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Feb 13th, 2023
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Reader Walter Klywak wants Ontario Premier Doug Ford to ‘stop and think about what you are doing in destroying the local environment’ Letter to the Editor Feb 4, 2023 Photo Maija Hoggett/TimminsToday I took notice of Premier Ford’s latest response to federal Environment Minister Ste...
Feb 7th, 2023
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‘People ought to join up the dots. There are all these questions out there that need to be answered. Really, the genie was out of the bottle,’ says Newmartet resident Joseph Quigley Photo;Joseph Quigley  NewmarketToday Feb 1, 2023 Newmarket political blogger Gordon Prentice saw something ...
Jan 24th, 2023
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Sunday February 12,  2023 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom in and learn about: •More sprawl – especially along the Horseshoe Valley corridor •Less community participation •Smaller voice •No infrastructure • Higher taxes Speaker: Margaret Prophet, Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition Register Here  Pre...
Jan 22nd, 2023
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Will Douglas claim riches and power by seizing the Magic Greenbelt, only to lose his Superpowers? Thrills! Action! Amateur drawing! By Margaret Atwood Jan 22 2023 Yes, kids, it’s Comix Time! The backstory: Our Hero, Douglas (admonished previously in these pages, more than once, scroll down) wishes to...
Jan 22nd, 2023
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Housing minister and premier have both denied tipping off developers and any wrongdoing Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 18, 2023 Photo:An aerial view of protected farmland that the Ontario government is proposing to remove from the Greenbelt. (Giuseppe Fiorino/CBC) Ontario’s in...
Jan 20th, 2023
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The former Mississauga mayor, who earned the nickname “Queen of Sprawl” during her tenure, calls the Ford government’s decision to open areas up for development “brave.” From the Toronto Star, Jan 20 2023 ByRachel Mendelson Staff Reporter Map showing Ontario’s Greenbelt.Image courtesy of the Gr...
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Jan 12th, 2023
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‘This guy promised to protect the Greenbelt’: Foster has been fighting bid to build bypass since ’90s From Simcoe.com Simon Martin, Jan 12 2023 Development comes in many shapes and sizes. But few are impacted by development quite like East Gwillimbury resident Bill Foster. The longt...
Jan 12th, 2023
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“Collectively, we are very concerned with the impact this will have on the future well-being of our province,” the parties say in a joint letter. From the Toronto Star, by Kristin Rushowy, Jan12, 2023 The NDP, Liberal and Green parties have come together to ask the province’s auditor general to look ...
Jan 10th, 2023
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Frustrated citizen says Doug Ford, MPP Jill Dunlop aren’t listening, fears new licence plates will read, ‘Ontario, yours to pave over’ From OrilliaMatters Jan9,2023 Photo Connor Earl At the end of MPP Jill Dunlop’s ‘Myth and Fact’ article, Dunlop sincerely mentions...
Jan 9th, 2023
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Bill 23 was ‘the straw that broke the camel’s back,’ says Doug Varty, who stepped down as chair of Species Conservation Action Agency. Doug Varty says he resigned from Ontario’s Species Conservation Action Agency due to the effects of Bill 23 and other ways the provincial government is go...