Responding to the over-representation of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples in custody. Community and Justice Services professor Lance Triskle takes his Indigenous Justice class out to the Debwewin miinwaa Naaskodaadiwin Miikaans Truth and Reconcil...

First Nation in northwestern Ontario gains promise that no logging company or lumber mill will touch trees from their land without their permission. From the Toronto Star By Marco Chown Oved Climate Change Reporter Fri., Dec. 2, 2022   For 20 year...

‘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 ...

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...

Natural curiosity led Bob Bowles on the path to become environmental expert Local naturalist Bob Bowles has lived in Orillia for 36 years.Greg McGrath-Goudie/OrilliaMatters Whether you’ve been a student in one of his courses, read one of his columns in...

This government has rolled back decades of environmental protection Barrie Advance Tuesday, December 6, 2022 As Barrie’s only registered environmental charity, Living Green opposes our provincial government’s attack on the environment. In the context o...

‘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...

Concerns about Oro Moraine ‘a three-alarm issue,’ says letter writer The Oro Moraine is the beginning place (headwaters) of seven watercourses including the Hawkestone Creek, above.David Hawke Photo From BarrieToday, Dec 16 2022 Thank you, ...

Severn Sound Environmental Association receives funding through 2 Billion Trees program Dec 16 2022 From OrilliaMatters, Ariel Deutschmann/Village Media file photo   Action to reverse climate change and enhance the local environment in the Severn ...

‘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 Barr...