Blue Mountain Watershed Trust’s ever popular Be The Change Film Series continues with a double feature-The Long Today & The Last Guide. When filmmaker Niobe Thompson’s father turned 70 he found a ‘river’ on a map, repaired one of his old wood canoes, and invited his family to help him cele...
Kevin Lamb for BarrieToday files From BarrieToday, May 8, 2023 Water is the lifeline of all life on Earth. The United States Geological Survey shows 71 per cent of Earth is covered in water, 96.54 per cent is salt water found in oceans, and a mere 1.69 per cent is groundwater, while less than one [&h...
Release from the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition ****** Hello Lake Lover! It has been a busy start to spring and we’ve got a ton of updates for you. Read below to see what we have been up to, some good news regarding our Bradford Bypass campaign, and lots of events coming up! Earth day Weekend [&h...
Release from Living Green Barrie ****** Deliver Door Hangers Get some fresh air, exercise, and volunteer hours! We need volunteers to help us deliver door hangers to a few neighbourhoods in Barrie and Oro-Medonte. We like to let the neighbours know that we will be planting trees in parks near their h...
Barrie Mayor Alex Nuttall From BarrieToday, April 28, 2023 By Bob Bruton Who’s lobbying who, and for whom, could soon be very public. Barrie councillors gave initial approval Wednesday night to create a lobbyist registry for Barrie, to ensure the public disclosure of lobbying activities and to overse...
Stock image From CollingwoodToday, April 27, 2023 By Jessica Owen The countdown is on for the Collingwood landfill, as county officials expect it will close at the end of 2023. According to estimates from the County of Simcoe, the Collingwood landfill had 30,678 cubic metres of capacity remaining at ...
Springwater Mayor Jennifer Coughlin was elected deputy warden for two-year term in December 2022. From MidlandToday, April 28, 2023 By Nikki Cole Simcoe County councillors are joining in the chorus of fellow municipal voices in an effort to put a stop to harassment and abuse in public office. Springw...
Tony Pigott of the Georgian Bay GeoPark Network was host to a 2021 presentation at the Midland Cultural Centre which offered a look at how Georgian Bay could benefit in becoming a UNESCO Global GeoPark. | Midland Cultural Centre From BarrieToday, April 29, 2023 By Derek Howard, Local Journalism Initi...
Release from Friends of the Waverley Uplands THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF ITS TYPE! Do our Federal/Provincial Legal and Environmental requirements/regulations for aggregate mining go far enough to protect the purest groundwater known to science; how about for digging below the water table? Until mor...
Premier Doug Ford, Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney and Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy at a site where the Bradford Bypass is planned to run, in November 2021. | @C_Mulroney Twitter photo From BarrieToday, April 28, 2023 Charlie Pinkerton Editor’s note: This article originally app...
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