Amazingly awesome to think of the life of this tree! No forest fires, nor earthquakes nor loggers took it down. Just a quiet life in a California forest for all these years. 3200 Years in One Photo Not every tree has a nickname, but ‘The President’ has earned it. This giant sequoia stands...
Steve Clark, Ontario’s former minister of municipal affairs and housing, speaks to journalists at Queen’s Park on Nov. 16, 2022.Chris Young/The Canadian Press From Barrie Today by Jack Hauen, November 1, 2023 Now-reversed changes were made at behest of Quinto Annibale, on behalf of Caledon golf...
Doug Ford needs to understand that while the serious matter of land use abuses remains unresolved, the folksy everyman act won’t cut it. By Star Editorial Board Friday, November 3, 2023 Ontario Premier Doug Ford has put himself in a disgraceful position. His only apparent defence against allegations ...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends question period at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Thursday. Chris Young / THE CANADIAN PRESS Fresh from exposing Ford’s $8.28-billion Greenbelt land swap scandal, the provincial auditor general is now probing the Ontario Place redevelopment. By Robert Benzie Queen&...
Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Paul Calandra announced Monday that the province was reversing planned changes to municipal boundaries. By Toronto Star Editorial Board Wednesday, October 25, 2023 The government’s latest policy reversal is an indictment of its chaotic approach on this f...
We at STORM (Save The Oak Ridges Moraine Coalition) will be having the organization’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday November 18, 2023 in the Sandford Community Centre just north of Uxbridge. As well as the usual business stuff we will present the accomplishments of the past year and ...
Bonnie Crombie pledges to reduce Lake Simcoe’s phosphorus pollution Today Ontario Liberal Leadership candidate Bonnie Crombie pledged to reduce Lake Simcoe’s phosphorus pollution to 44 tonnes per year by 2030 if she becomes Premier of Ontario. In 2009, the Government of Ontario released its Lake Simc...
Here’s an offer you can’t refuse from The Ontario Clean Air Alliance What if you could save up to $1,000 per year or more on the cost of heating and cooling your home while helping the planet? Sounds too good to be true? Well our new analysis of the economic benefits of heat pumps shows […]...
How amazing is this — scientists have discovered mushrooms that can devour plastic waste in a matter of weeks…plastic that would otherwise remain in the ocean forever. Right now 91% of the plastics we use can’t be recycled, and every minute another truckload is dumped into the ocean, suff...
From Barrie Today, Letter to the Editor, October 25, 2023 ‘It boggles my mind why so many Canadians do not use the readily provided containers,’ letter writer says of litterbugs On Sunday, Oct. 15, the Barrie Garden Club ventured out on a dark, dreary, and drizzly day to pick up litter al...
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