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Apr 29th, 2015
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By Roberta Bell, Orillia Packet & Times The company proposing to build condominiums on an island in northern Lake Simcoe is tweaking its plans in accordance with environmental-protection legislation, but some residents of the nearby mainland feel the changes are too small to matter. “I was ...
Apr 28th, 2015
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Open Letter from the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority Dear Lake Simcoe Watershed Residents: On April 24, 2015, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) Board of Directors approved new Watershed Development Guidelines that apply to all regulated areas within the Lake Simcoe Water...
Apr 24th, 2015
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UPDATE – scroll down for link to LSRCA open letter From Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance Today, the board members of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) refused to close the door to development in provincially significant wetlands.  The board’s actions have...
Apr 24th, 2015
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Company that plans to build 120-unit condo development addressing township council Monday By Roberta Bell, Orillia Packet & Times The developer eyeing a 120-unit condo community on Strawberry Island in north Lake Simcoe says the company is working within government parameters to protect existing ...
Apr 24th, 2015
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Release from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority The board recognized the long-standing relationship between the Rotary Club of Barrie and the Tiffin Centre for Conservation by renaming the Tiffin Group Campground to the Rotary Group Campground. Through the Spring Tonic Festival and other i...
Apr 23rd, 2015
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Human Beings are the Voice for all Life Forms Letter to the Alliston Herald from Danny Beaton, Tiny Township BEETON – A little forest on a hill is threatened by a developer who owns lots of property in Simcoe County. I was there to witness many intelligent people present their case to stop the ...
Apr 23rd, 2015
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By Heidi Riedner Georgina Advocate A large-scale subdivision on provincially protected wetlands in Georgina may slip through a conservation “loophole”, according to the environmental group trying to close both the hole and stop development in the North Gwillimbury Forest. And that hole got a little w...
Apr 22nd, 2015
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from Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance Despite solemnly promising not to file an application for a development permit for its Maple Lakes Estate lands until “the LSRCA has concluded its review of the LSRCA Watershed Development Policy and until the LSRCA has implemented a new policy,” [e...
Apr 20th, 2015
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from Pamela Fulford Trans America Group, a real estate company from Alberta that wants to build 120 condominium units on small Strawberry Island in Lake Simcoe, will be giving a deputation to Ramara Council on an updated version of its proposal. When: Monday April 27 at 7:00 p.m. Where:  Ramara Centr...
Apr 17th, 2015
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“For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports.” – Sandra Postel, Last Oasis: Facing ...