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...
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...
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 ...
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....
The Collingwood water treatment plant is located at Sunset Point. From OrilliaMatters, October 7, 2021 By Jessica Owen ‘We have been pushed too hard by top-down planning that has set arbitrary targets,’ said Collingwood resident Ulli Rath during County of Simcoe’s municipal comprehensive ...
Midhurst, ON – Two local organizations engaged in a planning process to help Simcoe County prepare for future growth, the Municipal Comprehensive Review, believe that key pieces of information and analysis need to be included to ensure this process benefits existing communities, local watershed...
By Oleh Replansky My family, friends, and I were appalled to come across so many signs indicating that glyphosate had been sprayed along roadsides and public pathways around Cawaja beach. As property owners who spend much of our summers there, we were disappointed to see that the application of that ...
This October, the County and its MCR consultants will be hosting public information sessions on the following technical components of the County’s Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR): Growth Management and the Land Needs Assessment, Provincial Natural Heritage System Mapping Refinement, Provin...
Art Janse Pumping Station, proposed site of the Facility. By Jack Gibbons, Chair, Lake Simcoe Watch The Towns of Bradford West Gwillimbury and Georgina have unanimously passed motions calling on the federal and provincial governments and the Region of York to work together to build the Holland Marsh ...
Bradford West Gwillimbury Mayor Rob Keffer is shown in a file photo. From Barrie Today, September 17, 2021 By Natasha Philpott ‘The Holland Marsh pollution reduction project is the single largest action we can take to reduce Lake Simcoe’s phosphorus pollution,’ says Lake Simcoe Watch Brad...
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