Elmvale Flow From the Tiny Cottager, July 28, 2022 The Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations (FoTTSA) has negotiated a settlement of FoTTSA’s appeal of the 2021 Permit to Take Water issued by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) to the owners of the Teedon Pit, ...
Stock photo From OrilliaMatters, July 26, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Every municipality in Ontario is faced with row-on-row sprawl-style development and surrounding farmland is being destructively gobbled up with little regard for future agricultural needs. Over the past 150 to 200 years Canadian se...
Douglas and Bourgeois Farm is now protected from non-agricultural development. | Image supplied From OrilliaMatters, July 23, 2022 A Letter to the Editor This letter from Mike Douglas highlights the environmental benefits of working with provincial agencies to permanently protect local farms from non...
This sign was on display at a recent protest. |Natasha Philpott/BradfordToday From OrilliaMatters, July 20, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Highway 413 will only take 30 seconds off of commute time — saving 30 seconds of driving time will harm 2,000 acres of farmland, cut through 85 waterways, damage 220...
Escarpment Coalition Alliance director George Knowles said his group is pleased with the response to a petition calling on the provincial government to halt major developments proposed for the Niagara Escarpment. – George Knowles photo From Simcoe.com, July 12, 2022 By Ian Adams A petition call...
On Thursday July 21, walk with Grassy Narrows to combat environment injustice!...
Senior hydrologist Dave Hopkins (bottom row, right) of R.J. Burnside & Associates Ltd. recently provided Tiny Township council with an overview of accepted consulting recommendations for the Waverley Pit No. 2 permit to take water and Environmental Compliance Approval by the Ministry of Environme...
| 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...
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