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By AWARE Simcoe
In AWARE News Network
Mar 6th, 2024
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  ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE Last week, the Ford government introduced a bill to reinstate a massive subsidy for fossil gas pipelines to new home developments and to boost wasteful spending on other fossil gas infrastructure. The legislation will increase both climate damage and energy bills. Fo...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Mar 6th, 2024
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Springwater Invites Community to Shape the Future of Parks and Recreation Township of Springwater / February 15, 2024 – The Township of Springwater is updating the existing Parks and Recreation Master Plan to guide the future planning of recreational facilities, programs, and services in the municipa...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Mar 6th, 2024
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Southern Ontario was covered by nearly continuous forest less than 200 years ago, but today urban development and agriculture has replaced the forest with only primarily second growth forest remaining, writes Bob Bowles. Bob Bowles is an award-winning writer, artist and naturalist, as well as the fou...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Feb 22nd, 2024
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The Ontario Farmland Trust would like to invite you to our annual Farmland Forum on March 21, 2024. It will take place from 9am-5pm at The Grandway Events Centre in Elora ON, as well as online. The Ontario Farmland Trust is a non-profit organization that works to protect Ontario farmlands and associa...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Feb 22nd, 2024
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Be the Change, Season 16 is here, and we are proud to present this year’s amazing line up! Our first presentation on Wednesday March 6, 7:00PM at the Simcoe Street Theatre is The Magnitude of All Things, by Jennifer Abbott. Her new documentary draws intimate parallels between the experiences of grief...
By AWARE Simcoe
In AWARE News Network
Feb 22nd, 2024
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GREAT NEWS FOR SAVE GEORGIAN BAY SUPPORTERS: ANOTHER COUNCIL VOTES AGAINST TC ENERGY’S PUMPED STORAGE SCHEME IN MEAFORD Please click here to read for full details. Sincerely, Save Georgian Bay...
By AWARE Simcoe
In AWARE News Network
Feb 22nd, 2024
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  ‘It’s a good example of how a small group of committed residents can achieve anything,’ mayor says of volunteer group Pollinate Collingwood by Jessica Owen, Barrie Today, February 7, 2024 Collingwood is closing in on finalizing its pollinator protection plan and, once approved, it would make t...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Feb 22nd, 2024
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The Township of Severn, Town of Penetanguishene and Township of Georgian Bay are also proud Bee City members. By Severn Sound Environmental Association, in Simcoe.com Wednesday, February 14, 2024 The Severn Sound Environmental Association (SSEA) is excited to share that two partner municipalities, th...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Feb 8th, 2024
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By AWARE Simcoe
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Feb 2nd, 2024
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By Wayne Doyle, Local Journalist, Jan 27, 2024 Simcoe County harvests almost 30,000 cubic metres of broad timber each year, which generates about $2 million annually that is reinvested in the forest You may not have noticed it because they take so long to grow, but Simcoe County’s forests are constan...