Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday file photo From OrilliaMatters, May 21, 2022 By John Challis The following is a guest column by John Challis on behalf of Canadians for a Sustainable Society. ******************** Every day in Ontario, we lose 175 acres of farmland to urban development. With arable land maki...
Health Canada will allow private companies to release many new genetically engineered foods without any government oversight. From the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network May 18, 2022, Halifax – Consumer, environmental, and farmer groups across Canada are denouncing an announcement today from Healt...
Tomatoes at a Barrie-area farm. Ian McInroy for BarrieToday From BarrieToday, May 8, 2022 By Drew Spoelstra For decades, farmers have been losing prime farmland to urban sprawl. I have seen several productive farms turned into housing developments, soccer fields, shopping malls, movie theatres, and h...
The ending of The Tree Seed Plant still needs to be written.Supplied image From BarrieToday, May 13, 2022 New Book Tells Unfinished Story of the Ontario Tree Seed Plant Ontario’s Political Candidates Urged to Save Important Community Asset for EcoTourism, Local Job Creation & Community Developmen...
Bee City Plaque Unveiling. From MidlandToday, April 25, 2022 On Thursday, April 21, 2022, Mayor George Cornell, members of Council, Severn Sound Environmental Association and the community gathered at the Bernie LeClair Park (99 Balm Beach Road East) to unveil the official plaque in recognition of Ti...
From Environmental Defence By Lana Goldberg, Program Manager, Ontario Climate A new freedom of information request reported in the Toronto Star1 has uncovered secret documents showing that the Ontario government deliberately chose a route for Highway 413 that would cause “maximum incursions” into the...
Trees/shrubs for sale for the “1000 TREES” project Here are 4 things that you can do to help reduce climate change: Get a RAIN BARREL, for as low as $15 (after the $30 rebate from the town) Help plant 1000 TREES on May 14. Plant a tree/shrub in your yard in support of the “1000 […]...
Genetically engineered salmon grow twice as fast as conventional salmon. From the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network February 23, 2022, Halifax, Ottawa, Sutton – For years, environmental groups in numerous countries have warned about the potential escape of genetically engineered animals into the ...
By Dave Pearce, Senior Forest Conservation Manager, Wildlands League Half a century ago, Canada announced a new airport for the Toronto area. In the process, it expropriated 7,527 hectares of prime agricultural land in the North Pickering area and habitat for almost 200 rare plant and animal species....
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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