Naturalist Bob Bowles is shown on the Inch Farm property, which is slated for development of a subdivision and a business park. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 9, 2022 A Letter to the Editor The recent article by Nathan Taylor exposed the City of Orillia’s abysmal record ...
By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) is preparing to take another stab at planning for the decarbonization of Ontario’s electricity system. The IESO’s first attempt to look at what it would take for Ontario to phase-out the ...
The Inch Farm developments are proposed to happen near Highway 11, seen at right.Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 5, 2022 A Letter to the editor Mayor Clarke and Mr. Lauer may not be alarmed by the plans for the Inch Farm Development area, but I am, and so should anyone who ...
Stock Image From OrilliaMatters, February 8, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Road salt contamination of freshwater waters begs the question, can we make better use of the roads we have? A deep dive into the salt pollution of freshwaters has led me to some radical thinking. Lake Simcoe is on a trajectory ...
More than 1500 people have signed the DAMN! petition (Demand A Moratorium Now!), calling for a moratorium on all new gravel mining approvals in Ontario. Have you? Sign The Petition Imagine the impact we could make together if we can get 5,000 people to show the Reform Gravel Mining Coalition some lo...
Naturalist Bob Bowles is shown on the Inch Farm property, which is slated for development of a subdivision and a business park.Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 2, 2022 By Nathan Taylor A local naturalist is sounding the alarm about a proposed development near the Orillia-Sev...
LETTER: Oro-Medonte accused of US-like ‘voter suppression’ – Orillia News The letter and recent stories raise the issue of opportunity versus risk and the ‘Chicken Little’ wave around security seems to have been started by Oro-Medonte’s mayor and some other council members. ‘Opportu...
'Our democratic institutions are under assault by the same dark forces that are rocking other democracies across the world,' says letter writer...
Local elder says police's laid-back response to truckers is dramatically different from their approach to peaceful Indigenous protests in Ottawa...
Join the DAMN! Campaign We Demand A Moratorium Now on all new applications for gravel mining in Ontario, including interim orders and site plan amendments for mining below the water table or that increase licensed tonnages. The purpose of a moratorium is to allow time to conduct a broad consultation ...
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