Stock Image From MidlandToday, April 30, 2022 By Jessica Owen According to Census numbers released earlier this month, the population of most Simcoe County communities is growing faster than expected. That is likely to create many challenges for municipalities and the impact is already being felt in ...
From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director We asked the leaders of Ontario’s provincial political parties if they support phasing out gas-fired electricity by 2030. Andrea Horwath (NDP), Steven Del Duca (Liberal Party) and Mike Schreiner (Green Party) have all promised to achiev...
This is an area near the Holland River, just below Cooks Bay. The orange stakes indicate an archeological survey. | Supplied Photo From BarrieToday, May 10, 2022 By Jeff Monague In 1812, the Ogemaawag (Oh-geh-maw-whag) Chiefs of the Anishinaabeg (Ah-nish-in-aw-behg) Ojibwe, along with their warriors ...
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...
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...
Lynne Gibson shows her concern for the disruption and destruction of the Elmvale Water Kiosk, Friday, May 6.Shawn Gibson/BarrieToday From MidlandToday, May 6, 2022 By Shawn Gibson Ontario Liberal candidates Aaron Cayden Hiltz (Simcoe North) and Jeff Lehman (Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte) met with re...
Lake Simcoe is shown in this file photo.Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters From MidlandToday, May 11, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Many of you are planning on planting a tree this year, maybe with your kids, maybe as part of an environmental activity. And that’s a good thing. Trees store carbon...
The ending of The Tree Seed Plant still needs to be written.Supplied image From BarrieToday, May 13, 2022 New Book Tells Unfinished Story of the Ontario Tree Seed Plant Ontario’s Political Candidates Urged to Save Important Community Asset for EcoTourism, Local Job Creation & Community Developmen...
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...
The heritage forest on the 7th Line of New Tecumseth has reopened or public use. – Brad Pritchard/Metroland From Simcoe.com, May 6, 2022 By Brad Pritchard If you need to reconnect with nature, then you might want to check out the new trail in the Beeton heritage forest. The 100-plus acre forest...
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