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Apr 21st, 2022
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From Environmental Defence By Lana Goldberg, Program Manager, Ontario Climate A new freedom of information request reported in the Toronto Star1 has uncovered secret documents showing that the Ontario government deliberately chose a route for Highway 413 that would cause “maximum incursions” into the...
Apr 21st, 2022
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The Ontario government has quietly overhauled its plan for a new provincial curbside recycling regime, tearing up key parts of a controversial regulation that had united environmental groups and some industry players in opposition.  ANDREW FRANCIS WALLACE / TORONTO STAR From the Toronto Star, April 1...
Apr 17th, 2022
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Adjala-Tosorontio Ward 1 Coun. Annette Bays is abstaining from future meetings. From the Toronto Star, April 14, 2022 By  Janis Ramsay There’s a stalemate at Adjala-Tosorontio council after Mayor Floyd Pinto filed a libel suit against four councillors. Councillors Annette Bays, Jonathan Pita, D...
Apr 17th, 2022
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By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance As reported in today’s Globe and Mail, thanks to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request filed by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA), we now know that the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) fully understood that its re...
Apr 16th, 2022
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Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner is coming to Simcoe County to raise awareness for the threat to the world’s purest water on his campaign. Come out and join us on Tuesday, April 19th – 4:30PM at the flow in Elmvale. Mike’s team asks that those planning to attend wear masks....
In Barrie
Apr 14th, 2022
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Rally April 2022 From 1:00 to 2:30 pm, Caroline Mulroney's office 45 Grist Mill Rd. Holland Landing...
Apr 6th, 2022
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To help us celebrate our 25th anniversary, a donor will match all the donations we receive this month up to $25,000! Double your donation! Twenty-five years ago, we had an idea. If Ontario shutdown its five dirty coal plants, we could eliminate the yellow haze of smog hanging over our communities and...
In Barrie
Apr 5th, 2022
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Bradford – This morning the province announced that it is awarding a contractor for the early works construction for the Bradford Bypass.  These early works are allowed to begin before studies are completed thanks to an exemption the province gave itself last October. Mulroney announced that co...
Apr 5th, 2022
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From the Toronto Star, April 3, 2022 By Ian Adams The Wasaga Beach Climate Action Team wants to let you know where you stand in reducing your carbon footprint. The 15-member group, formed in 2021, is making its inaugural foray into the public with a booth at the Wasaga Beach Lions Home & Garden S...
Mar 31st, 2022
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Mayor Brian Saunderson. Erika Engel/CollingwoodToday From Simcoe.com, March 29, 2022 By John Edwards Collingwood Mayor Brian Saunderson will take a leave of absence starting April 19. Saunderson, the Progressive Conservative candidate for the riding of Simcoe-Grey in the June 2 provincial election, s...