News release from Council of Canadians  Toronto  — Bill 32 – the Waste Disposal Site 41 in the Township of Tiny Act, 2008 – WILL be voted on in the Ontario Legislature THIS Thursday. The Council of Canadians is supporting this private members bill, which has garnered over 54,000 ema...

By Kate Harries WaterWatchThe four members of Simcoe County Council’s waste management subcommittee went into closed session with staff first thing this morning. After an hour-long in-camera meeting, chair Phil Sled (Severn) and committee members Doug Little (Adjala-Tosorontio), Gord Wauchope (Innisi...

Background material for No Water to Waste Road Trip to support Bill 32Water as pure as Arctic iceThe groundwater in the area of Site 41, in Tiny and Springwater townships, is exceptionally clean. Dr. William Shotyk is the University of Heidelberg scientist whose testing found that it is comparable to...

SITE 41: Protesters heading to Queen’s Park By Douglas Glynn Barrie ExaminerA private member’s bill that could decide the fate of dump Site 41 comes up for 2nd reading in the Ontario Legislature tomorrow. Introduced last year by Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop, the bill — if it bec...

Michael Gennings Stayner SunSTAYNER – Don’t know much about the County of Simcoe?Last Monday night, that would have changed if you’d been at the Clearview Township council meeting in Stayner. Simcoe County warden Tony Guergis and the county’s chief administrative officer, Mark Aitken, presented...

David Crombie and others to urge support for Bill 32 News release from Stop dump Site 41 Supporters of the Stop Dump Site 41 movement will gather at Queens Park Thursday to rally in support of a Private Member’s Bill put forward by Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop.  Simcoe County Council voted on Sep...

By Kate Harries WaterWatchOn Friday Dr. Michael Powell of the Elmvale Foundation spoke to the Simcoe County Corporate Services committtee about how a depleted planet will not be able to support the expanding human population for much longer. He called on councillors to have the vision to start buildi...

An attempt by Tiny Deputy Mayor George Lawrence to get Simcoe County’s corporate services committee to put the Dump Site 41 issue to bed and support revocation of the Certificate of Approval prompted an angry outburst from Adjala-Tosorontio Deputy Mayor Doug Little.Any decision has to be based on wha...

By Kate Harries WaterWatchAny one wishing to serve on the county’s new steering committee to work with consultant Stantec on a new waste strategy for Simcoe County must file an application to the County Clerk’s office by Monday at noon (fax number (705) 725-1285). Details of how to apply are posted o...