ECO News release September 19, 2012Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner says officials in the provincial government are defying the will of the Legislature and ignoring the public’s right to be involved in the development of environmental policy....
By Catherine Porter Toronto Star September 19, 2012The maples on Georgian Bay are already changing. It’s almost time to say goodbye for another year.Since my parents bought a scrap of land on a big island when I was a baby, I’ve squeezed every possible summer moment into Georgian Bay. To me, it is a ...
By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Sep 19, 2012 BARRIE – The state-of-the-art data centre on Bayview Drive is bringing Ontario’s economic development minister, IBM Canada president and IBM clients to Barrie Friday morning. Brad Duguid will join Barrie MP Patrick Brown and Mayor Jeff Lehman at 11 a....
By Richard J. Brennan Toronto Star September 18, 2012Low water levels across the Great Lakes are playing havoc with boaters and forcing commercial ships to lighten their loads. Pleasure boaters on Lake Erie are “playing Russian roulette” when they venture out onto the most shallow lake among the five...
By James P. Bruce and Chris Wood Toronto Star September 16 2012This month in Washington, Environment Minister Peter Kent and Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, initialed a third renewal of a 40-year old agreement between Canada and the United States to “resto...
By Edward Hill - Victoria News September 14, 2012 A leading Canadian climate scientist today slammed the search for the long-lost 1845 Franklin Expedition as a veiled front for future oil and gas extraction in the high Arctic.Andrew Weaver, a professor in the University of Victoria school of earth a...
NVCA News release --September 13, 2012Families, student groups and other youth organizations are needed to participate in Yellow Fish Road™, an environmental education program for young Canadians. The program is offered by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority in partnership with Trout Unlimi...
By Sultan Latif and Janos Mate Toronto Star August 28 2012Would it make sense to ask a doctor to examine a patient, but take away their stethoscope? That is what the Canadian government is asking scientists to do when it comes to ‘examining’ the ozone layer.Many assume that the ozone problem was fixe...
By Meade Helman AWARE News Network September 17 2012At the last Active Transportation Committee meeting, Councillor Del Crake announced the that committee should not get their hopes up for transit in BWG because there were so many other important projects that town had to deal with.There is currently...
Tiny Council Meeting September 10, 2012By Vickie Kee AWARE News Network September 17 2012It looks like the township has to defend themselves again over ownership of a piece of beachfront. Lawyer Fred Hacker, representing property owners at Ossossane Beach, has requested for leave of council to make a...