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Nov 12th, 2021
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Join the Nith Valley EcoBoosters for a Fall Celebration. Tue, 30 November 2021, Wilmot Recreation Complex 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Celebrate the Let’s Tree Wilmot planting, education, and policy achievements in 2021 and talk about ideas for next year. And refreshments! Featured speaker: Phil Holst, We...
Nov 11th, 2021
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From the Sierra Club Canada Foundation, October 26, 2021 By Dr John Bacher and Danny Beaton, Mohawk of the Turtle Clan. In Memory of Alicja Rozanska. *Content warning: This post has mention of Residential Schools and cultural trauma. On April 5, 2021, the day after the Attawapiskat, Fort Albany and N...
Nov 11th, 2021
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From the Sierra Club Canada Foundation, September 28, 2021 By Dr John Bacher and Danny Beaton, Mohawk of the Turtle Clan. In Memory of Alicja Rozanska. Contemptuously, in the recent federal election there was an obscene amount of all party support to one of the most ecocidal threats to our planet. Th...
Nov 11th, 2021
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Bradford/East Gwillimbury/King – Three local groups whose communities will be directly impacted by the Bradford Bypass have officially asked the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada to designate the project for further federal study. Although the Federal government refused to designate the highwa...
Nov 10th, 2021
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Stock Image From Orillia Matters, November 7, 2021 Letter to the editor Population growth is coming in Ontario, but the big question is how to plan for it in ways we won’t regret, says letter writer Ontario’s population is expected to grow by almost 5.3 million over the next 26 years. The big questio...
Nov 10th, 2021
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From left to right: East Gwillimbury Mayor Virginia Hackson, Holland Marsh Growers’ Assocation Executive Director Jody Mott, Premier Doug Ford, MPP and Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney, BWG Mayor Rob Keffer and Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of FinanceNatasha Philpott/BradfordToday Fr...
Nov 9th, 2021
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Young people from all over Simcoe County descended on downtown Barrie Sunday, Oct. 17, in order to have their voices heard in the fight against climate change. Nikki Cole/BarrieToday Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition (SCGC) and Simcoe County Environmental Youth Alliance (SCEYA) have released the resu...
Nov 8th, 2021
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All evidence has now been presented for Part two of the virtual Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) hearing regarding the Environmental Resource Recovery Centre (ERRC). Verbal presentations will be held on Monday November 15th and Tuesday November 16th. Please try to tune in for the conclusion of t...
Nov 8th, 2021
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Premier Doug Ford is greeted by London Mayor Ed Holder at Nestle Canada’s ice cream factory in London, Ont. Nov. 5, 2021. On Monday, Ford took a campaign-style swing through Bradford, where he announced the proposed Bradford Bypass would not be tolled when it is scheduled to open in 2024.  NICO...
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Nov 5th, 2021
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MIT Centre for Energy and Environmental Policy Research By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance To their credit, in Glasgow today, Canada joined a group of “progressive first movers” in announcing it will no longer use public money to finance international fossil fuel projects....