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Dec 19th, 2022
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Jeff Monague offers holiday wishes for politicians, including Simcoe North MPP, who he noted ‘may have accidentally fallen into a vat of invisible ink’ Jeff Monague, an Ojibway elder and knowledge keeper, has some good wishes and advice for politicians. From OriliaMatters The season for g...
Dec 17th, 2022
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‘The decline in support for the Bypass is just one of the signs that the province has stopped listening to the people,’ says reader Nov 29, 2022 Photo: Bradford Bypass protestNatasha Philpott/BradfordToday Last week’s Bradford Bypass Public Information Centre, or PIC, was characteristic o...
In Barrie
Dec 17th, 2022
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‘If we have to tolerate this behaviour for the next three and a half years, the province could be destined to become a backwater territory,’ says letter writer From BarrieToday, Dec 14 2022, Supporters cheer for Doug Ford at a rally in Barrie. file photo  Kevin Lamb Since Nov. 1, there ha...
Dec 17th, 2022
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The Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition  explores the issues history and concerns about the Bradford Bypass. Infographic on the high cost of sprawl. Credit: Smart Prosperity Institute. Visit the SCGC website and read about it here...
Dec 17th, 2022
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‘Ironic how Health Minister Jones, the Ford government and MPP Saunderson choose the timing to bribe the local residents of Simcoe County with a much-needed MRI machine,’ says letter writer From CollingwoodToday, stock image Ironic how Health Minister Jones, the Ford government and MPP Sa...
In Energy
Dec 15th, 2022
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Last week, the federal government announced a new policy aimed at ending international public financing for oil and gas projects. This important milestone in our work to end fossil fuel subsidies will shift billions toward clean and renewable energy – and it is starting in January! This is a bi...
Dec 13th, 2022
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Premier Doug Ford says auditor general Bonnie Lysyk should “stay in her lane” and audit government spending, not run undercover sting operations at casinos that rankle police. By Robert BenzieQueen’s Park Bureau Chief Toronto Star Thu., Dec. 1, 2022 Premier Doug Ford says auditor general Bonnie...
Dec 13th, 2022
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‘Are you that person of integrity who still believes what you publicly declared in that 2018 debate, who worked to convince Ford to abandon his plan, or are you on the side of greed, urban sprawl and development?’ writer asks Letter to the Editor, OrilliaMatters, Dec 8, 2022 Dear Ms. Dunl...
Dec 13th, 2022
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Campaign created by Leadnow Canada Sign the Petition here Premier Ford: Stop Bill 23 In the middle of a climate and housing crisis, Ontario is calling on you to stop Bill 23. It will destroy wetlands, farmland and woodlands and undermine important environmental protection. We need real investment in ...
Dec 12th, 2022
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Columnist offers seven lessons about the importance of the Oro Moraine in effort to educate ‘thick-headed’ premier and his ‘bevy of bobble-head MPPs’ David Hawke in OrilliaMatters I could easily fire off another tirade about the sad state of our environmental affairs in Ontari...