• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

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Oct 15th, 2021
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Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney in front of one of the new signs along the proposed route for the Bradford bypass. She is defending her government’s decision to forego an environmental assessment. From BarrieToday, October 12, 2021 By Jackie Kozak A decision announced late Friday b...
Oct 12th, 2021
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From BradfordToday, October 12, 2021 By Julie Johnson ‘All leaders need to check their presumption that what happens to the ecology in Innisfil or Bradford or Toronto doesn’t need to matter to the rest of us,’ reader says The IPCC report on climate came out only a few months ago, telling ...
Oct 12th, 2021
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From BarrieToday, October 9, 2021 By Ecojustice Decision removes important environmental impact scrutiny and public consultation TORONTO — Traditional territories of several First Nations including the Williams Treaties First Nations, Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas, and the M...
Oct 12th, 2021
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York-Simcoe MPP Caroline Mulroney, mayors Rob Keffer, Virginia Hackson, and Margaret Quirk in a photo from 2019. Jenni Dunning/BradfordToday From BarrieToday, October 8, 2021 By Natasha Philpott ‘This project is of great importance as we need to be reducing the phosphorus load into Lake Simcoe....
Oct 8th, 2021
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The Collingwood water treatment plant is located at Sunset Point. From OrilliaMatters, October 7, 2021 By Jessica Owen ‘We have been pushed too hard by top-down planning that has set arbitrary targets,’ said Collingwood resident Ulli Rath during County of Simcoe’s municipal comprehensive ...
Oct 7th, 2021
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Midhurst, ON – Two local organizations engaged in a planning process to help Simcoe County prepare for future growth, the Municipal Comprehensive Review, believe that key pieces of information and analysis need to be included to ensure this process benefits existing communities, local watershed...
Oct 7th, 2021
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By Oleh Replansky My family, friends, and I were appalled to come across so many signs indicating that glyphosate had been sprayed along roadsides and public pathways around Cawaja beach. As property owners who spend much of our summers there, we were disappointed to see that the application of that ...
Oct 4th, 2021
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What is a Sustainable Population for Simcoe County? Open to all youth and students living or attending classes in Simcoe County, Barrie and Orillia. Two Categories; Secondary School students and Postsecondary students. Also open to non-students up to 25 years old. Prizes for Each Category: First priz...
Oct 4th, 2021
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Phil Pothen, leader of Environmental Defence’s Ontario environment program, and a land-use planning and environmental lawyer. From The Toronto Star, October 2, 2021 By Ian Adams One of Canada’s leading environmental advocacy organizations is backing opposition to the plan to upgrade a sideroad on the...
Oct 4th, 2021
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Dr. Ian Clark of the University of Ottawa was at the Elmvale water kiosk on Saturday October 2, leading a group of graduate students who collected samples for their studies of the water, which has tested as the purest known to science. The visit was a pleasant surprise for campaigners who were at the...