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Nov 14th, 2020
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Nottawasaga River -Gary Christie photo Action Alert – We Need Our Conservation Authorities From the Canadian Environmental Law Association – Scroll down for Environmental Defence, Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition and others On November 5, 2020, the Ontario government tabled omnibus budget mea...
Nov 13th, 2020
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Collingwood judicial inquiry in session last year. Rogers TV screenshot Recommendations include expansion of definition of family under conflict of interest act This is the second in a series of three reports on the Collingwood judicial inquiry, dealing with recommendations of interest in other munic...
Oct 29th, 2020
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from  Just Recovery Simcoe Citizens around the world are calling for social justice, economic reform and preservation of nature, key strategies civilization needs to embrace in order to mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis we are already experiencing, while we plan our recovery from the p...
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Oct 28th, 2020
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Lovers Creek Ravine From Change.org Residents of Painswick South District, specifically those on Loon Avenue, are outraged and saddened by a proposed townhome development being planned in their backyards at 521 Huronia Road, Barrie, backyards which back onto Lovers Creek Ravine (a provincially protec...
In Barrie
Oct 16th, 2020
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Nearly 3,700 people have signed a petition By Chris Simon Barrie Advance Michelle Lackey may lose her home’s biggest selling feature. The Barrie resident moved into her Loon Avenue dream house in June. The backyard has a pool and it overlooks part of a large wooded area, which is connected to the Lov...
In Barrie
Oct 2nd, 2020
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From Brent Elsey MD, Barrie My name is Brent Elsey and I am a member of Barrie Doctors On Climate Solutions, a group of physicians who want to support actions that help people’s health and the environment for both the current and future generations. Barrie DOCS want to educate our communities about t...
Aug 30th, 2020
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Updated October 2 2020 AWARE News Network The Alliston BIA’s RURBAN Farmers Market at Centre and Victoria Streets is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Barrie Farmers’ Market is is open for pedestrians and on-site shopping. Vendors are set up in the City Hall parking lot from 8 a.m. t...
Aug 20th, 2020
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Back: Councillor Emmett Yeo, Councillor Clare Riepma, Mayor Virginia Hackson, Councillor Keenan Aylwin​, Mayor Margaret Quirk, Councillor Randy Greenlaw,​ Councillor Alex Waters, Fron: Councillor Shira Harrison-McIntyre, Regional Councillor Tom Vegh, Councillor Avia Eek, Regional Chairman Wayne Emmer...
In Barrie
Jul 26th, 2020
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Innisfil Mayor Lynn Dollin News release from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Most of us in southern Ontario take safe and plentiful drinking water for granted, but that supply is being protected through the actions of numerous legislative provisions, one of which is a local stakeholder ...
Jul 17th, 2020
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News release from Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition Environmental coalitions around Lake Simcoe have been waiting for the Province of Ontario to start the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan review for many months, and today Barrie-Innisfil MPP Andrea Khanjin announced that the Ministry will initiate the statutor...