By AWARE Simcoe
In Barrie
Jan 19th, 2022
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The City of Barrie’s wastewater treatment facility on Bradford Street. | Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From BarrieToday, January 16, 2022 By Peter Bursztyn Organic waste is everything which started out as either plant or animal matter. It includes wilted cabbage, banana peel, corn stubble, excess fa...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Jan 19th, 2022
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By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance It seems too good to be true. Switching to an air-source heat pump can cut your electricity costs by more than $2,000 a year and you will be slashing the greenhouse gas pollution that results from heating and cooling your home at the same...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Jan 17th, 2022
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An aerial view of the Teedon Pit at 40 Darby Road in Tiny Township. From MidlandToday, January 13, 2022 By Derek Howard Payback can be sweet, whether figuratively or literally. During a recent committee of the whole meeting, Coun. Gibb Wishart brought forward resident correspondence relating to a let...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Jan 16th, 2022
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Keurig K-Cup pods By Devon Page, Executive Director, Ecojustice We’re pleased to kick off the new year with good news: Keurig Canada has been fined $3 million for misleading consumers about the recyclability of its single-use plastic K-Cup pods. This victory comes following a 2019 submission by Ecoju...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Jan 16th, 2022
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A man who goes by Xavier Bergeron, an alias used to protect his identity, was protesting RBC’s involvement with the fossil fuel industry on Monday afternoon at the bank’s branch in west Orillia. | Contributed photo Orillia OPP officers were called to the RBC Royal Bank in west Orillia on ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Jan 15th, 2022
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New announcement on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. via Zoom...
By AWARE Simcoe
In AWARE News Network
Jan 13th, 2022
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File photo. (Brent Calver/Western Wheel) From MidlandToday, January 12, 2021 A Letter to the Editor Good morning, I am sitting here watching CNN. The United States is going to hell in a hand-basket. No one wants to take the responsibility to right the wrongs. Even if they wanted to, they would be st...
By AWARE Simcoe
In AWARE News Network
Jan 13th, 2022
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It’s been just over 50 days since the federal government’s new cabinet was sworn in. Last month, the Council of Canadians issued four mandate letters – on water, trade, the climate crisis, and health – that lay out a progressive agenda for the new federal government. Two days later, Prime Minister Tr...
By AWARE Simcoe
In AWARE News Network
Jan 12th, 2022
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Gravel Pit Join us on January 25 for something big For decades, the gravel mining industry has blasted, dug, crushed, and trucked across Ontario with apparent impunity. On Tuesday, January 25 at 7 pm the newly formed Reform Gravel Mining Coalition will announce something big that will protect water a...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Barrie
Jan 11th, 2022
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The Bradford Bypass debacle now has the attention of the federal government. Let’s give them a nudge! Thank you to the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition for initiating this parliamentary petition. Unlike other petitions, if a parliamentary petition gets 500 signatures, it is presented in the Ho...
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