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Jan 3rd, 2023
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Letter writer says southern Ontario is struggling to ‘maintain, conserve and yet live beside or within their green spaces’ from BradfordToday, Nov 30 2022, Stock Image “They took all the trees and put them in a museum and charged a buck or two to see em. Don’t it always seem t...
Jan 3rd, 2023
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Failing to register by mid-November and continuing to operate STR could result in fines up to $100K per violation From MidlandToday, Jan1 2023, first published Oct 1, 2022 Andrew Philips Stock imagePhoto by Kindel Media via Pexel Tiny Township is taking the next step in its short-term-rental licensin...
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Jan 2nd, 2023
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‘Damage to the Greenbelt is on you, MPP Dunlop, and you, Premier Ford,’ says letter writer Dec 30 2022 Protesters take their demonstration to downtown Midland to get support from drivers to end Bill 23 in this file photo. Andrew Philips/MidlandToday I was recently treated to two communica...
Dec 31st, 2022
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From The Pointer, Dec 22 2022 By Rachel Morgan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Photo: Alexis Wright Newly elected Brampton Councillor Navjit Kaur Brar was a respiratory therapist before running for local office. Rookie Mississauga Councillor Martin Reid has a master’s degree in social work. Cal...
Dec 31st, 2022
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‘We need a culture change now,’ says letter writer Dec 28, 2022 Photo: Biodiversity Jenga by  Martin Sharman cc The main drive for elected officials is to be (re)elected. If we want to fight for our Greenbelt, we must slow down issuing building permits for the development of the necessary...
Dec 28th, 2022
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‘It is time for municipalities to take a united stand against Premier Ford’s plan for environmental destruction and move toward saving the Greenbelt,’ reader says From Bradford today, Dec 27 2022, Stock image of a Wigeon Drake duck There is a lot of hand clapping, handshaking and pa...
Dec 28th, 2022
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Critics say the changes will “completely undermine the protection of wetlands” while doing little for housing. By Noor JavedStaff Reporter,Toronto Star Sat., Dec. 24, 2022 photo Hartley Woodside   The majority of sensitive wetlands in the Greater Toronto Area could lose environmental protection ...
Dec 22nd, 2022
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I am sure if Premier Davis were alive he would be fighting alongside Ontarians against Ontario’s anti-environment Bill 23 and Greenbelt land grab. From the Toronto Star, By Sarah Harmer Contributor, Wed., Dec. 21, 2022   I grew up on the Niagara Escarpment, the backbone of southern Ontario’s Gre...
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Dec 21st, 2022
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The provincial government is taking control over the selection of the next chief justice of the Ontario Court of Justice using a process the judges say “will erode public confidence” in the courts, the Star has learned. From the Toronto Star By Jacques Gallant Courts and Justice Reporter, Dec. 15, 20...
Dec 20th, 2022
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‘We can anticipate where they will strike next,’ writes Gord Miller Gord Miller From Simcoe.com Monday, December 12, 2022 The battle to stop the removal of Greenbelt lands from their protected status is not over yet. Many still protest and call for a suspension and reversal of this decisi...