By Jack Gibbons, Chair, Lake Simcoe Watch We asked the leaders of the province’s major parties if they support allowing municipalities and the province to levy development charges to recover 100% of the costs of servicing new developments and cleaning-...
Accountability Assembly moderator and Empower Simcoe chief executive officer Claudine Cousins (right), with candidates Beverley Patchell, Elyse Robinson and Jeff Lehman during the event held at Grace United Church May 11. Incumbent Doug Downey declined...
Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford, New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath, Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca and Green Leader Mike Schreiner during the Ontario leaders’ debate. | FRANK GUNN / THE CANADIAN PRESS From the To...
There is a large for-profit health care industry banging at our door. If we don’t provide the staffing, provide the funding in our public system, there is no choice but to privatize, because people still need care. We must tell Ford and the for-p...
By Angela Bischoff, Director, Ontario Clean Air Alliance We asked the leaders of Ontario’s provincial parties if Ontario Power Generation (OPG) should create 16,000 person-years of employment at its Pickering Nuclear Generating Station site by immediat...
From OrilliaMatters, May 21, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Tony Benn, a former British politician, once outlined the five questions you need to ask every politician or person who holds power. “What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose ...
Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte Liberal candidate Jeff Lehman (left) and Progressive Conservative incumbent Doug Downey. | BarrieToday files From BarrieToday, May 22, 2022 By Shawn Gibson Jeff Lehman, the Liberal candidate in Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medo...
On May 22, Lehman, the Liberal candidate for Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte, held a press conference to talk about what he called a concerning trend observed at debates around the province ahead of the election. From Simcoe.com, May 22, 2022 By Shane M...
Stock image | Photo by Anamul Rezwan via Pexels From OrilliaMatters, May 24, 2022 A Letter to theEditor The following letter is from Elmvale-area resident Kate Harries, who is the Huronia regional representative with Ontario Nature. Proper public consu...
From BarrieToday, May 23, 2022 This video shot by Barrie resident Kevin Biskaborn captures a loon feeding on a school of fish in Kempenfelt Bay. See the post here...
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