Another backroom bonanza for nuclear interests In yet another backroom deal bonanza, the Ford government has signed off on a plan to rebuild four 40-year-old nuclear reactors at North America’s third-oldest nuclear plant – the Pickering Nuclear S...

At Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority’s annual general meeting, board members also received update on lake’s health Barrie Today Staff, Jan 29, 2024 NEWS RELEASE LAKE SIMCOE REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY **************************** ...

WATER WATCHERS It is getting SALTY in Ontario and the waters in the ground, flowing in rivers, and in lakes need your urgent action. Ontario is the biggest user of salt in Canada through the winter period (responsible for nearly HALF of the road salt u...

ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE Ford’s Christmas gift to Enbridge Gas The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has seen the future and that future does not include subsidizing the expansion of fossil gas service to new residential developments. The OEB ended that sub...

‘We’re new to the neighbourhood but we dumped all of our money into that house, it’s our dream property. And now it’s completely threatened,’ says Oro-Medonte citizen Wayne Doyle, Barrie Today, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Jan 15, 2...

Over the past half-century, Lake Simcoe’s salt concentration has increased by over five times, says columnist Peter Bursztyn, Barrie Today, Jan 14, 2024  “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink!” — From the 1798 poem The Rime of the Ancient Mar...

Oro-Medonte Township Deputy Mayor Peter Lavoie will be travelling with the township’s mayor to Ajax next week to present their side of the Barrie annexation story to the province’s standing committee on heritage, infrastructure and cultural...

ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE Ontario takes baby steps on renewable energy instead of a big leap For the last five years, Ontario has been treading water on renewable energy – not contracting for one kilowatt since the election of 2018 – while the rest of...

‘It should be treated like the monarch butterfly is around the world. It’s more unique than that. And yet, we’re allowing the use of this pure water to wash dirt,’ says doctor by Wayne Doyle, Barrie Today Dr. Michael Powell, second from lef...

An image of some of the natural features of Georgian Bay was displayed as part of a presentation during the Dec. 18 Collingwood council meeting.Contributed image ‘This place called Georgian Bay is not only something unique and significant in Canada, bu...