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Aug 18th, 2021
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Elder Jeff Monague kept a Sacred Fire burning for four days and four nights after the bodies of 215 Indigenous children were found in an unmarked grave in Kamloops, B.C. Monague’s column will appear every other Monday. From BarrieToday, August 17, 2021 By Jeff Monague Local elder lit Sacred Fir...
Aug 15th, 2021
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LDD moth caterpillarsDavid Hawke/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, August 11, 2021 By Nikki Cole ‘I know our township has just been overcome with it … if it did happen in your area you know how devastating it is,’ said Severn Township deputy mayor From burlap and duct tape to simp...
Aug 15th, 2021
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A fourth encampment has been set up by Indigenous land defender Johnny Hawke (right) onto the property of advocate ally Veronique Lacroix (left) following a charge by OPP late last month. From OrilliaMatters, August 11, 2021 By Derek Howard ‘For me to be charged with mischief and (Minister Benn...
Aug 14th, 2021
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Claire Malcolmson By Jack Gibbons, Chair of Lake Simcoe Watch On Wednesday, August 11th Claire Malcolmson of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition asked Georgina Town Council to call for a full provincial individual environmental assessment of the proposed Holland Marsh Highway (aka, the Bradford Bypass)....
Aug 12th, 2021
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Sign this petition to save Brocks Beach We The People of Brocks Beach  formally oppose and ask Wasaga Beach Mayor and Council to reject the following: ·       The  application submitted by Beachwood Development Inc., to the Town of Wasaga Beach Planning Department, for an Official Plan Amendment (Fil...
Aug 12th, 2021
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Kerrie Atkins (left), Jan Penic and Alex Schwertner are members of Save Beachwood, a group of Shore Lane residents calling on Wasaga Beach town council not to consider a high-density residential development in their neighbourhood. – Ian Adams/Metroland From Simcoe.com, August 10, 2021 By Ian Ad...
Aug 12th, 2021
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Please sign and share this petition to protect the aquifer that holds the cleanest water in the world. The Teedon Gravel Pit in Waverley used to be a small gravel pit.  Since 2009 they have intermittently been using a well and wash pond to take a combined maximum of 6.8 million litres of water each [...
Aug 8th, 2021
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By the Cheif Directors of the Simcoe County Environmental Youth Alliance Are you passionate about climate justice? Do you live in or around Barrie, and want to see your city changed for the better? Do you want to support a group of ambitious youth? Learn more and get involved with SCEYA’s Imagine Bar...
Aug 8th, 2021
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Stella Ambler was one of four people nominated in race to become the PC candidate in Simcoe-Grey in the next provincial election. Photo from StellaAmbler.com From OrilliaMatters, August 6, 2021 By Erika Engel Stella Ambler is taking the PC party to court over its appointment of Collingwood Mayor Bria...
Aug 8th, 2021
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By D Dickson We are residents of The County of Simcoe and have outlined below a list of points of concern we have regarding the proposed “New Automated Cart Collection System”. Please don’t think that we are not in favour of progress, but just want to raise some points that affect our immediate commu...