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...

Another backroom bonanza for nuclear interests In yet another backroom deal bonanza, the Ford government has signed off on a plan to rebuild four 40-year-old nuclear reactors at North America’s third-oldest nuclear plant – the Pickering Nuclear Station in the eastern GTA. The government is offe...

WATER WATCHERS It is getting SALTY in Ontario and the waters in the ground, flowing in rivers, and in lakes need your urgent action. Ontario is the biggest user of salt in Canada through the winter period (responsible for nearly HALF of the road salt used across the country). Not only are we harming ...

‘We’re new to the neighbourhood but we dumped all of our money into that house, it’s our dream property. And now it’s completely threatened,’ says Oro-Medonte citizen Wayne Doyle, Barrie Today, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Jan 15, 2024  When Oro-Medonte Township’s Mayor Randy Gree...

Over the past half-century, Lake Simcoe’s salt concentration has increased by over five times, says columnist Peter Bursztyn, Barrie Today, Jan 14, 2024  “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink!” — From the 1798 poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Years ago, I vi...

Oro-Medonte Township Deputy Mayor Peter Lavoie will be travelling with the township’s mayor to Ajax next week to present their side of the Barrie annexation story to the province’s standing committee on heritage, infrastructure and cultural policy. by Wayne Doyle, Barrie Today Local Journ...

ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE Ontario takes baby steps on renewable energy instead of a big leap For the last five years, Ontario has been treading water on renewable energy – not contracting for one kilowatt since the election of 2018 – while the rest of the world has surged forward. Now the province s...

Lake Simcoe MPPs need to develop a phosphorous reduction plan and budget Last night, Barrie Council directed Mayor Alex Nuttall to meet with the federal and provincial Ministers of the Environment to discuss phosphorus reduction initiatives. The mayor could start his meeting with Provincial Environme...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, confers with Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Paul Calandra, at Queen’s Park, in Toronto, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023Chris Young/The Canadian Press By Charlie Pinkerton, Orillia Matters, December 8, 2023 From March 2019 to March 2021, province issued 44 mini...

The Ontario Government is trying to ram through Highway 413 and a huge gas plant while you’re distracted by the holidays. A recent Supreme Court ruling found flaws with the federal Impact Assessment process, but this was just an advisory ruling which can be accommodated with changes to the Impact Ass...