Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner speaks at an event in Barrie in this file photo. | Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From BarrieToday, February 10, 2022 By BarrieToday Staff The federal government has for a second time declined to intervene on Ontario’s plans to build the Bradford Bypass, a...
The Orillia Wetland Watchers invites everyone to join us on our Walk for Wetlands. This short and peaceful walk from the Opera House to City Hall is being held to send a message to Orillia’s Mayor and Council that we oppose development on the Inch Farm wetlands, and to raise awareness about the alarm...
By Margaret Prophet, Executive Director, Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition ‘Lake Simcoe abandoned by feds and province’ say organizers Simcoe County, ON – The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada has announced it will not revisit its decision to deny a Federal Impact Assessment designation for t...
Virtual public open house Feb. 22 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m...
Naturalist Bob Bowles is shown on the Inch Farm property, which is slated for development of a subdivision and a business park. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 9, 2022 A Letter to the Editor The recent article by Nathan Taylor exposed the City of Orillia’s abysmal record ...
By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) is preparing to take another stab at planning for the decarbonization of Ontario’s electricity system. The IESO’s first attempt to look at what it would take for Ontario to phase-out the ...
The Inch Farm developments are proposed to happen near Highway 11, seen at right.Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 5, 2022 A Letter to the editor Mayor Clarke and Mr. Lauer may not be alarmed by the plans for the Inch Farm Development area, but I am, and so should anyone who ...
Marg. Bruineman/BarrieToday From OrilliaMatters, February 6, 2022 By Marg. Bruineman With the foliage largely buried under accumulated layers of the winter’s snow, hiking through the Strachan Tract off Line 8 North in Oro-Medonte Township can, at times, be more of a trudge. Its 637 acres just n...
Stock Image From OrilliaMatters, February 8, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Road salt contamination of freshwater waters begs the question, can we make better use of the roads we have? A deep dive into the salt pollution of freshwaters has led me to some radical thinking. Lake Simcoe is on a trajectory ...
More than 1500 people have signed the DAMN! petition (Demand A Moratorium Now!), calling for a moratorium on all new gravel mining approvals in Ontario. Have you? Sign The Petition Imagine the impact we could make together if we can get 5,000 people to show the Reform Gravel Mining Coalition some lo...
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