat...
Jan 23rd, 2015
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From New Tecumseth Free Press Online The West Country planned subdivision in Beeton has received water and wastewater allocation for 123 residential units. Walton South Simcoe Residential Development, “a joint residential project” with Alliance Homes, and Cosmopolitan Homes, is located we...
Jan 22nd, 2015
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From Facebook When: Friday February 13th at 1pm Where: The constituency office of MP Kellie Leitch, the Minister for the Status of Women. What: Gathering together as one voice to demand an Indigenous women-led National Inquiry. There is not one seat at the February 27th Round Table discussions for an...
Jan 21st, 2015
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From New Tecumseth Free Press Online Thursday January 22 at 7 pm: Organizing meeting for David Suzuki’s Blue Dot Meeting (blue dot.ca) for people interested in advocating for the right for a healthy environment, takes place in the Dermott Room of St. John’s United Church 56 Victoria Stree...
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Jan 19th, 2015
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Ontario’s 1st Zero Waste Conference was held at Orillia’s Lakehead University last summer.  One of the outcomes from the Conference was a list of action items that attendees requested be forwarded to the province to encourage policy changes that will help reduce waste in Ontario. Gord Joy...
Jan 18th, 2015
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By Bill Shotyk  My home I live in one half of a reasonably well-insulated, modest 1960 duplex in Old Strathcona. The attic is well insulated, the exterior has a layer of insulation under the siding, and all the windows and doors are new and energy-efficient. There is one furnace for each level of the...
Jan 15th, 2015
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AWARE Simcoe Factsheet on LRSCA’s Subdivisions-in-Wetlands policy...
Jan 15th, 2015
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AWARE News Network Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO) will host a webinar on January 22 at 1:00pm to highlight his report, Managing New Challenges. In this one-hour session, he will present his perspective and his advice to ministries on several issues in the news this past year...
Jan 14th, 2015
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From Peter Anderson Tiny Township Tiny Township is considering an official plan and zoning amendment to allow Beamish Construction limited to expand its existing aggregate operation on part lot 79 and 80 (40 Darby Road ) North to 2 Darby Road. To my knowledge no one has involved the Severn Sound Envi...