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By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Aug 7th, 2021
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The youth show their opposition to the proposed Bradford Bypass By Claire Malcolmson, Executive Director of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition We hope that you too are enjoying all that Lake Simcoe gives us this summer – a place to greet and play with loved ones outside and enjoy wildlife viewing...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Energy
Aug 7th, 2021
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Line 5 By Michelle Woodhouse, Program Manager for Water at Environmental Defence Did you know, a 68-year-old pipeline lies in the heart of the Great Lakes? Line 5 carries 87 million litres of oil and gas per day through the Straits of Mackinac— a six km wide connection between Lakes Michigan and Huro...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Aug 6th, 2021
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Utopia Conservation Area Community Partnership with NVCA and Township of Essa delivers valuable enhancements to treasured conservation area UTOPIA, Ontario (August 6, 2021) – The Utopia Conservation Area celebrated its grand re-opening today to mark the completion of new updates, including new hiking...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Aug 6th, 2021
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Jul 27, 2021- Holland Landing Concerned citizens from across Simcoe County and York Region gathered to show their increasing opposition to the Bradford Bypass.  Roughly 50 people gathered, some came from as far as 2 hours, to demonstrate outside of MPP Caroline Mulroney’s constituency office in Holla...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Aug 4th, 2021
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Calling on Volunteers for Phrag Free Tiny Marsh The invasive Common Reed (Phragmites australis subsp. australis) is establishing itself within this provincially significant wetland and there is a program being implemented to stop its spread. The Marl Lake-Tiny Marsh-Matchedash Bay Conservation Associ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Aug 2nd, 2021
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London Mayor Ed Holder accepts the city’s ‘Blue Community’ certification on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Daryl Newcombe / CTV News) This week, London, Ontario, was officially recognized as a Blue Community! The Council of Canadians London chapter presented a certificate to the city’s ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Clearview
Jul 29th, 2021
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Silver Creek, Collingwood By Lisa Richardson The Blue Mountain Watershed Trust (BMWT) is fighting two development proposals that threaten wetlands in Simcoe County. The group has teamed up with the Nature League in an effort to save the Silver Creek Wetland, one of the few remaining coastal wetlands ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Energy
Jul 28th, 2021
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By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean air Alliance In the wake of revelations about dangerous conditions discovered in the critical pressure tube system in two Bruce Nuclear reactors, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has ordered Bruce Power and OPG to not restart any shutdown...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Jul 28th, 2021
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Rob Mccullough, Simcoe County’s  Director for Solid Waste Management From Simcoe.com, July 28, 2021 By Talha Hashmani With various landfills across Simcoe County nearing capacity, calls for alternative means to dispose of garbage are at the heart of the county’s new waste management strategy. A...
By AWARE Simcoe
In AWARE News Network
Jul 28th, 2021
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A aerial view of the Teedon Pit on Darby Road in Tiny Township From Orillia Matters, July 27, 2021 By Derek Howard ‘We’ve had too many proposals that have gone forward in Tiny that have contaminated the groundwater sources,’ says Anne Nahuis There is no water under the bridge so long as t...