By Phil Pothen, Program Manager, Ontario Environment Carbon emissions are going up. Farmland, forests and wetlands are under constant threat. Endangered species are losing their protection.  Policies that should be there to grow vibrant neighbourhoods ...

From BradfordToday, October 12, 2021 By Julie Johnson ‘All leaders need to check their presumption that what happens to the ecology in Innisfil or Bradford or Toronto doesn’t need to matter to the rest of us,’ reader says The IPCC report on...

From BarrieToday, October 9, 2021 By Ecojustice Decision removes important environmental impact scrutiny and public consultation TORONTO — Traditional territories of several First Nations including the Williams Treaties First Nations, Huron-Wendat, the...

York-Simcoe MPP Caroline Mulroney, mayors Rob Keffer, Virginia Hackson, and Margaret Quirk in a photo from 2019. Jenni Dunning/BradfordToday From BarrieToday, October 8, 2021 By Natasha Philpott ‘This project is of great importance as we need to ...

Joe Oliver, Chair, IESO By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance Yesterday the so-called “Independent” Electricity System Operator (IESO), under the helm of climate denier Joe Oliver, released a report that seems more like a pre-H...

The Collingwood water treatment plant is located at Sunset Point. From OrilliaMatters, October 7, 2021 By Jessica Owen ‘We have been pushed too hard by top-down planning that has set arbitrary targets,’ said Collingwood resident Ulli Rath d...

The sea turned blood red as 1,400 dolphins, including pregnant mothers and calves, were slaughtered in the Faroe Islands. It was the largest hunt in history — but days later they were back to butcher another 53 pilot whales. This has to stop! Aft...

Midhurst, ON – Two local organizations engaged in a planning process to help Simcoe County prepare for future growth, the Municipal Comprehensive Review, believe that key pieces of information and analysis need to be included to ensure this proce...

By Oleh Replansky My family, friends, and I were appalled to come across so many signs indicating that glyphosate had been sprayed along roadsides and public pathways around Cawaja beach. As property owners who spend much of our summers there, we were ...

What is a Sustainable Population for Simcoe County? Open to all youth and students living or attending classes in Simcoe County, Barrie and Orillia. Two Categories; Secondary School students and Postsecondary students. Also open to non-students up to 2...