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Apr 29th, 2023
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Press Release from the Georgian Bay Great Lakes Foundation ***** Saturday May 13, 10 am to 12 noon Location: King Heritage Cultural Centre, 2920 King Road, King City, Ontario L7B 1L6 (1 short km east of Hwy #400 on King Road.) (View Map) Join us for an enlightening event as we dive into various envir...
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Apr 28th, 2023
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The AWARE Simcoe Annual General Meeting is coming up! It will be held on Sunday May 28, 2023 at the Large Pavilion in Springwater Provincial Park -1331 Highway 26 in Midhurst from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Directions: https://www.google.com/maps/dir//springwater+provincial+park/@44.4411728,-79.8467303,1...
Apr 28th, 2023
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Demonstrators gathered in front of Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney’s office in Holland Landing to protest the Bradford Bypass and Highway 413. | File PhotoRob Paul Local community and environmental groups are saying they have scored a “big win for public participation” ...
Apr 28th, 2023
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The Lakeshore Branch of the Innisfil ideaLAB & Library offered special events to celebrate Earth Day Saturday. From left: Rosa Yu, Ashmita Sharma, Cara Lintack of Simcoe County Youth Environmental Alliance (SCYEA) | Amber Green for InnisfilToday From InnisfilToday, April 23 2023 By Amber Green Th...
Apr 27th, 2023
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Local environmentalists gathered outside York-Simcoe MPP Caroline Mulroney’s office to protest the Bradford Bypass and other government policy choices, including (from left) Joe Davis, Bill Foster, Raine Davis, Donna Strohm, Aaron Roberton and Alexandra Reznik. Joseph Quigley/NewmarketToday Fro...
Apr 6th, 2023
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This is a  brief version of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition’s letter to Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, Minister David Piccini.  April 6, 2023 Dear Minister Piccini, This week you rose in the legislature this week to remind us of your commitments to putting the infrastructure in pla...
Apr 6th, 2023
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Press release Protecting Ontario’s environment For Immediate Release: April 06, 2023 Ontario to kill Growth Plan: Proposed new planning rules would kneecap housing supply efforts and unleash unprecedented sprawl on Ontario’s forests, farmland and wetlands Planned changes further exacerbate Ontario’s ...
Apr 5th, 2023
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  From Ontario Nature Under the guise of improving efficiency and reducing administrative burden, the Government of Ontario is proposing alarming amendments to the Mining Act that would significantly weaken existing environmental protection and rehabilitation requirements (ERO# 019-6715). Please...
Apr 4th, 2023
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‘Taking energy-efficiency seriously is like getting a raise from your employer, except it’s much better because it’s tax-free,’ says science columnist From OriliaMatters Peter Bursztyn Apr 2, 2023 Stock imagePhoto by Markus Spiske via Pexels The Canadian government began to levy a “carbon...
Mar 28th, 2023
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What’s the hold up with the Holland Marsh phosphorous pollution reduction project? Eleven months ago, Ontario’s Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, David Piccini, announced that the province will provide $24 million for the Holland Marsh phosphorus pollution reduction plant.  A...