New Tecumseth Free Press Online As reported here first on Monday, Simcoe County met a court imposed deadline of October 5 to submit its reasons for seeking recovery of all or part of its approximate $23,485 legal bill defending against Aware-Simcoe’s motion for a temporary injunction of a speci...
Green your Halloween From Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority Saturday October 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Locations: Barrie, Bradford (Scanlon Creek), and Keswick Join LSRCA in your community. Come out in your costume, plant some trees and have a spooktacular time. Registration appreciated by Oct. 29...
From Jack Gibbons, North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance DG Group’s bid to cut down close to 32,000 trees and destroy more than 100 acres of wetland and woodlands on its Maple Lake Estates property to build a mobile home park clearly cannot pass any reasonable test of ecological stewardship. The La...
By Rick Vanderlinde Innisfil Journal A new shoreline development policy would allow Innisfil to help make sure Lake Simcoe isn’t impacted by the construction of individual homes. The policy, which requires an amendment to the official plan, would give the town “site plan control” on new single-detach...
From Food & Water First On Thursday, September 3rd, voters in the provincial riding of Simcoe North will choose a new MPP in a by-election. Over the past few weeks, the Green Party has challenged the three rival party candidates to show their support for protecting Ontario’s Class 1 farmlan...
By Heidi Riedner Georgina Advocate Details of a disputed development application for the North Gwillimbury Forest will be made public after all after a recent tug of war over its release. The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority “blinked”, according to The North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance, whic...
from Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance After insisting for months that DG Group’s application to destroy wetlands in the North Gwillimbury Forest should remain tightly under wraps, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) has changed direction and agreed to release the...
from Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance The head of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) says the authority cannot release DG Group’s wetland destruction application because it would be illegal and against LSRCA policy to do so. Except there actually is no law that ...
By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times Development on Strawberry Island is one step closer to reality but still a long way off. Ramara Township council voted Monday night to approve an official-plan amendment designating Strawberry Island partially as “island accommodation” and ...
News release from Conservation Ontario Conservation Authorities are pleased to participate in the discussion and review of the Conservation Authorities Act as announced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. “The role of Conservation Authorities around Ontario’s natural resources has chan...
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