Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux is Lakehead University’s chair on truth and reconciliation. From OrilliaMatters, February 17, 2022 By OrilliaMatters Staff Lakehead University is launching a community-based education series to support those seeking to understand and respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Co...
By Joan Mizzi-Fry, Ramara Legacy Alliance 11,000 video taped reasons to stop a new quarry, OLT hearing starts February 22, 2022 RAMARA, ON – On Tuesday, February 22, 2022, the Ontario Land Tribunal will convene via video a land use hearing to evaluate the application of Fowler Construction Limi...
Bob Bowles is an award-winning writer, artist, photographer and naturalist and the founder and co-ordinator of the Ontario master naturalist certificate program at Lakehead University. | METROLAND FILE PHOTO From the Toronto Star, February 13, 2022 By Bob Bowles Continued COVID-19 restrictions and m...
The groundwater in Elmvale, Ont., is believed to be the cleanest in the world, but some residents and scientists are worried about the impact of nearby quarries. They are fighting for answers and accountability. Watch the TV documentary from CBC’s the National here. Also read the article: CBC N...
Premier Doug Ford was in Bradford last year to announce the official go-ahead for the Bradford Bypass. From OrilliaMatters, February 10, 2022 By OrilliaMatters Staff The federal government has declined, for a second time, to intervene on Ontario’s plans to build the Bradford Bypass, a proposed ...
Madeleine Fournier is a member of Stop Sprawl Orillia, a new group that is opposed to the potential expansion of the city’s boundary. From OrilliaMatters, February 10, 2022 By Nathan Taylor The possibility of the city expanding its boundary has led to the creation of a group that plans to fight...
The developments are proposed to happen near Highway 11. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 11, 2022 A Letter to the Editor For 75 years, The Orillia Fish and Game Conservation Club has worked to preserve our natural resources, our soils and minerals, our air, water, forests...
Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner speaks at an event in Barrie in this file photo. | Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From BarrieToday, February 10, 2022 By BarrieToday Staff The federal government has for a second time declined to intervene on Ontario’s plans to build the Bradford Bypass, a...
The Orillia Wetland Watchers invites everyone to join us on our Walk for Wetlands. This short and peaceful walk from the Opera House to City Hall is being held to send a message to Orillia’s Mayor and Council that we oppose development on the Inch Farm wetlands, and to raise awareness about the alarm...
By Margaret Prophet, Executive Director, Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition ‘Lake Simcoe abandoned by feds and province’ say organizers Simcoe County, ON – The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada has announced it will not revisit its decision to deny a Federal Impact Assessment designation for t...
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