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By AWARE Simcoe
In AWARE News Network
Oct 29th, 2020
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from  Just Recovery Simcoe Citizens around the world are calling for social justice, economic reform and preservation of nature, key strategies civilization needs to embrace in order to mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis we are already experiencing, while we plan our recovery from the p...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Oct 29th, 2020
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By Kate Harries Springwater News For the first time in 16 months, Springwater’s mayor has broken his silence and provided an account of what happened at the county warden’s charity golf tournament at Vespra Hills on June 26 2019 that led to his being charged with impaired and dangerous driving. The c...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Oct 28th, 2020
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Justice Michael Manson From the David Suzuki Foundation VANCOUVER – A Federal Court judge ruled that the Canadian government will not go on trial under his watch for its contributions to climate change, with youth plaintiffs in La Rose v. Her Majesty the Queen notified today that they must first take...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Barrie
Oct 28th, 2020
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Lovers Creek Ravine From Change.org Residents of Painswick South District, specifically those on Loon Avenue, are outraged and saddened by a proposed townhome development being planned in their backyards at 521 Huronia Road, Barrie, backyards which back onto Lovers Creek Ravine (a provincially protec...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agencies
Oct 28th, 2020
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Futuristic rendition of high density development around the GO Train station at the centre of the Orbit. From Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition Innisfil Council has endorsed the use of a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) to fast track the building of a GO train station, with 20,000 people in 22 – ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Adjala-Tosorontio
Oct 28th, 2020
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Baldwick Bluffs in the Minesing Wetlands – NCC photo News release from the Nature Conservancy of Canada The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) announced today the protection of 32 hectares (80 acres) in the globally important Minesing Wetlands, just 15 kilometres west of Barrie. The newly creat...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Energy
Oct 28th, 2020
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‘Zombie’ batteries prone to ignite when processed at waste recycling centres By Isabella O’Malley The Weather Network The toxic chemicals in batteries can contaminate the environment and can be dangerous when they are being processed at waste and recycling centres. Take Charge is a ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Oct 27th, 2020
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Garifuna leader Miriam Miranda The Afro-descendant and Indigenous Garifuna community of Honduras continues to demand the safe return of the five members of their community abducted by armed men dressed in police and military uniforms in July From Peoples Dispatch October 26 marked the 100th day since...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Oct 25th, 2020
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This sign, erected in August on Highway 11 at the Grayshott Drive exit, sparked concerns among residents on the west shore of Lake Couchiching about a proposed development on land which includes a marsh. OrilliaMatters photo ‘Any time a wetland is developed it’s of concern because so litt...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Oct 25th, 2020
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From Your Happy Hens @ the Utopia Hall Hell’o! We miss you and hope all is well for you, your family & friends. Soup’s on virtual-style at the Utopia Hall (8313-8513 6 Line, Utopia, ON) next Saturday, October 31st. Unlike past SOUPALICIOUS Utopia events, there won’t be any sampling but you can or...