By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Jun 15th, 2021
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David Hawke has won the Richards Education Award from Ontario Nature From Orillia Matters June 15 2021 By Nathan Taylor ‘My way is to let everyone know why these protesters are protesting. If they are not aware, they don’t get it and they won’t care,’ says David Hawke A longtime outdoors ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Jun 14th, 2021
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Chlorpyrifos sprayed on the fruits and vegetables we eat By Devon Page, Executive director of Ecojustice We’ve just filed a lawsuit to ban the selling and use of the dangerous pesticide chlorpyrifos in Canada. Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide that is sprayed on staple food crops like wheat and potatoes. I...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Jun 14th, 2021
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May 25, 2021 Letter by Elisa Martelli, Licensed Paralegal, B.A. Hons. Dear Sir/Madame: Re: Proposed Rezoning Application from Agricultural to Small Scale Industrial/Commercial Uses 5520 2nd Line, New Tecumseth (2nd Line West of 15th Sideroad) File No. DEV 395 I am writing to you regarding the current...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Collingwood
Jun 13th, 2021
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The Durham-York Energy Centre opened in Courtice, Ont. in 2015, opening to further commercial operations in 2016. The energy-from-waste facility converts garbage into energy to be sold back to the provincial grid. From Orillia Matters May 30 2021 By Jessica Owen With landfills nearly full, the county...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Jun 12th, 2021
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Oro-Medonte council members are shown during a meeting Wednesday. From Orillia Matters June 11 2021 By Nathan Taylor At tumultuous meeting, councillor accused his colleagues of ‘writing policy on the fly, which is not only reckless, but it’s irresponsible governance’ An Oro-Medonte counci...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Energy
Jun 12th, 2021
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By Devon Page, Executive director of Ecojustice The federal government has just sounded a death knell for thermal coal mining in Canada. On the morning of June 11, federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson announced all new thermal coal mine projects and existing mine exp...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Jun 11th, 2021
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Presentation by: Ken DeHart, County Treasurer County of Wellington See the full Power Point Presentation here. Wellington County – Context Wellington County is in southwestern Ontario – we border Halton and Peel Regions to the east, Hamilton to the south, Waterloo Region to the west. We have t...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Jun 10th, 2021
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By Friends of Simcoe Forests Inc. It is with great pride that we deliver some well-deserved, positive news. On Monday April 26th and Tuesday April 27th we were in Divisional Court arguing the law passed by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing exempting the proposed site location (Freele Fore...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Energy
Jun 10th, 2021
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By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance We need your voice to support our call for a thorough and fact-based examination of how Ontario can phase out gas-fired electricity generation. The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) – in response to a wave of resolutions from...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Governance
Jun 7th, 2021
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Email Justin Trudeau and the MPs on the PROC committee here A brand new chance to kick-start electoral reform is imminent in Canada’s Parliament. To seize it, we must act together now! Since Justin Trudeau broke his promise, we have been pushing relentlessly for a National Citizens’ Assembly on Elec...
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