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Mar 2nd, 2019
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The Jefferson Salamander is endangered, meaning it lives in the wild but is facing imminent extinction or extirpation. Let the Province know you don’t think vulnerable species are just red tape AWARE News Network With so many species – caribou, polar bears, sturgeon, turtles, eagles, swal...
Mar 2nd, 2019
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The Piping Plover, shown at Wasaga Beach, is listed as endangered, meaning it lives in the wild but is facing imminent extinction or extirpation. -AWARE Simcoe photo Ontario review of Endangered Species Act could put vulnerable species at even greater risk News release February 14, 2019 TORONTO — The...
Feb 26th, 2019
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The Choir Lions of Caswell Community Choirs were among the performers backing Sarah Harmer in a Georgian Theatre concert last week. -AWARE News Network photo By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Do you remember when Sarah Harmer came to Barrie to sing a love letter to the water? Ten, 20 years from now,...
Feb 25th, 2019
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MP Alex Nuttall, centre, after presenting a petition calling for urgent intervention in the case of Edwin Espinal of Honduras, with, from left, Laura Avalos of the Canadian Council for International Cooperation, Christine Nugent of the Simcoe County Honduras Rights Monitor, Janet Spring, Espinal̵...
Feb 23rd, 2019
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From Erin Archer Public Open House Presented by DufferinAggregates/CRH/Cedarhurst Tuesday March 5th Wyebridge Community Hall 4:00pm-7:00pm *with Rally 3:00pm-4:00pm Bring drums, rattles, sneakers and skirts! The Worlds Purest Water is being threatened yet again, but this time by big aggregate. Duffer...
Feb 18th, 2019
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Dave Stock and Beth Brass Elson after flag is raised at the Elmvale flow. -AWARE Simcoe photo By Kate Harries AWARE News Network February 20 2018 Someone took the Unity Flag within a day of its being raised at the Elmvale flow – but the word is out and increasing numbers are rallying to the […...
Feb 15th, 2019
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Water warriors from Canada and Brazil meet their counterparts in Vittel, France. -Wellington Water Watchers photo From Mike Balkwill Wellington Water WatchersFebruary 28 2019 This is the last of 5 dispatches about the visit to Vittel, France by a delegation from Wellington Water Watchers. (If you wou...
Feb 12th, 2019
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The Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly is globally endangered, surviving in Canada only in the Minesing Wetlands, in Clearview, Essa and Springwater Townships. -Chris Evans photo Massive insect decline could have ‘catastrophic’ environmental impact, study says By Euan McKirdy, CNN February 12...
Feb 10th, 2019
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Singer and environmentalist Sarah Harmer Friday February 22: Sarah will be joined by Tim Gray, Jeff Monague, Becky Big Canoe, and the Caswell Choir Lions From the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition, Environmental Defence and the Lake Simcoe Rescue Coalition We are thrilled to announce that Sarah Harme...
Feb 8th, 2019
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The Kirtland’s Warbler is among more than 200 species of plants and animals listed at risk of disappearing from Ontario. In 2017, Simcoe County undertook a restoration project to create Kirtland’s Warbler habitat.  From Anne Bell, Director of Conservation and Education,  Ontario Nature Un...