• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

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Dec 12th, 2022
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‘If we lose it, it will not come back,’ says Bob Bowles; Oro Moraine about 35,000 acres in size, extending 21 kilometres from Orillia west to Highway 400 past Craighurst from OrilliaToday,Bob Bruton, Dec11,2022 A crash course on the Oro Moraine’s history, and its precarious future, were t...
Dec 9th, 2022
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‘Our whole way of life is being destabilized so some big corporations can gain,’ says letter writer of widespread issues resulting from provincial politicians Letter to the Editor Nov 13, 2022 Photo: Premier Doug Ford, second from left, was joined by, from left, Simcoe North MPP Jill Dunl...
Dec 8th, 2022
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‘All climate change predictions show that we need to put more, not fewer, resources into our cities’ infrastructure to head off the worst effects from extreme weather conditions,’ says Living Green Barrie official Letter to the Editor, BarrieToday Dec 7, 2022  file photo.Natasha Philpott/...
Dec 7th, 2022
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Majority of public wants government to protect farmlands, significant wetlands, greenspace, lakes and rivers and, mostly, human health, letter writer says Letter to the Editor Dec 2, 2022 File photo.Natasha Philpott/BradfordToday What ever happened to public consultation? No government official has r...
In Orillia
Dec 7th, 2022
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Annual count centres on Bass Lake area BarrieToday Staff Dec 4, 2022 NEWS RELEASE ORILLIA NATURALISTS’ CLUB ************************* The Orillia Christmas Bird Count is coming up for Saturday, Dec. 17. Since 1981 members and friends of the Orillia Naturalists’ Club have been documenting a sampling o...
In Barrie
Dec 5th, 2022
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Dec 5th, 2022
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‘I have to disclose a bias. I like what conservation authorities do. I like conservation areas even more, and they wouldn’t be protected without conservation authorities,’ says letter writer From BarrieToday Letter to the Editor Nov 18, 2022  What’s the matter with Bill 23, More Homes, Bu...
Dec 5th, 2022
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‘What recourse do we, the people, have to protect our environment, for ourselves and for our children, and to ensure affordable accommodation, if a majority government can push through such damaging legislation,’ writes Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation president from Collingwood T...
Dec 5th, 2022
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Members support resolution opposing province’s controversial housing legislation photo David Hawke Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald Thursday, December 1, 2022 New Tecumseth councillors sat down to discuss the province’s controversial Bill 23 at their first meeting of the term Nov. 28, just hours ...
Dec 4th, 2022
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‘We now have turkeys, deer, coyotes, owls, and all sorts of things living in this forest that we planted. It’s very rewarding to see the wildlife responding to it,’ says Hawke Tyler Evans Nov 16, 2022 7:00 PM Two Oro-Medonte tree farmers have won the 2022 Huronia Woodland Owners Associati...