Council approves fee in licence hike from $1,000 to $3,000 per year; ‘The fee increase is sizable enough to amount to a de facto prohibition on ownership,’ says lawyer From OrilliaMatters DaveDawson Despite the vocal objections of seven local short-term rental (STR) owners, Ramara Townshi...
From the Municipal Leaders for Stronger Communities, a project of the Greenbelt Alliance and Ecospark Please join us for our next panel discussion: Best Practices for Protecting Farmland and Natural Heritage on Thursday, February 16th at 4 pm. The discussion features: Anne Bell, Ontario Nature Phil M...
‘It’s really, totally undemocratic and muzzles … the taxpayers,’ says resident of MZO request for proposed residential development that would include 12 buildings From OrilliaMatters, Gregg McGrath-Goudie, Jan12, 2023 phot: screenshot Ramara residents have raised numerous concerns about a...
Letter writer says making a FOI request is like ‘pulling teeth, but far more agonizing given incessant quibbling and endless time delays’ From OrilliaToday, Jan9 2023 In my capacity as a researcher, my investigative team has reviewed over a million pages of municipal documentation since M...
Fawkham was once a strategic location for the Longford Lumber Company, but not much remains of this settlement near the Severn River From OrilliaMatters Bob Bowles, Jan 1 2023,Photo Bob Bowles I first became fascinated by ghost towns in the area in the late 1970s when living in Muskoka. I started com...
It will take 411 units being built every day for 10 years to reach provincial population targets — we must look past GTA to accomplish that. From the Toronto Star. By Shawn Watters Contributor, Tue., Jan. 3, 2023 Living in a place we can call home remains a big issue for Canadians this holiday season...
Bill is part of province’s plan to build 1.5 million homes in 10 years From CBC News Protesters rallied against Bill 23 in Orillia on Nov. 20.Connor Earl Photo Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 28, 2022 12:29 PM ET Ontario passed a housing bill Monday intended to spur deve...
‘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...
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...
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...
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