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Environment

In Barrie
Oct 30th, 2022
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 Shovels large and small were available to volunteers as they planted trees in Victoria Woods Park in Barrie on Saturday morning as part of the Pine Tree Realty Community Tree Planting and Kidds Creek Restoration Project Tour, hosted by Living Green Barrie. Kevin Lamb for BarrieToday From BarrieToday...
In Barrie
Oct 30th, 2022
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A satellite view of Lake Simcoe. Photo courtesy the Province of Ontario From MidlandToday, October 28, 2022 By Shawn Gibson A local conservation group says an initiative by the province is “disguised” as something it isn’t. The Ontario government’s Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, looks to addre...
Oct 30th, 2022
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Stock image From MidlandToday, October 28, 2022 The Conversation The following article, written by Olga Koppel, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa originally appeared on The Conversation and is published here with permission: Gardeners across North America and different parts of the world hav...
In Energy
Oct 28th, 2022
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From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canadian Federation of Students Ontario, Environmental Defence, Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, and more than 25 other organizations ar...
Oct 27th, 2022
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A aerial view of the Teedon Pit on Darby Road in Tiny Township. Supplied photo. From MidlandToady, October 16, 2022 By Derek Howard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tiny Township is hoping to make their timeline of gravel pit involvement as clear as the water beneath their soil. At the recent re...
Oct 27th, 2022
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October 26, 2022 Comments made by Claire Malcolmson, Executive Director, Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition: Omnibus legislation came out yesterday that guts environmental protection. It is disguised as an affordable housing strategy, but this claim is not supported by the evidence in the content of the bi...
Oct 14th, 2022
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Route of the proposed Bradford Bypass Highway, York Region. Credit Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition.  From Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition By Claire Malcolmson, Executive Director Bradford Bypass Update: Process guarantees negative outcomes for fish and Lake Simcoe, say critics Bradford, ON – Con...
Oct 10th, 2022
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The following is a synopsis of the results of an environmental questionnaire put forward to Clearview Candidates running for the upcoming election. A table of the results can be found here. The results of a recent poll of Ontario residents found 78% agreed that protection of the environment should be...
Oct 1st, 2022
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The following was presented to the Oro Medonte Council on September 8, 2022 by Save The Oro Moraine. It is imperative that we prevent future development on the Oro Moraine in order to protect the water of Simcoe County. Watch the presentation here...
Oct 1st, 2022
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From the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition Sign the petition here Join us in asking the Ontario Minister of Transportation and the Federal Minister of Department of Fisheries and Oceans to stop work on the Bradford Bypass until the following is done: Assessment of harm to the Lake Simcoe watershed, demons...