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Oct 28th, 2020
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‘Zombie’ batteries prone to ignite when processed at waste recycling centres By Isabella O’Malley The Weather Network The toxic chemicals in batteries can contaminate the environment and can be dangerous when they are being processed at waste and recycling centres. Take Charge is a ...
Oct 27th, 2020
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Garifuna leader Miriam Miranda The Afro-descendant and Indigenous Garifuna community of Honduras continues to demand the safe return of the five members of their community abducted by armed men dressed in police and military uniforms in July From Peoples Dispatch October 26 marked the 100th day since...
Oct 25th, 2020
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This sign, erected in August on Highway 11 at the Grayshott Drive exit, sparked concerns among residents on the west shore of Lake Couchiching about a proposed development on land which includes a marsh. OrilliaMatters photo ‘Any time a wetland is developed it’s of concern because so litt...
Oct 25th, 2020
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From Your Happy Hens @ the Utopia Hall Hell’o! We miss you and hope all is well for you, your family & friends. Soup’s on virtual-style at the Utopia Hall (8313-8513 6 Line, Utopia, ON) next Saturday, October 31st. Unlike past SOUPALICIOUS Utopia events, there won’t be any sampling but you can or...
Oct 20th, 2020
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You can join the NEC’s virtual meeting on a project it denied five years ago that threatens streams, slopes and wetlands From the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation The Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) is holding a virtual meeting on Oct. 29 2020 at 2:15 pm to consider the Township of ...
Oct 19th, 2020
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AWARE News Network Today opponents of the County of Simcoe’s proposal to build a waste facility in the Freele County Forest filed a legal challenge in their fight against the County’s plan. The Friends of Simcoe Forests Inc. filed a Notice of Application for Judicial Review with Divisional Court chal...
In Barrie
Oct 16th, 2020
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Nearly 3,700 people have signed a petition By Chris Simon Barrie Advance Michelle Lackey may lose her home’s biggest selling feature. The Barrie resident moved into her Loon Avenue dream house in June. The backyard has a pool and it overlooks part of a large wooded area, which is connected to the Lov...
Oct 16th, 2020
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Unprecedented energy use since 1950 transformed our planetary environment and humanity’s geologic footprint AWARE Simcoe note: William Shotyk, Bocock Chair for Agriculture and the Environment at the University of Alberta, is one of 18 co-authors of a paper in the journal Nature Communications Earth a...
Oct 15th, 2020
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By Janis Ramsay Simcoe.com After several months of red tape, the county is moving ahead with site plans for its composting facility. Plans for the Environmental Resource Recovery Centre, at 2976 Horseshoe Valley Road W., were on hold after the county requested a Minister’s Zoning Order to exped...
Oct 15th, 2020
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Futuristic rendition of high density development around the GO Train station at the centre of the Orbit. First phase of the Line 6 project could add 7,000 dwelling units and 20,000 people to the town By: Miriam King Barrie Today Innisfil town council has voted in favour of requesting a Ministerial Zo...