By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Feb 27th, 2022
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White-tailed Deer at the Thomas C. Agnew Nature Reserve. | Joelle Burnie Photo From OrilliaMatters, February 22, 2022 By OrilliaMatters Staff The Couchiching Conservancy is inviting the community to join their annual general meeting on Saturday, March 5 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Zoom. This is an id...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Feb 27th, 2022
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Nick Wood, a land use planner with Corbett Land Strategies, is shown Tuesday during a public open house regarding the Inch Farm development. | Screenshot From OrilliaMatters, February 23, 2022 By Nathan Taylor A number of questions and concerns about a proposed development in the city were raised dur...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Feb 24th, 2022
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Mike Hendren is the regional vice-president for the Nature Conservancy of Canada in Ontario. METROLAND GRAPHIC From the Toronto Star, February 22, 2022 By Mike Hendren Canada’s leading thinkers reflect on how COVID-19 has changed our community, Canada and the world, and forever altered the fut...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Feb 24th, 2022
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Genetically engineered salmon grow twice as fast as conventional salmon. From the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network February 23, 2022, Halifax, Ottawa, Sutton – For years, environmental groups in numerous countries have warned about the potential escape of genetically engineered animals into the ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Feb 24th, 2022
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By Dave Pearce, Senior Forest Conservation Manager, Wildlands League Half a century ago, Canada announced a new airport for the Toronto area. In the process, it expropriated 7,527 hectares of prime agricultural land in the North Pickering area and habitat for almost 200 rare plant and animal species....
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Feb 24th, 2022
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Virtual meeting Tuesday March 1st at 12:00...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Bradford West Gwillimbury
Feb 22nd, 2022
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Premier Doug Ford announces plans for the Bradford Bypass to connect Highways 400 and 404. File photo From MidlandToday, February 18, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, York-Simcoe MP Scot Davidson’s recent comments on the proposed Bradford Bypass are naïve and misleading. The planned Highway 4...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Feb 22nd, 2022
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Stop Sprawl Orillia created this image to show how members feel about the idea of expanding the city’s boundaries.Supplied image From OrilliaMatters, February 22, 2022 By OrilliaMatters Staff As many of you know, the City of Orillia, under the provincial government, is being required to plan fo...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Feb 22nd, 2022
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Stock photo From MidlandToday, February 20, 2022 By Derek Howard With Penetanguishene prepared to formalize a Climate Emergency Declaration at next month’s council meeting, some members of council were asked about the importance of climate change. “What happens 10 years from now?” Coun. Jessica Klug ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Feb 22nd, 2022
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Big Bay Point resident Megan Varga (left) and Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition executive director Claire Malcolmson are happy the Town of Innisfil is asking the County of Simcoe to reconsider removing several parcels of land in the town from the province’s Na | CLAIRE MALCOLMSON PHOTO From the Toronto S...
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