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Oct 23rd, 2021
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Photos by Cole Burtson Le Devoir Bonnie Pauzé examines the water from a well near her home. The water in Tiny Township, Ontario is exceptionally pure. From Le Devoir, October 16, 2021 By Étienne Lajoie “We live on Earth, it provides us with what we need. But then we started removing parts from the sp...
Oct 22nd, 2021
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We are thrilled to announce the following two soon-to-be events. Friday October 29th @ Utopia Conservation Area = Utopia Community Pollinator Planting Please register with Shannon Stephens c/o sstephens@nvca.on.ca as well as registering through Eventbrite (free listing): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/u...
Oct 22nd, 2021
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By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance There is great opportunity to have your say on the Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) deeply flawed and highly superficial report on phasing out gas-fired electricity. The IESO is held a public consultation meeting to discus...
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Oct 19th, 2021
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Bob Bowles is an award-winning writer, artist, photographer and naturalist and the founder and co-ordinator of the Ontario master naturalist certificate program at Lakehead University From Simcoe.com, October 17, 2021 By Bob Bowles We are moving every day toward a climate crisis. Loss of biodiversity...
Oct 15th, 2021
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Construction crews work at upgrades to Clearview Township’s Conc. 10 at the 26/27 Sideroad. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has also asked for more information about the township’s plans to upgrade the sideroad to year-round use. From The Toronto Star, October 11, 2021 By I...
Oct 15th, 2021
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Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney in front of one of the new signs along the proposed route for the Bradford bypass. She is defending her government’s decision to forego an environmental assessment. From BarrieToday, October 12, 2021 By Jackie Kozak A decision announced late Friday b...
Oct 12th, 2021
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By Phil Pothen, Program Manager, Ontario Environment Carbon emissions are going up. Farmland, forests and wetlands are under constant threat. Endangered species are losing their protection.  Policies that should be there to grow vibrant neighbourhoods and affordable housing are being abused to make s...
Oct 12th, 2021
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From BradfordToday, October 12, 2021 By Julie Johnson ‘All leaders need to check their presumption that what happens to the ecology in Innisfil or Bradford or Toronto doesn’t need to matter to the rest of us,’ reader says The IPCC report on climate came out only a few months ago, telling ...
Oct 12th, 2021
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From BarrieToday, October 9, 2021 By Ecojustice Decision removes important environmental impact scrutiny and public consultation TORONTO — Traditional territories of several First Nations including the Williams Treaties First Nations, Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas, and the M...
Oct 12th, 2021
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York-Simcoe MPP Caroline Mulroney, mayors Rob Keffer, Virginia Hackson, and Margaret Quirk in a photo from 2019. Jenni Dunning/BradfordToday From BarrieToday, October 8, 2021 By Natasha Philpott ‘This project is of great importance as we need to be reducing the phosphorus load into Lake Simcoe....