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Jun 5th, 2022
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Voter turnout in Ontario From Simcoe.com, June 3, 2022 By Sara Carson BARRIE-INNISFIL Registered Electors on List: 92,387 Vote Turnout: 39.26 per cent Progressive Conservative MPP Andrea Khanjin re-elected in Barrie-Innisfil BARRIE-SPRINGWATER-ORO-MEDONTE Registered Electors on List: 85,091 Vote Turn...
In Barrie
Jun 5th, 2022
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Barrie-Innisfil PC candidate Andrea Khanjin celebrates her victory with supporters after winning more than 50 per cent of the vote in the June 2 provincial election. | Nikki Cole/BarrieToday From BarrieToday, June 2, 2022 By Nikki Cole Progressive Conservative incumbent Andrea Khanjin is heading back...
In Barrie
May 26th, 2022
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By Jack Gibbons, Chair, Lake Simcoe Watch We asked the leaders of the province’s major parties if they support allowing municipalities and the province to levy development charges to recover 100% of the costs of servicing new developments and cleaning-up Lake Simcoe. Andrea Horwath (NDP) and Mike Sch...
In Barrie
May 25th, 2022
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Bessie and Joe Ditta say goodbye to their income property/workshop last week after the government expropriated the property for the building of the Bradford Bypass. From OrilliaMatters, May 24, 2022 By Natasha Philpott A Bradford couple says they feel “violated” and frustrated after their income prop...
In Barrie
May 14th, 2022
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From Lake Simcoe Watch, May 12, 2022 By Jack Gibbons, Chair, Lake Simcoe Watch We asked the leaders of Ontario’s provincial parties if they will promptly implement and fund a plan to reduce Lake Simcoe’s phosphorous pollution to 44 tonnes per year by 2030. Andrea Horwath (NDP), Steven Del Duca (Liber...
May 14th, 2022
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Volunteers came out on a sunny day to plant trees, under the guidance of the South Simcoe Streams Network. | Miriam King, Freelance From BarrieToday, May 9, 2022 By Miriam King South Simcoe Streams Network (SSSN) is back organizing community work parties to plant native trees and shrubs in local wate...
In Barrie
May 14th, 2022
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Photo Credit: John & Danny on a Sacred Water Walk with Becky Bigcanoe, 2015.  From Sierra Club, May 10, 2022 By Dr John Bacher and Danny Beaton, Mohawk of the Turtle Clan In Memory of Alicja Rozanska. From John Bacher: Critical environmental indicators, which should send warning signals at the po...
In Barrie
Apr 27th, 2022
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Lake Simcoe Report highlights 2022 updates on threats to the watershed  Lake Simcoe, ON – A new report issued today by the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition and Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition sheds light on the increasing pressure facing Lake Simcoe a year after releasing their Lake Simcoe Under ...
In Barrie
Apr 26th, 2022
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Demonstrators gathered in front of Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney’s office in Holland Landing to protest the Bradford Bypass and Highway 413. | Rob Paul From BarrieToday, April 25, 2022 By Rob Paul More than 50 people gathered in front of Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulron...
In Barrie
Apr 25th, 2022
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Local groups say highways, sprawl & undemocratic MZOs are shortsighted Holland Landing – A crowd of York Region and Simcoe County residents gathered in front of MPP Mulroney’s office for the third time in a year to demand that destructive projects such as the 413 and Bradford Bypass should ...