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Dec 9th, 2021
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January 15, 2022 at 10:00 AM -11:30 AM VIA ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us OR by telephone: 1 647 558 0588 Webinar ID: 885 1380 8450 Nine years after the defeat of the proposed 2,400 acres 200 feet below the water table Mega Quarry, Melancthon Township, and surrounding communities are once again facing...
Dec 3rd, 2021
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By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance Ontario Power Generation (OPG) publicly announced at an event this morning that it has selected US-based GE Hitachi to build a new $3 billion reactor at the Darlington Nuclear Station in Canada’s largest urban area. As usual with these so...
Dec 1st, 2021
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Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner speaks to supporters in downtown Barrie in this file photo. Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday files From BarrieToday, November 29, 2021 By BarrieToday Staff Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the provincial ...
Nov 30th, 2021
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Premier Doug Ford arrives for a media briefing at Queen’s Park on Oct. 15, 2021.  CHRIS YOUNG / THE CANADIAN PRESS From the Toronto Star, Nov. 27, 2021 By Martin Regg Cohn If there is a climate emergency on planet Earth, it appears to have gone unnoticed in Doug Ford’s Ontario. In Glasgow this month,...
Nov 29th, 2021
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The groundwater in Elmvale, Ont., is believed to be the cleanest in the world, but some residents and scientists are worried about the impact of nearby quarries. They are fighting for answers and accountability. 9:08 From CBC News, November 27, 2021 By Ioanna Roumeliotis & Brenda Witmer Bonnie Pa...
Nov 27th, 2021
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Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney and Associate Transportation Minister Stan Cho.  FACEBOOK From the Toronto Star, November 26, 2021 By Robert Benzie Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Premier Doug Ford has started seeking bids to build sections of the controversial Bradford bypass freeway. Ford...
Nov 27th, 2021
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RCMP raid a camp and arrest Wet’suwet’en opponents, of a 670-kilometre natural gas pipeline and freelance photographer Amber Bracken.  YINTAH FILM SCREEN GRAB From the Toronto Star, November 24, 2021 By Jeremy Nuttall Vancouver Bureau and Kieran Leavitt Edmonton Bureau Footage of the RCMP...
Nov 27th, 2021
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Grassy Narrows youth Rodney Bruce listens to a speaker during a press conference calling on the federal government to take action at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019.  ADRIAN WYLD / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO By Adriana and Claire for L...
Nov 26th, 2021
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Bonnie Pauzé says the water from her artesian well is ‘some of the best stuff on the planet’. Photograph: Cole Burston/The Guardian From The Guardian, November 25, 2021 By Leyland Cecco The people of Tiny and neighboring First Nations are fighting the expansion of the quarry pits to keep their water ...
Nov 25th, 2021
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From Friends of Simcoe Forests To our supporters, We thought it was important to touch base and give you a little update on the Environmental Resource Recovery Centre (ERRC) hearing. The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) hearing regarding the ERRC has ended. Evidence from all parties has been pre...