Photo: MIdhurst Ratepayer Association president David Strachan, Barrie Councillor Alex Nuttal, Aidan Grove-White of Environmental Defence,and the MRA’s Sandy Buxton at meeting on sprawl By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Everyone pays lip service to the mantra that growth must pay for growth, b...
When: Saturday, December 7 2013 1:00 pm Doors open 1:30-3:00 pm Presentations and Discussion Followed by mingling and light refreshments Where: Monte Carlo Inn Barrie Suites, Huron Room, 81 Hart Drive, Barrie This is a joint event between Midhurst Ratepayers’ Association and Environmental Defen...
We’ve been busy By Kate Harries AWARE News Network It’s been a month almost to the day since the AWARE website was hacked and taken off-line – and we know how much you’ve missed it. Now we’re back, with a new design, better security and many updated features we hope you will find useful i...
Sierra Club Canada MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA — New information from a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America should be enough to convince Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency to recommend a ban on bee-killing neonicotinoid p...
New Tecumseth Free Press November 25, 2013 Following on last week’s request by mayor Mike MacEachern to employ an integrity commissioner to deal with future complaints about council, a report on tonight’s agenda recommends copying Innisfil and extending the offer to John Mascarin of Aird...
From Food & Water First November 20 2013 From the smallest towns in rural Ontario to the largest city in Canada, the Food & Water First movement continues to gain support! Dufferin County — home of the Stop the Mega Quarry campaign — has voted unanimously to become the first Food ...
Mayor upset that school once again faces possible closure By Travis Mealing Midland Mirror November 13 2014 NORTH SIMCOE – The closure of Penetanguishene Secondary School would be a devastating blow for the town, Mayor Gerry Marshall told Simcoe County District School Board officials Tuesday night. “...
Seven years ago, the Ontario government’s plan to protect dwindling farmland was lauded as visionary. In fact, it’s been a bust By Thomas Walkom Toronto Star Nov 08 2013 Seven years ago, the Ontario Liberal government trumpeted its new law to curb urban sprawl as bold and visionary. “Peo...
ECO news release November 6 2013Toronto, November 6, 2013 – In a special report to the legislature, Laying Siege to the Last Line of Defence, Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner warns that new regulation changes under the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA) threaten the protection of the province’s s...
Mayor pleased at flexibility shown by County of SimcoeByNikki Cole Midland Mirror Oct 23, 2013 MIDLAND – Simcoe County council has given the Town of Midland its blessing to offer additional leaf and yard-waste pickup this fall.The request, said Mayor Gord McKay, was approved at Tuesday’s count...
Powered By
