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Aug 20th, 2021
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The Holland River, Bradford West GwillimburyJackie Kozak/BradfordToday From BarrieToday, August 17, 2021 By the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition ‘We know that the environmental studies are out of date, impacts to Lake Simcoe and climate haven’t been studied and that the traffic congestion won’...
Aug 20th, 2021
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A view of the Teedon Pit on Darby Road in Tiny Township. From BarrieToday, August 16, 2021 ByDerek Howard ‘To expand such operations would be a crime against future generations, against our grandchildren and beyond,’ says University of Guelph hydrogeologist A resident’s plea to stop an ag...
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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Shore Lane resident Gerard Dusastre fears a proposed high-density residential project will destroy the quiet nature of his neighbourhood in the west end of Wasaga Beach. – Ian Adams/Metroland From Simcoe.com, June 16, 2021 By Ian Adams Neighbours of a proposed 215-unit residential development i...
Aug 12th, 2021
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Gerard Dusastre has launched a website raising concerns over the number of residential units planned for the west end of Wasaga Beach along Beachwood Road. – Ian Adams/Metroland From Simcoe.com, July 14, 2021 By Ian Adams A group of west-end residents opposed to a 214-unit development in their ...