Ontario Premier Doug Ford (left), and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark are refusing to reconsider the decision to develop Greenbelt lands, despite a scathing report from the province’s auditor general. | Arlyn McAdorey / THE CANADI...

Hundreds of butterflies were spotted during a recent count in Severn Township. | Photo supplied by Sustainable Orillia From OrilliaMatters, August 10, 2023 NEWS RELEASE SUSTAINABLE ORILLIA ************************* There’s an old saying, “Happiness is ...

 Simcoe-Grey MPP Brian Saunderson in Collingwood last year for a local event. Erika Engel/CollingwoodToday Barrie MPPs Doug Downey and Andrea Khanjin have their say on the Greenbelt report. | Bob Bruton/BarrieToday Simcoe North MPP Jill Dunlop and Prem...

Homes under construction in south-end Barrie. Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From BarrieToday, August 9, 2023 By Bob Bruton The County of Simcoe has another ally at this year’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference, its council heard Tues...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark speaking to reporters in Toronto on Sept. 10, 2018. | Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press From BarrieToday, August 11, 2023 By Charlie Pinkerton EDITOR’S NOTE: This ar...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford listens as Ontario’s minister of housing Steve Clark speaks during a press conference in Mississauga, Ont., Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. | Cole Burston/The Canadian Press From BarrieToday, August 11, 2023 By Aidan Chamandy EDITOR’S ...

The federal government has taken an important step toward reducing climate damaging emissions from electricity production with newly released rules that could help set the stage for meeting our energy needs with zero carbon electricity. As proposed, th...

BTC Presents – Kiss The Ground Narrated and featuring Woody Harrelson, Kiss the Ground is an inspiring and ground-breaking film that reveals the first viable solution to our climate crisis. By regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and...

BREAKING: a damning report from Ontario’s Auditor General confirms what we’ve long suspected. A few chosen developers received “preferential treatment” to hand-pick 92% of the land that Doug Ford’s government removed from the Greenbelt. [1] Now, those ...

We hope you are enjoying your summer, the hottest summer on Earth, as  this July is the hottest month ever recorded on Earth—and likely the hottest in about 120,000 years. We are continually grateful to be living in a country with an abundance of natur...