Jill Rettinger and her son, Josh Rinaldo, participated in Orillia Wetland Watchers’ awareness walk in downtown Orillia on Saturday morning. | Tyler Evans/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 19, 2022 By Tyler Evans A small but passionate group of protesters took to the streets Saturday...
Mayor Steve Clarke. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters File Photo From OrilliaMatters, February 19, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Over the last few weeks, there has been a growing interest in the proposed development of the Inch Farm lands. As an elected representative, I am pleased to see this community e...
This photograph shows a view toward the Inch Farm property, which is slated for development, from Uhthoff Line. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 17, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Many Orillia residents and previous contributors to OrilliaMatters have expressed grave concerns...
Holland Marsh | Bert Duclos Photo From OrilliaMatters, February 17, 2022 By Natasha Philpott The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada announced last week it will not revisit its decision to deny a Federal Impact Assessment designation for the Bradford Bypass. The request to review the decision was init...
An Equinor project in the Tampen area of the North Sea. | Equinor/Bo B. Randulff & Even Kleppa By Conor Curtis, Digital Communications Coordinator, Sierra Club Canada Foundation Right now the Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and the Federal Cabinet are considering a controversial oil and ga...
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. | METROLAND FILE PHOTO From the Toronto Star, February 13, 2022 By Bob Bowles Continued COVID-19 restrictions and m...
From Return of the Native, December 30, 2021 By Kate Harries I requested this book for Christmas after hearing the author interviewed on CBC Radio’s The Current. Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs and the Improbable World of Peat is by Edward Struzik, a writer who focuses on a wide range of sci...
The groundwater in Elmvale, Ont., is believed to be the cleanest in the world, but some residents and scientists are worried about the impact of nearby quarries. They are fighting for answers and accountability. Watch the TV documentary from CBC’s the National here. Also read the article: CBC N...
Premier Doug Ford was in Bradford last year to announce the official go-ahead for the Bradford Bypass. From OrilliaMatters, February 10, 2022 By OrilliaMatters Staff The federal government has declined, for a second time, to intervene on Ontario’s plans to build the Bradford Bypass, a proposed ...
The developments are proposed to happen near Highway 11. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 11, 2022 A Letter to the Editor For 75 years, The Orillia Fish and Game Conservation Club has worked to preserve our natural resources, our soils and minerals, our air, water, forests...
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