GREEN ORILLIA PROVINCIAL ELECTION 2022 NEWSLETTER We have prepared a special provincial election newsletter including links to recordings of the debates and all candidates meetings, voter information, and we have noted which candidates have reached out to us to offer their support for our initiatives...
Four major parties are vying to lead Ontario in the June 2 election. | CITYNEWS/Craig Wadman From the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition By Margaret Prophet I often hear people say, “I’m not a political person.” I’m always baffled a little bit by that statement, though, because...
Stock photo | Donatello Trisolino via Pexels From OrilliaMatters, May 25, 2022 A Letter to the Editor With all due respect to Doug Lewis and other Progressive Conservatives who justify their/their candidates’ non-attendance at many all candidates meetings, the failure to show up “because it doesn’t f...
By Jack Gibbons, Chair, Lake Simcoe Watch We asked the leaders of the province’s major parties if they support allowing municipalities and the province to levy development charges to recover 100% of the costs of servicing new developments and cleaning-up Lake Simcoe. Andrea Horwath (NDP) and Mike Sch...
Accountability Assembly moderator and Empower Simcoe chief executive officer Claudine Cousins (right), with candidates Beverley Patchell, Elyse Robinson and Jeff Lehman during the event held at Grace United Church May 11. Incumbent Doug Downey declined an invitation to attend. | Shawn Gibson/BarrieTo...
From OrilliaMatters, May 21, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Tony Benn, a former British politician, once outlined the five questions you need to ask every politician or person who holds power. “What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you acc...
Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte Liberal candidate Jeff Lehman (left) and Progressive Conservative incumbent Doug Downey. | BarrieToday files From BarrieToday, May 22, 2022 By Shawn Gibson Jeff Lehman, the Liberal candidate in Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte (BSOM), held a news conference Sunday morning...
Stock image | Photo by Anamul Rezwan via Pexels From OrilliaMatters, May 24, 2022 A Letter to theEditor The following letter is from Elmvale-area resident Kate Harries, who is the Huronia regional representative with Ontario Nature. Proper public consultation on changes to environmental law and polic...
Clockwise from top left: Brian Saunderson for the PCs, Keith Nunn for the NDP, Ted Crysler for the Liberals, and Allan Kuhn for the Greens. From BarrieToday, May 24, 2022 The four main provincial candidates in Simcoe-Grey were asked a series of six questions via email. The following responses were su...
Bessie and Joe Ditta say goodbye to their income property/workshop last week after the government expropriated the property for the building of the Bradford Bypass. From OrilliaMatters, May 24, 2022 By Natasha Philpott A Bradford couple says they feel “violated” and frustrated after their income prop...
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