Bill 23 was ‘the straw that broke the camel’s back,’ says Doug Varty, who stepped down as chair of Species Conservation Action Agency. Doug Varty says he resigned from Ontario’s Species Conservation Action Agency due to the effects of Bill 23 and other ways the provincial government is go...
‘If even the Greenbelt can be attacked by ill-informed cronyism, maybe we need to make a stronger effort to put environmentally valuable property in the care of independent managers who commit to protection in perpetuity,’ writer says From MidlandToday Jan7, 2023, Photo: Andrew Philips/Mi...
‘How hot does the water need to be to jump free of the mess that is Doug Ford’s government?’ letter writer asks From OriliaMatters, Jan 4 2023 Photo Dave Challenger cc The boiling frog story is generally offered as a metaphor cautioning people to be aware of even gradual change lest they ...
‘The results for microbiological tests all came back clear, with no indication of coliforms (bacteria) in any sample,’ says Clearford official From OrilliaMatters, Bob Bruton, photo cc The precautionary boil water advisory has been lifted for users of the Zone 1 Horseshoe Valley Resort pr...
From The Pointer, Dec 22 2022 By Rachel Morgan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Photo: Alexis Wright Newly elected Brampton Councillor Navjit Kaur Brar was a respiratory therapist before running for local office. Rookie Mississauga Councillor Martin Reid has a master’s degree in social work. Cal...
‘It is time for municipalities to take a united stand against Premier Ford’s plan for environmental destruction and move toward saving the Greenbelt,’ reader says From Bradford today, Dec 27 2022, Stock image of a Wigeon Drake duck There is a lot of hand clapping, handshaking and pa...
‘What bleak future would shake this premier enough to turn the nightmare into a miracle?’ wonders local Green party official, harkening parallels to Dickens. Premier Doug Ford speaks during a media conference in Orillia in August 2020. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters file photo Brad Coccim...
Critics say the changes will “completely undermine the protection of wetlands” while doing little for housing. By Noor JavedStaff Reporter,Toronto Star Sat., Dec. 24, 2022 photo Hartley Woodside The majority of sensitive wetlands in the Greater Toronto Area could lose environmental protection ...
Natural curiosity led Bob Bowles on the path to become environmental expert Local naturalist Bob Bowles has lived in Orillia for 36 years.Greg McGrath-Goudie/OrilliaMatters Whether you’ve been a student in one of his courses, read one of his columns in a newspaper or magazine, or caught him out birdw...
‘The decline in support for the Bypass is just one of the signs that the province has stopped listening to the people,’ says reader Nov 29, 2022 Photo: Bradford Bypass protestNatasha Philpott/BradfordToday Last week’s Bradford Bypass Public Information Centre, or PIC, was characteristic o...
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