By Claire Malcolmson, Executive Director, Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition Dear Lake Simcoe Lovers, Summer is upon us! Finally, it’s time for swimming and all the best that Lake Simcoe has to offer! And we still have lots of advocacy to do. We need you to use your voices at the municipal level, and if yo...
Orillia native Don McIsaac is running for mayor in the upcoming municipal election, after returning home following a 20-plus-year stint in the U.S. that included executive positions with companies around the country.Greg McGrath-Goudie/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, June 10, 2022 By Greg McGrath...
File photo | Blair Adams From OrilliaMatters, June 3, 2022 By Erika Engel With fewer than half the eligible voters in Ontario casting their ballots Thursday, the provincial election results both locally and provincially were decided by a historically low number of voters. Elections Ontario has report...
Voter turnout in Ontario From Simcoe.com, June 3, 2022 By Sara Carson BARRIE-INNISFIL Registered Electors on List: 92,387 Vote Turnout: 39.26 per cent Progressive Conservative MPP Andrea Khanjin re-elected in Barrie-Innisfil BARRIE-SPRINGWATER-ORO-MEDONTE Registered Electors on List: 85,091 Vote Turn...
Doug Downey, the Progressive Conservative incumbent in Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte, gives his victory speech in front of friends and supporters late Thursday night at Vespra Hills Golf Club. | Shawn Gibson/BarrieToday From OrilliaMatters, June 3, 2022 By Shawn Gibson The race was tight from beginn...
People gathered in front of Jill Dunlop’s Orillia office Saturday morning. They expressed their frustration with the MPP skipping debates and ignoring constituents. | Tyler Evans/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, May 28, 2022 By Tyler Evans Protesters gathered for a “Jill Dunlop search party”...
GREEN ORILLIA PROVINCIAL ELECTION 2022 NEWSLETTER We have prepared a special provincial election newsletter including links to recordings of the debates and all candidates meetings, voter information, and we have noted which candidates have reached out to us to offer their support for our initiatives...
By Jack Gibbons, Chair, Lake Simcoe Watch We asked the leaders of the province’s major parties if they support allowing municipalities and the province to levy development charges to recover 100% of the costs of servicing new developments and cleaning-up Lake Simcoe. Andrea Horwath (NDP) and Mike Sch...
Participants of a climate strike are shown in front of the Orillia City Centre. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters file photo From OrilliaMatters, May 22, 2022 As readers know, Sustainable Orillia has now, for over three years, been sharing tips and ideas on how to make our lives more sustainable here in...
Fundraiser May 4, 6 pm at the Orillia Opera House...
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