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By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Dec 9th, 2021
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A map of the problem at Big Bay Point, showing the province’s NHS in green hatching. The red hatching indicates areas recommended for removal from the NHS in Simcoe County’s map. December 9th, 2021 By Claire Malcolmson, Executive Director, Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition Media statement – Re...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Barrie
Dec 9th, 2021
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JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT ON ONTARIO’ AUDITOR GENERAL REPORTS Barrie, ON – Bonnie Lysyk, Ontario’s Auditor General whose job it is to hold provincial public-sector and broader-public-sector organizations accountable for financial responsibility, well-managed programs, and transparency in public rep...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Dec 9th, 2021
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January 15, 2022 at 10:00 AM -11:30 AM VIA ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us OR by telephone: 1 647 558 0588 Webinar ID: 885 1380 8450 Nine years after the defeat of the proposed 2,400 acres 200 feet below the water table Mega Quarry, Melancthon Township, and surrounding communities are once again facing...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Dec 4th, 2021
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Bob Ritchie at a tractor rally by the proposed Dump Site 41 on Tiny Concession 2 in 2009. | Linda Chernecki photo  By Kate Harries – AWARE News Network Larger than life – in stature and in spirit – mill owner Bob Ritchie was an imposing and reassuring presence on the front lines of the [&...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Dec 3rd, 2021
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December’s bake sale @ the Utopia Hall will be happening in 2 weeks on Saturday, December 18th, from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. In addition to a wide selection of jams, pickles, and jellies, The Happy Hens of Utopia will be creating beautiful cookie trays ($15) as well as selling absolutely delicious Zucch...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Dec 3rd, 2021
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By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance Ontario Power Generation (OPG) publicly announced at an event this morning that it has selected US-based GE Hitachi to build a new $3 billion reactor at the Darlington Nuclear Station in Canada’s largest urban area. As usual with these so...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Bradford West Gwillimbury
Dec 1st, 2021
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Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner speaks to supporters in downtown Barrie in this file photo. Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday files From BarrieToday, November 29, 2021 By BarrieToday Staff Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the provincial ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Nov 30th, 2021
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Premier Doug Ford arrives for a media briefing at Queen’s Park on Oct. 15, 2021.  CHRIS YOUNG / THE CANADIAN PRESS From the Toronto Star, Nov. 27, 2021 By Martin Regg Cohn If there is a climate emergency on planet Earth, it appears to have gone unnoticed in Doug Ford’s Ontario. In Glasgow this month,...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Nov 30th, 2021
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Shaylynn Sampson, Gitxsan Lax Gibuu Wilp Spookxw, left, and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham rest in the tiny house at Coyote camp in Gidimt’en territory near Houston, B.C., on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Video and photos of the raid of Coyote Camp have been released and are appalling. The RCMP played the soundtra...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Collingwood
Nov 29th, 2021
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Paulette Dennis, Gillian, Frank McEnaney, and Peter Dennis protest at Simcoe-Grey MP Terry Dowdall’s office against the pending purchase of fighter jets by the federal government. Erika Engel/CollingwoodToday From BarrieToday, November 24, 2021 By Erika Engel A group of Collingwood-area residen...