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Aug 12th, 2021
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Shore Lane resident Gerard Dusastre fears a proposed high-density residential project will destroy the quiet nature of his neighbourhood in the west end of Wasaga Beach. – Ian Adams/Metroland From Simcoe.com, June 16, 2021 By Ian Adams Neighbours of a proposed 215-unit residential development i...
Aug 12th, 2021
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Gerard Dusastre has launched a website raising concerns over the number of residential units planned for the west end of Wasaga Beach along Beachwood Road. – Ian Adams/Metroland From Simcoe.com, July 14, 2021 By Ian Adams A group of west-end residents opposed to a 214-unit development in their ...
Aug 12th, 2021
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Please sign and share this petition to protect the aquifer that holds the cleanest water in the world. The Teedon Gravel Pit in Waverley used to be a small gravel pit.  Since 2009 they have intermittently been using a well and wash pond to take a combined maximum of 6.8 million litres of water each [...
Aug 8th, 2021
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By the Cheif Directors of the Simcoe County Environmental Youth Alliance Are you passionate about climate justice? Do you live in or around Barrie, and want to see your city changed for the better? Do you want to support a group of ambitious youth? Learn more and get involved with SCEYA’s Imagine Bar...
Aug 7th, 2021
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The youth show their opposition to the proposed Bradford Bypass By Claire Malcolmson, Executive Director of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition We hope that you too are enjoying all that Lake Simcoe gives us this summer – a place to greet and play with loved ones outside and enjoy wildlife viewing...
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Aug 7th, 2021
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Line 5 By Michelle Woodhouse, Program Manager for Water at Environmental Defence Did you know, a 68-year-old pipeline lies in the heart of the Great Lakes? Line 5 carries 87 million litres of oil and gas per day through the Straits of Mackinac— a six km wide connection between Lakes Michigan and Huro...
Aug 6th, 2021
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Utopia Conservation Area Community Partnership with NVCA and Township of Essa delivers valuable enhancements to treasured conservation area UTOPIA, Ontario (August 6, 2021) – The Utopia Conservation Area celebrated its grand re-opening today to mark the completion of new updates, including new hiking...
Aug 6th, 2021
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Jul 27, 2021- Holland Landing Concerned citizens from across Simcoe County and York Region gathered to show their increasing opposition to the Bradford Bypass.  Roughly 50 people gathered, some came from as far as 2 hours, to demonstrate outside of MPP Caroline Mulroney’s constituency office in Holla...
Aug 4th, 2021
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Calling on Volunteers for Phrag Free Tiny Marsh The invasive Common Reed (Phragmites australis subsp. australis) is establishing itself within this provincially significant wetland and there is a program being implemented to stop its spread. The Marl Lake-Tiny Marsh-Matchedash Bay Conservation Associ...
Aug 2nd, 2021
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London Mayor Ed Holder accepts the city’s ‘Blue Community’ certification on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Daryl Newcombe / CTV News) This week, London, Ontario, was officially recognized as a Blue Community! The Council of Canadians London chapter presented a certificate to the city’s ...