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Dec 28th, 2022
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‘What bleak future would shake this premier enough to turn the nightmare into a miracle?’ wonders local Green party official, harkening parallels to Dickens. Premier Doug Ford speaks during a media conference in Orillia in August 2020. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters file photo Brad Coccim...
Dec 28th, 2022
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Critics say the changes will “completely undermine the protection of wetlands” while doing little for housing. By Noor JavedStaff Reporter,Toronto Star Sat., Dec. 24, 2022 photo Hartley Woodside   The majority of sensitive wetlands in the Greater Toronto Area could lose environmental protection ...
Dec 22nd, 2022
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I am sure if Premier Davis were alive he would be fighting alongside Ontarians against Ontario’s anti-environment Bill 23 and Greenbelt land grab. From the Toronto Star, By Sarah Harmer Contributor, Wed., Dec. 21, 2022   I grew up on the Niagara Escarpment, the backbone of southern Ontario’s Gre...
Dec 20th, 2022
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‘We can anticipate where they will strike next,’ writes Gord Miller Gord Miller From Simcoe.com Monday, December 12, 2022 The battle to stop the removal of Greenbelt lands from their protected status is not over yet. Many still protest and call for a suspension and reversal of this decisi...
Dec 18th, 2022
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This government has rolled back decades of environmental protection Barrie Advance Tuesday, December 6, 2022 As Barrie’s only registered environmental charity, Living Green opposes our provincial government’s attack on the environment. In the context of the climate crisis that affects all of us, it i...
Dec 17th, 2022
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‘The decline in support for the Bypass is just one of the signs that the province has stopped listening to the people,’ says reader Nov 29, 2022 Photo: Bradford Bypass protestNatasha Philpott/BradfordToday Last week’s Bradford Bypass Public Information Centre, or PIC, was characteristic o...
Dec 17th, 2022
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The Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition  explores the issues history and concerns about the Bradford Bypass. Infographic on the high cost of sprawl. Credit: Smart Prosperity Institute. Visit the SCGC website and read about it here...
Dec 13th, 2022
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‘Are you that person of integrity who still believes what you publicly declared in that 2018 debate, who worked to convince Ford to abandon his plan, or are you on the side of greed, urban sprawl and development?’ writer asks Letter to the Editor, OrilliaMatters, Dec 8, 2022 Dear Ms. Dunl...
Dec 13th, 2022
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Campaign created by Leadnow Canada Sign the Petition here Premier Ford: Stop Bill 23 In the middle of a climate and housing crisis, Ontario is calling on you to stop Bill 23. It will destroy wetlands, farmland and woodlands and undermine important environmental protection. We need real investment in ...
Dec 12th, 2022
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Columnist offers seven lessons about the importance of the Oro Moraine in effort to educate ‘thick-headed’ premier and his ‘bevy of bobble-head MPPs’ David Hawke in OrilliaMatters I could easily fire off another tirade about the sad state of our environmental affairs in Ontari...