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Jun 14th, 2023
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Tony Pigott, of the Georgian Bay Geopark Network, hosted a presentation in 2022 about how Georgian Bay could benefit from becoming a UNESCO Global Geopark. | Photo supplied by the Midland Cultural Centre From MidlandToday, June 9, 2023 NEWS RELEASE ASPIRING GEORGIAN BAY GEOPARK **********************...
Jun 8th, 2023
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Wasaga Beach Climate Action Team June 2023 Newsletter As summer is coming, we are starting to see the effects of climate change for this season across the country: warmer and dryer temperatures, forest fires from east to west (2214 wildfires and 3.3 Million hectares already burned so far this year in...
Jun 4th, 2023
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From the Ontario Headwaters Institute Please see the submission from the Coalition of Ontario Water Guardians and sign the petition to support its four recommendations on the Province’s latest disaster on land use planning, which seeks to amalgamate the Provincial Policy Statement with A Place to Gro...
Jun 4th, 2023
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The Town of Midland’s wastewater treatment plant is located at 200 Bay St. near the shores of Georgian Bay From Simcoe.com, June 2, 2023 By Andrew Mendler Midland Mirror Sewage dumping into Georgian Bay has decreased significantly in recent years. “It rarely happens now with all of the work we ...
In Barrie
Jun 4th, 2023
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From the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition In this edition: Welcome Bradford Bypass Information Town Halls SCGC and Lake Simcoe on TVO’s The Agenda Turn up the heat on local MPPs Webinar recordings on housing and farmland. The Whale Substack   Summer Time! Warm weather is here. The last da...
May 16th, 2023
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The health of forests and wetlands is in decline, but the quality of groundwater sources remain very good to good, according to a recent health check report of the Nottawasaga watershed From Simcoe.com, May 9, 2023 By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald A recent health check on local rivers, streams and f...
In Barrie
May 16th, 2023
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Gilson Lubin, Martha Chaves, Jon Steinberg, and Rob Bebeneck will perform at The Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition’s second annual Laugh for Lake Simcoe comedy event May 26. From OrilliaMatters, May 11, 2023 NEWS RELEASE RESCUE LAKE SIMCOE COALITION ************************* The Rescue Lake Simcoe Coaliti...
In Barrie
May 14th, 2023
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Kevin Lamb for BarrieToday files From BarrieToday, May 8, 2023 Water is the lifeline of all life on Earth. The United States Geological Survey shows 71 per cent of Earth is covered in water, 96.54 per cent is salt water found in oceans, and a mere 1.69 per cent is groundwater, while less than one [&h...
May 10th, 2023
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Release from the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition ****** Hello Lake Lover! It has been a busy start to spring and we’ve got a ton of updates for you. Read below to see what we have been up to, some good news regarding our Bradford Bypass campaign, and lots of events coming up! Earth day Weekend [&h...
May 10th, 2023
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Release from Living Green Barrie ****** Deliver Door Hangers Get some fresh air, exercise, and volunteer hours! We need volunteers to help us deliver door hangers to a few neighbourhoods in Barrie and Oro-Medonte. We like to let the neighbours know that we will be planting trees in parks near their h...