By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Nov 25th, 2021
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Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood is a researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and author of Roadmap to a Canadian Just Transition Act, and will be a keynote speaker at the workshop. In the last five weeks, Council of Canadians supporters across the country have been talking to neighbours,...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Nov 23rd, 2021
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By Mike, Huiting, Noor, Mat, Caro, Leon and the whole team at Avaaz Over 1,400 dolphins, including pregnant mothers and calves, were slaughtered in the Faroe Islands. Dolphins are one of earth’s most intelligent species. They understand joy… and grief. Imagine the terror they faced in tha...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Nov 23rd, 2021
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By Becky Smit, Campaign Chair, Ontario Greens On November 22, Ontario’s Auditor General released the Annual Report of Environmental Audits, and unsurprisingly, Doug Ford got an ‘F’ on his report card. The damning report said that for the third year in a row the Ministry of the Environment, Conservati...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Nov 21st, 2021
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By Ed Yong The mass slaughter of whales destroyed far more than the creatures themselves. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, industrial whale hunting nearly annihilated the largest creatures ever to live on Earth. Humans hunted blue whales alone so intensely that their population dropped from...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Nov 21st, 2021
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From 350.org Earlier this week, a climate-charged atmospheric river delivered unprecedented rainstorms across BC’s lower mainland. Rivers rose, storms surged, highways were washed away and the entire city of Merritt had to be evacuated. Many of the images from the flooding are harrowing, but one imag...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Nov 21st, 2021
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault hold a press conference at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov. 2. SEAN KILPATRICK / THE CANADIAN PRESS From the Toronto Star, November 17, 2021 By Linda McQuaig During the Second World War, no Canadian woul...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Nov 19th, 2021
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The Holland Marsh Highway will destroy wetlands, forests, and farmlands. By Jack Gibbons, Chair, Lake Simcoe Watch A plurality of Lake Simcoe area voters is opposed to the construction of the Holland Marsh Highway, with 48% opposed, 23% undecided and 29% in support – according to a telephone survey c...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Barrie
Nov 19th, 2021
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“Reconsider Your Support for Bradford Bypass” local groups ask Lake Simcoe municipalities in light of growing public pressure, faulty process and high costs November 18 2021 Simcoe County, ON – Following four high profile “Greenbelt Not Asphalt” protests against the building of new highways in ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Nov 16th, 2021
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This map shows the focused study area of the city’s Settlement Area Boundary Expansion.Supplied Photo From OrilliaMatters, November 15, 2021 By: OrilliaMatters Staff Stakeholders from the City of Orillia, Townships of Oro-Medonte, Severn, and Ramara, Treaty First Nations, specifically the Chipp...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Barrie
Nov 15th, 2021
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Supplied Photo From BarrieToday, November 12, 2021 By BarrieToday Staff Living Green is committed to planting 10,000 native trees in Barrie for climate change and, thanks to some city councillors and the TD Friends of the Environment Fund, that goal just got closer. Having a healthy cover of trees in...
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