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. | METROLAND FILE PHOTO From the Toronto Star, February 13, 2022 By Bob Bowles Continued COVID-19 restrictions and m...
From Return of the Native, December 30, 2021 By Kate Harries I requested this book for Christmas after hearing the author interviewed on CBC Radio’s The Current. Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs and the Improbable World of Peat is by Edward Struzik, a writer who focuses on a wide range of sci...
The groundwater in Elmvale, Ont., is believed to be the cleanest in the world, but some residents and scientists are worried about the impact of nearby quarries. They are fighting for answers and accountability. Watch the TV documentary from CBC’s the National here. Also read the article: CBC N...
Premier Doug Ford was in Bradford last year to announce the official go-ahead for the Bradford Bypass. From OrilliaMatters, February 10, 2022 By OrilliaMatters Staff The federal government has declined, for a second time, to intervene on Ontario’s plans to build the Bradford Bypass, a proposed ...
Madeleine Fournier is a member of Stop Sprawl Orillia, a new group that is opposed to the potential expansion of the city’s boundary. From OrilliaMatters, February 10, 2022 By Nathan Taylor The possibility of the city expanding its boundary has led to the creation of a group that plans to fight...
The developments are proposed to happen near Highway 11. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 11, 2022 A Letter to the Editor For 75 years, The Orillia Fish and Game Conservation Club has worked to preserve our natural resources, our soils and minerals, our air, water, forests...
Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner speaks at an event in Barrie in this file photo. | Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From BarrieToday, February 10, 2022 By BarrieToday Staff The federal government has for a second time declined to intervene on Ontario’s plans to build the Bradford Bypass, a...
The Orillia Wetland Watchers invites everyone to join us on our Walk for Wetlands. This short and peaceful walk from the Opera House to City Hall is being held to send a message to Orillia’s Mayor and Council that we oppose development on the Inch Farm wetlands, and to raise awareness about the alarm...
By Margaret Prophet, Executive Director, Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition ‘Lake Simcoe abandoned by feds and province’ say organizers Simcoe County, ON – The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada has announced it will not revisit its decision to deny a Federal Impact Assessment designation for t...
Virtual public open house Feb. 22 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m...
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