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Apr 28th, 2023
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The Lakeshore Branch of the Innisfil ideaLAB & Library offered special events to celebrate Earth Day Saturday. From left: Rosa Yu, Ashmita Sharma, Cara Lintack of Simcoe County Youth Environmental Alliance (SCYEA) | Amber Green for InnisfilToday From InnisfilToday, April 23 2023 By Amber Green Th...
Apr 27th, 2023
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Local environmentalists gathered outside York-Simcoe MPP Caroline Mulroney’s office to protest the Bradford Bypass and other government policy choices, including (from left) Joe Davis, Bill Foster, Raine Davis, Donna Strohm, Aaron Roberton and Alexandra Reznik. Joseph Quigley/NewmarketToday Fro...
Apr 27th, 2023
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Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner hosted a virtual press conference in February of 2022, calling on Premier Doug Ford to cancel plans for the Bradford Bypass.Screenshot From BradfordToday, April 26, 2023 Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner said today a recent federal court decision calling the ...
Apr 6th, 2023
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Press release Protecting Ontario’s environment For Immediate Release: April 06, 2023 Ontario to kill Growth Plan: Proposed new planning rules would kneecap housing supply efforts and unleash unprecedented sprawl on Ontario’s forests, farmland and wetlands Planned changes further exacerbate Ontario’s ...
Mar 5th, 2023
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Milestone worth celebrating, but still more work to do, says county official Mar 2, 2023 The County of Simcoe is wasting no time celebrating a milestone. Since 2008, the county has collected more than 200,000 tonnes of organic material from households and businesses, which it notes has saved “the equ...
In Bill 23
Mar 1st, 2023
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Move meant to offset loss in revenue expectedfrom Bill 23 From BradfordToday, Nikki Cole Feb 28 2023 Photo Simcoe County council’s committee of the whole is supporting adjustments to a Bradford affordable housing development budget. The changes were made to reflect the development charge revenue loss...
Feb 17th, 2023
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AMO Submission to the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy November 16, 2022 Summary The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) commends the government for recognizing it has a role to play in addressing the national housing crisis. AMO and its member municipal g...
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...
Feb 7th, 2023
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Gail Little named chair of conservation authority’s board of directors at annual general meeting CollingwoodToday Staff Jan 29, 2023, Supplied photo. NEWS RELEASE NOTTAWASAGA VALLEY CONSERVATION AUTHORITY ************************* The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) held electi...
Feb 7th, 2023
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‘Planning decisions can’t be made based on the stigma around a new legalized crop such as cannabis,’ says lawyer, calling situation ‘a highly politically charged issue’ Marg Bruineman Stock imagePhoto by Washarapol D BinYo Jundang via Pexels about 16 hours ago Oro-Medonte Town...