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Mar 6th, 2023
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The theme this year is Honouring the Cycle of Life From Simcoe.com Thursday, March 2, 2023 Georgian College’s in-person powwow returns this March for the first time in four years. Students, employees and the public are invited to the college’s 15th traditional powwow to celebrate and learn about Indi...
Mar 5th, 2023
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‘Surely, our lives that you disrupt are worth more than your meeting,’ says resident who protested transit changes at meeting and felt ignored by mayor Letter to the Editor Mar 2, 2023 Phot: Protesters showed up at the Orillia City Centre Monday as council met to ratify its budget. They w...
Mar 5th, 2023
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Conservancy has big plans with Dorthea Hangaard at helm; ‘The organization is in good hands,’ says former executive director Photo: Dorthea Hangaard, executive director of the Couchiching Conservancy, is shown with former executive director Mark Bisset.Tyler Evans/OrilliaMatters The Couch...
Mar 5th, 2023
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Milestone worth celebrating, but still more work to do, says county official Mar 2, 2023 The County of Simcoe is wasting no time celebrating a milestone. Since 2008, the county has collected more than 200,000 tonnes of organic material from households and businesses, which it notes has saved “the equ...
Mar 5th, 2023
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The new chief justice must reflect ‘the values that I have … (that) only I can assess,’ says Downey, a longtime Orillia lawyer; There is ‘no transparency,’ says letter writer Photo, Attorney General Doug Downey  | Kevin Lamb for BarrieToday Mar 5 2023 Doug Downey, our MP...
Mar 5th, 2023
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‘If a large number of Canadians would feel some healing and validation by changing one word in our national anthem, I vote yes’ says letter writer From BarrrieToday, Letter to the Editor Mar 3, 2023 Photo:Canadian flag, Elizabeth Keith/Village Media The following letter is in response to ...
Mar 5th, 2023
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‘The government is modernizing its almost 50-year-old environmental assessment process that is too slow, too costly, and too burdensome,’ says PCs of bill From OrilliaMatters Mar 1 2023 Charlie Pinkerton Photo: Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma pictured at a railway station in St. Catha...
Mar 1st, 2023
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The fury of insults and racial slurs targeting Jully Black ‘highlight the need for a better understanding of the true history of this land,’ says local elder From CollingwoodToday, Feb 28 2023 Column: Jeff Monague Long before anyone ever thought of putting up a flag or creating an anthem ...
Mar 1st, 2023
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Attorney general, who’s also MPP for Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte, wouldn’t elaborate on past comments that critics say risk politicizing the courts Aiden Chamandy, From BarrieToday, Feb 28 2023 Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press Editor’s note: The following article originally ...
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Mar 1st, 2023
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Move meant to offset loss in revenue expectedfrom Bill 23 From BradfordToday, Nikki Cole Feb 28 2023 Photo Simcoe County council’s committee of the whole is supporting adjustments to a Bradford affordable housing development budget. The changes were made to reflect the development charge revenue loss...