By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press Sept. 22 2011PERKINSFIELD -In a move seen as a legacy of the former Site 41 landfill battle, Tiny Township has become Ontario’s first Blue Community.Read more .. and Kingston makes it twoFrom Council of Canadians September 21 2011The Council of Canadians cong...
AWARE Simcoe news release September 20 2011Barrie, On – Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak has replied to concerns raised about his reported view that stripping Conservation Authorities of their power is “the right thing to do.”Unfortunately, his reply, sent Sept. 16 to Conservation Ontario, d...
By BOB BRUTON Barrie Examiner September 19 2011 Trees and brush along Barrie’s North Shore Trail will be further thinned to improve sight lines and safety. City councillors approved a new vegetation plan Monday, which would be phased in during a two-year period. Read more...
...or let everyone everywhere become ever more radioactiveBy Gordon Edwards - Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility September 16 2011ACTION ITEM: It is urgently necessary to start aninternational campaign to roll back the "free release"limits which allow radioactively contaminated materialsto...
Email from Elizabeth Brass Elson (Beth) September 12 2011Moving Planet will be a day to put our demands for climate action into motion—marching, biking, skating—calling for the world to go beyond fossil fuels. ...
By Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press September 15, 2011 TORONTO – Ontario’s Liberal government is facing allegations of abusive interference from a company that claims the province scuttled its application to develop a quarry for political rather than environmental reasons. Read more ...
Zero Waste Simcoe submission to Simcoe County Corporate Services Committee September 14, 2011 In a submission by Sandy Agnew and Kelly Clune, ZWS Recommends a Phased-in Plan be developed to include the most effective features from WMS Options and that the County expand existing education and promotio...
Canadian Chefs’ Congress on July 7, 2011 On October 16th, 2011 we will gather 20,000 people on the remaining Melancthon farmland that did not sell out to the Highland Companies. Hosted by over 70 of Canada’s top chefs from around the country, this event will celebrate Ontario’s bounty of food a...
‘We have to protect land that can grow food’ By Jennifer Bain Toronto Star September 15, 2011 Activist chef Michael Stadtländer is spearheading a farm-based food protest and hopes 20,000 people will join him. Read more ...