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...
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 ...
Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner speaks at an event in Barrie in this file photo. | Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From BarrieToday, February 10, 2022 By BarrieToday Staff The federal government has for a second time declined to intervene on Ontario’s plans to build the Bradford Bypass, a...
Stock Image From OrilliaMatters, February 8, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Road salt contamination of freshwater waters begs the question, can we make better use of the roads we have? A deep dive into the salt pollution of freshwaters has led me to some radical thinking. Lake Simcoe is on a trajectory ...
Danny Rodgers is the chief building official for the Town of Wasaga Beach. WASAGA BEACH PHOTO From The Toronto Star, January 19, 2022 By Ian Adams Wasaga Beach is taking steps to minimize its carbon footprint and mitigate the effects of climate change. However, said chief building official Danny Rod...
From MidlandToday, January 21, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Tay also needs to be more vigilant when it comes to the “Miracle of Nature” water. I only just learned about a new housing development: ‘WAVERLEY HEIGHTS’ (32 estate homes) going up in Tay Township. I am i...
File photo. (Brent Calver/Western Wheel) From MidlandToday, January 12, 2021 A Letter to the Editor Good morning, I am sitting here watching CNN. The United States is going to hell in a hand-basket. No one wants to take the responsibility to right the wrongs. Even if they wanted to, they would be st...
The Bradford Bypass debacle now has the attention of the federal government. Let’s give them a nudge! Thank you to the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition for initiating this parliamentary petition. Unlike other petitions, if a parliamentary petition gets 500 signatures, it is presented in the Ho...
Gerard Dusastre (left) and Kerrie Atkins are part of a group of neighbours who came together in 2021 to challenge two projects in their quiet residential neighbourhood in the west end of Wasaga Beach. IAN ADAMS/METROLAND From the Toronto Star, December 31, 2021 By Ian Adams Gerard Dusastre had no in...
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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