We at STORM (Save The Oak Ridges Moraine Coalition) will be having the organization’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday November 18, 2023 in the Sandford Community Centre just north of Uxbridge. As well as the usual business stuff we will ...

Bonnie Crombie pledges to reduce Lake Simcoe’s phosphorus pollution Today Ontario Liberal Leadership candidate Bonnie Crombie pledged to reduce Lake Simcoe’s phosphorus pollution to 44 tonnes per year by 2030 if she becomes Premier of Ontario. In 2009,...

Here’s an offer you can’t refuse from The Ontario Clean Air Alliance What if you could save up to $1,000 per year or more on the cost of heating and cooling your home while helping the planet? Sounds too good to be true? Well our new analysis of the ec...

How amazing is this — scientists have discovered mushrooms that can devour plastic waste in a matter of weeks…plastic that would otherwise remain in the ocean forever. Right now 91% of the plastics we use can’t be recycled, and every minute...

From Barrie Today, Letter to the Editor, October 25, 2023 ‘It boggles my mind why so many Canadians do not use the readily provided containers,’ letter writer says of litterbugs On Sunday, Oct. 15, the Barrie Garden Club ventured out on a d...

Innisfil Mayor Lynn Dollin. Barrie Today, by Patrick Bales, October 27, 2023 Lynn Dollin says town wants to meet its provincial housing targets, but she’d rather work collaboratively with council to make it happen Innisfil has committed to buildi...

Letter to the Editor, October 29, 2023 Like proposed Bradford Bypass and 404-Highway 12 extensions, Highway 413 will destroy forests, wetlands, and imperil livelihoods of First Nations and farmers, says letter writer Doug Ford is sorry and wants to for...

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE and YOURS TO PROTECT CAN WE TRUST BIG COMPANIES TO PROTECT OUR WATER? The provincial government wants to erode water protection laws by allowing some stormwater, wastewater and water-taking activities to proceed without an upfront...

An overhead view of the fall colours in the Ardagh Bluffs Photo supplied From Barrie Today Staff, October 26 NEWS RELEASE THE CITY OF BARRIE ‘This initiative is a groundbreaking step towards preserving our natural environment and enhancing our ur...

ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE Capital Power is seeking permission from the Ford Government to increase the smog and greenhouse gas pollution from its Goreway gas-fired power plant in Brampton by more than 80% by 2032. If Capital Power’s request is approve...