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May 8th, 2023
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Release from Friends of the Waverley Uplands THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF ITS TYPE! Do our Federal/Provincial Legal and Environmental requirements/regulations for aggregate mining go far enough to protect the purest groundwater known to science; how about for digging below the water table? Until mor...
Apr 29th, 2023
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Premier Doug Ford, Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney and Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy at a site where the Bradford Bypass is planned to run, in November 2021. | @C_Mulroney Twitter photo From BarrieToday, April 28, 2023 Charlie Pinkerton Editor’s note: This article originally app...
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Apr 28th, 2023
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The AWARE Simcoe Annual General Meeting is coming up! It will be held on Sunday May 28, 2023 at the Large Pavilion in Springwater Provincial Park -1331 Highway 26 in Midhurst from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Directions: https://www.google.com/maps/dir//springwater+provincial+park/@44.4411728,-79.8467303,1...
Apr 28th, 2023
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Demonstrators gathered in front of Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney’s office in Holland Landing to protest the Bradford Bypass and Highway 413. | File PhotoRob Paul Local community and environmental groups are saying they have scored a “big win for public participation” ...
Apr 27th, 2023
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Local environmentalists gathered outside York-Simcoe MPP Caroline Mulroney’s office to protest the Bradford Bypass and other government policy choices, including (from left) Joe Davis, Bill Foster, Raine Davis, Donna Strohm, Aaron Roberton and Alexandra Reznik. Joseph Quigley/NewmarketToday Fro...
Apr 27th, 2023
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Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner hosted a virtual press conference in February of 2022, calling on Premier Doug Ford to cancel plans for the Bradford Bypass.Screenshot From BradfordToday, April 26, 2023 Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner said today a recent federal court decision calling the ...
Apr 26th, 2023
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Stock photoFrom Pexels by Marcus Spiske From OrilliaMatters, April 22, 2023 NEWS RELEASE SUSTAINABLE ORILLIA ************************* With Earth Day upon us, perhaps a look at history will inspire action in all of us. In 64 AD the city of Rome, centre of the Roman Empire, burned for six days and nig...
Apr 22nd, 2023
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Wasaga Beach council has dropped the requirement to audio record its in camera sessions. Pexel photo By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun Wednesday, April 19, 2023 The change, mentioned in the explanatory note included with the Jan. 26 council agenda, passed without comment as councillors approved a new procedura...
Apr 6th, 2023
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This is a  brief version of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition’s letter to Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, Minister David Piccini.  April 6, 2023 Dear Minister Piccini, This week you rose in the legislature this week to remind us of your commitments to putting the infrastructure in pla...
Apr 6th, 2023
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Press release Protecting Ontario’s environment For Immediate Release: April 06, 2023 Ontario to kill Growth Plan: Proposed new planning rules would kneecap housing supply efforts and unleash unprecedented sprawl on Ontario’s forests, farmland and wetlands Planned changes further exacerbate Ontario’s ...