Gerard Dusastre (left) and Kerrie Atkins are part of a group of neighbours who came together in 2021 to challenge two projects in their quiet residential neighbourhood in the west end of Wasaga Beach. IAN ADAMS/METROLAND From the Toronto Star, December 31, 2021 By Ian Adams Gerard Dusastre had no in...
By Margaret Prophet, Executive Director, Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition Parliamentary Petition Launched in Favor of more Scrutiny for “Holland Marsh Highway” Aurora – MP Leah Taylor Roy, Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill, has sponsored a petition to have the federal government designate the Br...
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. From Simcoe.com, January 8, 2022 By Bob Bowles Usually, resolutions for the coming year involve eating less, exercis...
Keeping Wasaga Beach’s beaches clean is just one aspect of protecting the environment for Wasaga Beach Climate Action Team members Ilona Matthews (left) and Kathleen Caswell. IAN ADAMS/METROLAND From the Toronto Star, January 10, 2022 By Ian Adams A warm breeze from the southwest whips up the ...
Council Meeting, Friday, January 28 at 9 a.m. ...
The WASAGA BEACH Climate Action Team 2021 WAS A VERY EXCITING YEAR !!! Something important happened this past May…. The Wasaga Beach Council voted to declare a CLIMATE EMERGENCY and it hit the Newspapers Wasaga Beach councillors vote on a motion declaring a climate crisis during council’s...
From OrilliaMatters, January 6, 2021 A Letter to the Editor Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye. On this occasion I bring you greeting from our Lord Mayor. His Worship wishes to share this proclamation regarding recent matters which have come before him and his Council and upon which they have taken decision. ...
Stock image From OrilliaMatters, January 3, 2021 A Letter to the Editor As indicated in [OrilliaMatters’] recent story, property taxes are based on an assessed value determined by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (“MPAC”). Both the property owner (in this case Zehr’s) and the munic...
Stock image | Photo by Rodolfo Quirós via Pexels From OrilliaMatters, November 21, 2021 A Letter to the Editor The Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition and our allies are engaged in municipal comprehensive review (MCR) processes across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). What is different about Sim...
Art Janse Pumping Station, proposed site of the Holland Marsh Phosphorus Recycling Facility, September 2021. From BarrieToday, January 3, 2022 A Letter to the Editor I am a resident of Rushton Road in the Willow Beach hamlet in the Town of Georgina. I am a senior environmental health and safety scien...
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