By AWARE Simcoe
In Bradford West Gwillimbury
Mar 8th, 2021
1 Comment
744 Views
Western University privacy expert Aleksander Essex Investigation of Ontario’s online voting for municipal elections finds numerous issues and irregularities By Jeff Renaud Western News Ontario is considered a world leader for online voting. Upward of one million people voted electronically in the 20...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Mar 8th, 2021
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Arborists work on the canopy of a 200-year-old Sugar Maple on the western edge of Thornbury (10th Line near the Georgian Trail) at the Tree Trust’s inaugural event in TBM in July. -Collingwood Today photo The idea is to collect seed stock from trees in the community, germinate them and eventual...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Mar 7th, 2021
2 Comments
611 Views
The following is a letter from Paul Sanderson sent March 3 2021 to Oro-Medonte Township Council Clerk Aubichon, Please accept my Proposal letter below as formal correspondence to be received and posted to the public record, preferably on the next agenda to be read and adopted well prior to expending ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Mar 6th, 2021
3 Comments
764 Views
By Bill French Springwater News I was surprised at the last Council meeting when there was a report and discussion on print communication. Council was presented with various options with the main focus on either retaining the status quo with Springwater News, or splitting print advertising between th...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Mar 5th, 2021
0 Comments
790 Views
Proposed new runway at Orillia regional airport ‘Our understanding of the regulations that govern aerodromes and airports is that this (clear cutting) should not have happened,’ says forester By: Nathan Taylor Orillia Matters Ramara’s mayor is hoping council will defer a decision to dec...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Mar 5th, 2021
0 Comments
676 Views
A ministerial zoning order issued by the Ford government would allow the Triple Group of Companies to build a distribution centre on the Lower Duffins Creek wetland in Pickering, Ont. Move would nullify clause in Ontario’s Planning Act limiting scope of ministerial zoning orders By Mike Crawley...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Mar 5th, 2021
0 Comments
1164 Views
Prohibited cutting: Piles of black ash, silver maple and red maple lie on the side of a swathe cleared in the provincially significant Mud Lake wetland. -Robert Bowles photo ‘I’ve never seen the devastation that I saw out there,’ says experienced wetland evaluator of clear-cutting near Ra...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Mar 4th, 2021
1 Comment
800 Views
Planning Act change hidden in Broadband bill may be attempt to legitimize Lower Duffins Creek warehouse decision AWARE Simcoe update 2 Amazon will not build giant warehouse on wetland in Pickering AWARE SImcoe update 1: here’s a link to a Green Party of Ontario petition Statement from Environme...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Mar 4th, 2021
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834 Views
From the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition Webinar: Bradford By-Pass March 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Free Join SCGC Executive Director Margaret Prophet and guests Claire Malcolmson (Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition) and Laura Bowman (EcoJustice) for a discussion of the Bradford By-Pass, the proposed ...
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