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Feb 13th, 2023
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Online petition can be signed until April 1; ‘We are privileged to live in such a beautiful place and have access to the unique natural resource,’ BarrieToday Staff Feb 9, 2023 A satellite view of Lake Simcoe.Photo courtesy the Province of Ontario Barrie-Innisfil member of Parliament John...
Feb 7th, 2023
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Letter writer calls on Ontarians to speak out against Doug Ford’s ‘ridiculously wrong proposal’ to build natural gas generation plantsFrom BarrieToday, Letter to the Editor Feb 7 2023 Stock photo Thursday’s BarrieToday had a story titled, “Local residents fuming over ‘ridiculous’ En...
In Barrie
Feb 3rd, 2023
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A vandalized Bradford Bypass sign along Highway 400 is shown in this file photo.Natasha Philpott/BradfordToday Feb. 2, World Wetlands Day, is an apt time to highlight the Bradford Bypass’ impacts on the Lake Simcoe watershed’s wetlands, and why that matters. The environmental assessment (EA) used for...
Jan 30th, 2023
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From the Municipal Leaders for Stronger Communities, a project of the Greenbelt Alliance and Ecospark Please join us for our next panel discussion: Best Practices for Protecting Farmland and Natural Heritage on Thursday, February 16th at 4 pm. The discussion features: Anne Bell, Ontario Nature Phil M...
Jan 25th, 2023
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‘They did put the money in the budget in March 2022, they just haven’t done anything with it yet,’ laments local councillor who urges feds to ‘take the next step’ Patrick Bales Jan 20, 2023  From OrilliaMatters A local municipal council is calling on the federal government to ...
In Barrie
Jan 20th, 2023
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‘There is no easy answer to our health-care difficulties, but for-profit clinics are going to cost Ontario a lot more in the long term,’ letter writer says From MidlandToday Jan 19 2023 Photo: Stock Image Doug Ford plans to green-light the use of for-profit clinics to cut the backlog for ...
In Barrie
Jan 12th, 2023
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‘This guy promised to protect the Greenbelt’: Foster has been fighting bid to build bypass since ’90s From Simcoe.com Simon Martin, Jan 12 2023 Development comes in many shapes and sizes. But few are impacted by development quite like East Gwillimbury resident Bill Foster. The longt...
Jan 10th, 2023
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Letter writer says making a FOI request is like ‘pulling teeth, but far more agonizing given incessant quibbling and endless time delays’ From OrilliaToday, Jan9 2023 In my capacity as a researcher, my investigative team has reviewed over a million pages of municipal documentation since M...
Jan 9th, 2023
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Bill 23 was ‘the straw that broke the camel’s back,’ says Doug Varty, who stepped down as chair of Species Conservation Action Agency. Doug Varty says he resigned from Ontario’s Species Conservation Action Agency due to the effects of Bill 23 and other ways the provincial government is go...
Jan 6th, 2023
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‘How hot does the water need to be to jump free of the mess that is Doug Ford’s government?’ letter writer asks From OriliaMatters, Jan 4 2023 Photo Dave Challenger cc The boiling frog story is generally offered as a metaphor cautioning people to be aware of even gradual change lest they ...