Phil Pothen, leader of Environmental Defence’s Ontario environment program, and a land-use planning and environmental lawyer. From The Toronto Star, October 2, 2021 By Ian Adams One of Canada’s leading environmental advocacy organizations is backing op...

Dr. Ian Clark of the University of Ottawa was at the Elmvale water kiosk on Saturday October 2, leading a group of graduate students who collected samples for their studies of the water, which has tested as the purest known to science. The visit was a ...

Photo by The Lazy Artist Gallery from Pexels From BarrieToday, October 2, 2021 By Jessica Owen Not including cities of Barrie and Orillia, locations poised to handle most of the growth by 2051 are Alcona, Alliston, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Collingwoo...

Barrie Community Garden By Barrie Today Living Green Barrie urges people to start a garden, eat more plants This year, many of us have looked to our own backyard for opportunities to get outside, be active, and reduce screen time. You may have been par...

Artist’s concept of the concentric road patterns within the proposed Mobility Orbit community surrounding a new GO Train station. Miriam King/Bradford Today From Orillia Matters, September 30, 2021 By Miriam King ‘Meaningful consultation co...

This October, the County and its MCR consultants will be hosting public information sessions on the following technical components of the County’s Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR): Growth Management and the Land Needs Assessment, Provincial N...

By Claire Malcolmson, Executive Director, Lake Simcoe Coalition Growth planning MATTERS: Join a free webinar this Friday at 1 PM!  All around Lake Simcoe, huge development decisions are being made. Make no mistake, this is the issue that will most affe...

Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition Sometimes spending just a few minutes on a thing can have huge impacts far into the future. For Simcoe County now is such a time. Sign The Petition For Better Communities The Details One of the key issues from the past...

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark, right, is shown with Simcoe North MPP Jill Dunlop and Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte MPP Doug Downey. Miriam King/BradfordToday file photo From BarrieToday, September 27, 2021 By Nathan Taylor Envi...

Billions of bees, butterflies, and beetles… are dying off, threatening ecological collapse. Toxic agricultural pesticides are among the key culprits, but we now have a unique chance to phase them out in Europe. If we help win there, the rest of t...