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By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Jul 9th, 2021
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Internships provide local youth with a stronger voice and platform July 8, 2021 – Simcoe County Two summer internships provided through the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition aim to put youth voices front and centre in discussions about climate, preserving our natural heritage and how the County...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Jul 8th, 2021
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Perspectives on Bill C-28 and the Proposed Changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) By Mark Butler, Senior Advisor at Nature Canada As Canada continues to see the impacts and risks to biodiversity and human health from toxic substances and geneticall...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Jul 8th, 2021
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By Kate Douglass, Annual Fund Manager of Ontario Nature Ontario is home to a wonderful diversity of wild bees and other pollinators, from fluffy bumblebees to shiny metallic sweat bees. These wild pollinators are important for keeping our landscapes across Ontario healthy and thriving. The wild bees ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Jul 7th, 2021
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Supplied photo of Linda Wells From OrilliaMatters July 5, 2021 By OrilliaMatters Staff Linda Wells, whose ‘generosity has no limits,’ has offered to match donations to Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition up to $5,000 this summer NEWS RELEASE RESCUE LAKE SIMCOE COALITION *************************...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Jul 5th, 2021
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A sign at the site in Goldboro, N.S., of a proposed $13-billion liquefied natural gas plant. The company behind the project, Pieridae, has set June 30 as its deadline for whether to move forward. By Patrick Bonin, Climate & Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace Canada Following pressure from thousands of...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Jul 5th, 2021
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A word from donors Paul McKay and Mike Brigham By Angela Bischoff, Director and Jack Gibbons, Chair of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance “As safe energy advocates and green power project builders, we have long admired and supported the stellar campaigns of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA) to ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Jul 3rd, 2021
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The Elmvale Water Kiosk north of Elmvale, Springwater Township, Ontario. Special to the Globe and Mail July 2, 2021 By William Shotyk and Michael Powell William Shotyk and Michael Powell are professors in the department of renewable resources at the University of Alberta. The Village of Elmvale is a ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Governance
Jul 2nd, 2021
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Angeline Sandy, a 33-year-old Ojibwe-Potawatomi Anishinaabe from Beausoleil First Nation, stands in front of a memorial at St. Ann’s Parish created to honour the 215 Indigenous children whose remains were recently discovered in Kamloops B.C. – Andrew Mendler/Metroland From Simcoe.com June...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Governance
Jul 2nd, 2021
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John Hawke, an Indigenous rights activist and Beausoleil First Nation resident, organized an event in Thunder Beach on July 1. His goal is to create unity among Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents and work towards truth and reconcilation. – Andrew Mendler/Metroland From Simcoe.com July 2, 2...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Jul 1st, 2021
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The Utopia Hall, 6 Line, Utopia By The Happy Hens of Utopia The Happy Hens of Utopia will be hosting a weekly open-air bake sale (along with jams, relishes and other preserves) at the utopia Hall every Saturday during the months of July and August, from 10am – noon. Where: Utopia Hall, 8396 6th Line ...