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Nov 17th, 2020
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Collingwood town council Each member of Collingwood council reacted to the findings in the final report of the Collingwood Judicial Inquiry By: Erika Engel Collingwood Today Members of Collingwood’s current council didn’t hold back as they condemned previous town officials for their ̵...
Nov 17th, 2020
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Former Grand Chief Max Gros-Louis News release from the Conseil de la Nation huronne-wendat Nov 14, 2020 It is with sorrow and great sadness that we have just learned of the death of the former Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat Nation, Mr. Max “One Onti” Gros-Louis. Our first words are addr...
Nov 16th, 2020
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Young Ontarian clients -David LeBlanc photo The Applicants in the case, 7 young people, are arguing that the Ford government’s climate policy, which weakened Ontario’s climate targets in 2018, violates their Charter-protected rights to life, liberty, and security of the person. from the National Unio...
Nov 16th, 2020
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Site of a proposed shooting range on Concession Road 5 in Ramara. Township considering ban on shooting ranges, but it wouldn’t impact current ones; ‘These people are being shamefully disrespectful to their neighbours and friends’ By Nathan Taylor Orillia Matters  Ramara is looking a...
Nov 16th, 2020
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Site of a proposed shooting range on Concession Road 5 in Ramara. By: Nathan Taylor Orillia Matters The unanimous decision was made at Monday’s committee-of-the-whole meeting and will be up for ratification at next Monday’s council meeting. The committee turned down the application for the property a...
Nov 14th, 2020
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NVCA chair Keith White News release from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority November 13 2020 On November 5, 2020, the Ontario government released changes to the Conservation Authorities Act and Planning Act in the provincial budget. The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) has ...
Nov 14th, 2020
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Bu Bill French Springwater News November 12 2020 In a special closed session of Council prior to the regular Council Meeting on Nov 4th, it appears Council sought legal advice on the motion they passed at the Oct 21st meeting to suspend Mayor’s Allen’s pay for a breach of the Code of Conduct arising ...
Nov 14th, 2020
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford From the Canadian Environmental Law Association  CELA will be hosting a webinar in partnership with Environmental Defence and Ontario Nature on Tuesday, Nov 17th at 7pm about the proposed changes to the Conservation Authorities Act and to the conservation authorities’ role i...
Nov 14th, 2020
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View of Collingwood, Ontario from the top of Blue Mountain Resort -Wikimedia commons photo From the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust The Blue Mountain Watershed Trust is excited to announce a free webinar on December 1st, 2020 regarding development in the Collingwood/Blue Mountains area. – Discove...
Nov 14th, 2020
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Nottawasaga River -Gary Christie photo Action Alert – We Need Our Conservation Authorities From the Canadian Environmental Law Association – Scroll down for Environmental Defence, Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition and others On November 5, 2020, the Ontario government tabled omnibus budget mea...