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Dec 3rd, 2022
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Jack Gibbons Chair, North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance The Doug Ford Government announced that it is planning to turn over 7,400 acres of Ontario’s Greenbelt to developers after repeatedly promising not to do so. If this proposal proceeds, it will create a dangerous precedent for opening up the Greenb...
Nov 28th, 2022
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From Simcoe.com By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun Wednesday, November 23, 2022 The process for Clearview Township to get a development permit to upgrade the 26/27 Sideroad has now stretched seven years and cost the municipality more than $1.6 million in engineering and legal fees. “The township is certainly co...
Nov 22nd, 2022
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From OrilliaMatters, Nov 16, 2022. Letter to the Editor Stock Photo There are few topics that all of us will agree on. However, food and shelter have always been the critical essence to our very existence each and every day, including tomorrow’s generations. Regardless of all the other influences tha...
Nov 22nd, 2022
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From MidlandToday nov 21 2022. Andrew Philips Frigid, blustery conditions didn’t deter a crowd of 50 people from turning out in Midland to protest Premier Doug Ford’s Bill 23 and call on local MPP Jill Dunlop to “kill the Bill.” They feel that the province’s More Homes Built Faster Act — otherwise kn...
In Barrie
Oct 30th, 2022
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 Shovels large and small were available to volunteers as they planted trees in Victoria Woods Park in Barrie on Saturday morning as part of the Pine Tree Realty Community Tree Planting and Kidds Creek Restoration Project Tour, hosted by Living Green Barrie. Kevin Lamb for BarrieToday From BarrieToday...
In Barrie
Oct 30th, 2022
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A satellite view of Lake Simcoe. Photo courtesy the Province of Ontario From MidlandToday, October 28, 2022 By Shawn Gibson A local conservation group says an initiative by the province is “disguised” as something it isn’t. The Ontario government’s Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, looks to addre...
Oct 27th, 2022
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A aerial view of the Teedon Pit on Darby Road in Tiny Township. Supplied photo. From MidlandToady, October 16, 2022 By Derek Howard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tiny Township is hoping to make their timeline of gravel pit involvement as clear as the water beneath their soil. At the recent re...
Oct 27th, 2022
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File photo. Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From BarrieToday, October 25, 2022 By Erika Engel Yesterday, voters in the 444 municipalities in Ontario elected their new councils and school boards from a slate of more than 6,300 candidates running province-wide. In the Grey and Simcoe County area, voters elect...
Oct 27th, 2022
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Randy Greenlaw has defeated incumbent Harry Hughes in the mayoral race in Oro-Medonte. | Supplied photo From OrilliaMatters, October 25, 2022 By Nathan Taylor Voters have wiped the council slate clean in Oro-Medonte. Unofficial results from the municipal election came in just before 12:30 a.m. Tuesda...
Oct 27th, 2022
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From Simcoe.com, October 24, 2022 By Sara Carson RESULTS Click a municipality below to see results: MUNICIPALITIES: CITY OF BARRIE CITY OF ORILLIA TOWNSHIP OF ADJALA-TOSORONTIO BRADFORD WEST GWILLIMBURY TOWNSHIP OF CLEARVIEW TOWN OF COLLINGWOOD TOWNSHIP OF ESSA TOWN OF INNISFIL TOWN OF MIDLAND TOWN O...