York-Simcoe MPP Caroline Mulroney, Bradford Councillor Jonathan Scott and Georgina Councillor Dave Neeson met with Minister of the Environment David Piccini last week to discuss how to move forward the stalled Holland Marsh phosphorus recycling facility in York Region. By Claire Malcolmson, Executive...
PHOTO CREDIT: PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SUSAN KAO WITH PHOTOS BY STEVE RUSSELL, AMANDA PERSICO, VINCE TALOTTA, ANDREW From the Toronto Star, October 31, 2021 By Sheila Wang, Reporter, Emma McIntosh, Special to the Star In their rush to resurrect the Bradford Bypass, Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conse...
By Margaret Prophet, Executive Director, Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition Statement from Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition and Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition on Toronto Star’s Investigation into the Bradford Bypass. Barrie, ON – Yesterday, the Toronto Star and the National Observer published an ...
Part two of the virtual Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) hearing regarding the Environmental Resource Recovery Centre (ERRC) is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. The majority of part one of the hearing was comprised of the County’s expert witnesses followed by cross-...
County councillors voted 18-12 in favor of expediting smaller cart exchanges From Simcoe.com, October 26, 2021 By Janis Ramsay In a recorded vote Oct. 26, Simcoe County councillors agreed to allow residents to swap out the size of their garbage carts sooner than later. The cart exchanges will be avai...
Doug Ford is trying to play us for fools. Last week, he released ads doubling down on his plan to pave through our Greenbelt to build mega-Highway 413. [1] But Highway 413 would cause significant environmental damage, degrade the water source of millions of animals and people and cost Ontarians billi...
Midhurst, ON: Through a petition released by Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition (SCGC) and sent formally to the County of Simcoe, hundreds of residents have expressed their desire to stop sprawl and build healthy, sustainable communities across the region. Currently, the County of Simcoe is completin...
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...
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...
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...
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