By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Oct 23rd, 2020
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Don Allen pleaded guilty to driving without due care, attention or consideration for other people in July By Chris Simon Simcoe.com An incident that landed Springwater Township Mayor Don Allen in legal hot water last year will also make his wallet a bit lighter. Council has suspended Allen’s remunera...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Issues
Oct 23rd, 2020
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WASTED! The Story of Food Waste: Documentary aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and eat food. (Link chosen to illustrate, this doc is not producd by the province.) Ontario government news release The Ontario government is investing over $5 million to help food rescue organizations, Fir...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Issues
Oct 23rd, 2020
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By Inayat Singh, Andreas Wesley · CBC News Ontario’s large cities may be left scrambling to find space for their garbage because of new legislation that makes it harder to build landfills in the province. The Ontario government passed the rule in July as part of Bill 197, the omnibus COVID-19 ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Clearview
Oct 20th, 2020
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You can join the NEC’s virtual meeting on a project it denied five years ago that threatens streams, slopes and wetlands From the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation The Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) is holding a virtual meeting on Oct. 29 2020 at 2:15 pm to consider the Township of ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Issues
Oct 19th, 2020
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Ontario government news release Ontario is kicking off Waste Reduction Week by unveiling regulations to improve the blue box program. The enhancements include expanding the items that can be recycled and making producers of products and packaging fully responsible for the waste they create. “We...
By AWARE Simcoe
In AWARE News Network
Oct 19th, 2020
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AWARE News Network Today opponents of the County of Simcoe’s proposal to build a waste facility in the Freele County Forest filed a legal challenge in their fight against the County’s plan. The Friends of Simcoe Forests Inc. filed a Notice of Application for Judicial Review with Divisional Court chal...
By AWARE Simcoe
In AWARE News Network
Oct 16th, 2020
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Unprecedented energy use since 1950 transformed our planetary environment and humanity’s geologic footprint AWARE Simcoe note: William Shotyk, Bocock Chair for Agriculture and the Environment at the University of Alberta, is one of 18 co-authors of a paper in the journal Nature Communications Earth a...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Council Watch
Oct 15th, 2020
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By Janis Ramsay Simcoe.com After several months of red tape, the county is moving ahead with site plans for its composting facility. Plans for the Environmental Resource Recovery Centre, at 2976 Horseshoe Valley Road W., were on hold after the county requested a Minister’s Zoning Order to exped...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agencies
Oct 15th, 2020
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Futuristic rendition of high density development around the GO Train station at the centre of the Orbit. First phase of the Line 6 project could add 7,000 dwelling units and 20,000 people to the town By: Miriam King Barrie Today Innisfil town council has voted in favour of requesting a Ministerial Zo...
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