Happy July! The summer has started and I know a lot of you are enjoying the sunshine and family time at the beach and some of you may even be traveling on holidays. If you are around the next two weeks we have some important events coming up: Georgian Bay Forever RECEIVE A FREE WASHING MACHINE [&hell...
From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director The International Joint Commission’s Great Lakes Water Quality Board is calling for Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) nuclear waste storage facilities to be “hardened” and located away from shorelines to prevent them from becoming compro...
Stock image From OrilliaMatters, Juky 9, 2022 NEWS RELEASE: SUSTAINABLE ORILLIA With news of droughts in the prairies and the western U.S., larger than ever tornadoes roaring through Oklahoma and other U.S. states, a seldom heard of windstorm sweeping through southern Ontario, and wildfire season sta...
From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director Eastern Power is planning a new gas-fired power plant near Sarnia, something Ontario needs about as much as another pandemic. Their plan to build a 600-megawatt gas-fired power plant near the St. Clair River would increase greenhouse g...
| Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From OrilliaMatters, July 1, 2022 A Letter to the Editor This letter, about what Canada Day means in 2022, is from Gary Machan, a member of Just Recovery Simcoe. It is Canada Day 2022. This a time to celebrate the anniversary of our country. One that I have had the privileg...
Shaelyn Wabegijig, who grew up in Rama, is one of seven youth suing the provincial government over its decision to weaken the province’s climate targets in 2018, a move they say violated their rights. From OrilliaMatters, July 2, 2022 By Morgan Sharp The climate lawsuit Ontario’s Ford governmen...
The seven young people (pictured with Ecojustice staff) say the Doug Ford government in Ontario has threatened their fundamental rights. Photo via Ecojustice From MidlandToday, July 2, 2022 By Morgan Sharp The climate lawsuit Ontario’s Ford government would rather forget is going to hear from six env...
There Is Something In The Water JOIN US on Tues. July 12h under the stars for There Is Something In The Water, BMWT’s 3rd award-winning documentary @The Collingwood Brewery There is Something In The Water follows Director Elliott Page as he travels through rural areas in his native Nova Scotia...
Demonstrators in Caledon protest against the provincial government’s planned Highway 413, on April 23. GRAEME FRISQUE From the Toronto Star, June 24, 2022 By Keith Brooks, Contributor The controversial plan to build Highway 413 north of Toronto was a key issue in the recent Ontario election. The opp...
The town of Midland unveiled its newest mural as part of National Pollinator Week. The mural is located in Little Lake Park From MidlnadToday, June 22, 2022 By Andrew Philips Midland has unveiled a new mural to celebrate its spot as one of 63 Bee Cities in Canada. In recognition of National Pollinato...
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