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Apr 28th, 2019
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Company doesn’t see any deficiencies with current deal by Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald A meeting will be taking place in the near future between the mayor and staff from Adjala-Tosorontio and Nelson Aggregates to discuss the development agreement that was approved last year for the Everett gr...
Apr 26th, 2019
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Fred Somerville Forests Ontario CEO Rob Keen says province is ‘dismantling’ agency’s capacity to plant trees by Brad Pritchard  Alliston Herald Somerville Nurseries in Everett is going to feel the brunt of the province’s decision to end the 50 Million Trees Program. The nurser...
Apr 26th, 2019
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Does this look like an arterial inter-county road to you? A very, very BAD idea. Help us defeat it on May 8 From Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Clearview sells County Road 91 to gravel pit, proposes to turn 26/27 – a summer road with a 14% grade – into a year-round thoroughfare. *** ATTEND...
Apr 25th, 2019
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Ontario cuts tree planting By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press Ontario is cancelling a tree planting program, with those involved warning the move will lead to the loss of jobs and environmental benefits that forests provide. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry told Forests Ontario the da...
Apr 23rd, 2019
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News release from the Nature Conservancy of Canada The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and its partners applaud a new federally-funded $100 million program to safeguard important habitats for species at risk. The Natural Heritage Conservation Program (NHCP), announced today by Catherine McKenna, C...
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Apr 23rd, 2019
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Minister Rod Phillips (front row, fifth from left), Council Chief Glen Hare (front row, sixth from left) and Parliamentary Assistant Andrea Khanjin (front row, fourth from right) meet with the Great Lakes Guardians’ Council. News release from Ontario government Ontario’s government is working t...
Apr 23rd, 2019
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World Migratory Bird Day spotlights plastic pollution impact on migratory birds and their habitats From Ontario Nature With the snow starting to melt and the days getting longer, we’re starting to think about spring and all of the migratory birds returning to Canada! World Migratory Bird Day is happe...
Apr 19th, 2019
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The Golden Eagle is endangered in Ontario, which means the species lives in the wild but is facing imminent extinction or extirpation. -San Diego Zoo photo News release from the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition It is becoming a pattern with this government to hear, once again, that Ontario’s most se...
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Apr 19th, 2019
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Last month, the Ford government issued a discussion paper on reducing waste and litter. It was an attempt to launch an important debate that unfortunately got lost in the tsunami of legislative and regulatory change that has crashed over this province. Reducing Litter and Waste in Our Communities Dis...
Apr 17th, 2019
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Claire Malcolmson ‘We really need to see a much more inspiring picture,’ says Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition official Orillia Matters The new provincial budget has a “contradiction” between words and policies, says Claire Malcolmson, executive director of Rescue Lake Simcoe Coal...