By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Nov 14th, 2021
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Wasaga Beach, concern for rising water levels (Philip Lee-Shanok/CBC) Fellow residents have banded together to form the Wasaga Beach Climate Action Team On May 25th 2021 the Town Council of Wasaga Beach passed a CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. The Town has officially joined the global movement and com...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Nov 12th, 2021
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Negotiated changes to the privatized Highway 407 could deliver benefits sooner and at a lower cost than spending billions on a new highway that will take more than a decade to build. RICK MADONIK / TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO From The Toronto Star, November 9, 2021 By Matt Elliott The words “highway” or...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Nov 12th, 2021
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By Claire Malcolmson, Executive Director of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition The province is looking to strengthen Natural Heritage System (NHS) protections. This is a good thing. They have provided municipalities with maps of the proposed areas that should be included in the NHS. As part of the Muni...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Nov 12th, 2021
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Gerard Dusastre From Simcoe.com, November 11, 2021 By Ian Adams The area’s conservation authority has outlined a series of concerns with a proposed development in Wasaga Beach’s west end, saying more work needs to be done to identify wetland boundaries and protect habitat. The 11-page response from t...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Nov 12th, 2021
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Join the Nith Valley EcoBoosters for a Fall Celebration. Tue, 30 November 2021, Wilmot Recreation Complex 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Celebrate the Let’s Tree Wilmot planting, education, and policy achievements in 2021 and talk about ideas for next year. And refreshments! Featured speaker: Phil Holst, We...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Nov 11th, 2021
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From the Sierra Club Canada Foundation, October 26, 2021 By Dr John Bacher and Danny Beaton, Mohawk of the Turtle Clan. In Memory of Alicja Rozanska. *Content warning: This post has mention of Residential Schools and cultural trauma. On April 5, 2021, the day after the Attawapiskat, Fort Albany and N...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Nov 11th, 2021
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From the Sierra Club Canada Foundation, September 28, 2021 By Dr John Bacher and Danny Beaton, Mohawk of the Turtle Clan. In Memory of Alicja Rozanska. Contemptuously, in the recent federal election there was an obscene amount of all party support to one of the most ecocidal threats to our planet. Th...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Nov 11th, 2021
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Bradford/East Gwillimbury/King – Three local groups whose communities will be directly impacted by the Bradford Bypass have officially asked the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada to designate the project for further federal study. Although the Federal government refused to designate the highwa...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Indigenous
Nov 10th, 2021
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Stock imagePhoto by Pixabay via Pexels From Orillia Matters, November 8, 2021 By BarieToday Staff Today is National Aboriginal Veterans Day, a day to pay tribute to the important contributions and the sacrifices made by First Nations, Inuit and Métis in service to Canada. It’s estimated at least 12,0...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Nov 10th, 2021
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Stock Image From Orillia Matters, November 7, 2021 Letter to the editor Population growth is coming in Ontario, but the big question is how to plan for it in ways we won’t regret, says letter writer Ontario’s population is expected to grow by almost 5.3 million over the next 26 years. The big questio...
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