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Apr 21st, 2020
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Native brook trout News release from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Cabela’s Canada Outdoor Fund donated a grant of $20,000 to support the first year of the Nottawasaga River Restoration Program (NRRP). The goal of the program is to help restore the Upper Nottawasaga River and Sheldon ...
Apr 20th, 2020
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Sustainable Orillia creates food map and directory by Frank Matys Orillia Today Even in a land of plenty, securing healthy, affordable food can prove a challenge for many in the community. The coronavirus pandemic has only served to intensify that difficult reality as physical distancing measures bri...
Apr 20th, 2020
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Evain Maurice and Bart Nagel -CTV screen shot From the Farm2Door website Farm2Door is a local food delivery service, sprouted out of an entrepreneurial collaboration in the Tiny/Penetang/Midland region in Ontario. The founding members are Rachel and Evain Maurice (Belleroots Farm and Spa), Bart Nagel...
Apr 18th, 2020
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Injured turtles need Super Glue – and kids and grownups can help! Hello from Kelly at Think Turtle Conservation Initiative As we are all aware one of the affects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been people purchasing a vast array of staple items as well as other items to the point it has become di...
Apr 18th, 2020
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A rendering of the proposed ERRC on Horseshoe Valley Road.  ‘If we look at David and Goliath as an analogy, they’re taking away our slingshot and our rock,’ says one of the opponents of the Horseshoe Valley Road project ]By: Jessica Owen Orillia Matters With funding for the County of Simc...
Apr 17th, 2020
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Listening to the science? Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams answers questions, with Premier Doug Ford, Health Minister Christine Elliott and Finance Minister Rod Philips looking on – CANADIAN PRESS photo by Mike Balkwill Wellington Water Watchers April 01, 2020 WWW has made the...
Apr 17th, 2020
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Queen’s University Public Health Sciences Current Master of Public Student student Izabelle Siqueira spoke out against provincial government budget cuts to public health in a letter to the editor published in Kingston’s The Whig Standard newspaper April 16, 2019 entitled “Public hea...
Apr 16th, 2020
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By Bill French Springwater News  I read and commented on the excellent articles by Kate Harries posted recently on this site. I did post a brief comment and would like to elaborate. It did not surprise me that Council approved the tree cutting on the MSP development lands in the Carson Road area. Mos...
Apr 15th, 2020
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Speaking truth to power – Sophia, Zoe, Shaelyn, Alex, Shelby, Madi and Beze Seven young Ontarians are fighting to keep their climate lawsuit going By Fraser Thomson EcoJustice The COVID-19 pandemic has left its mark on almost every Canadian. Whether you’ve been dealing with school and business ...
Apr 14th, 2020
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Assault on nature…. –Wilderness Committee photomontage Ford suspends public participation in proposed Ontario government environmental decisions News release from EcoJustice April 7, 2020 The Ford government has used the cover of the COVID-19 pandemic to pass a regulation that effectively...