The following letter was sent to the Barrie Advance Re: How you can combat rising food prices, Jan. 9. News of increasing food prices in Canada have helped to temper enthusiasm for 2016. The University of Guelph’s Food Institute estimates the average Canadian household spent an $325 more in 2015. Thi...
From Land over Landings On January 26, leaders of the food security, farmland preservation, and environmental movements in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area answered the call to discuss the future of the Federal Lands. David Crombie, author of the recently released report to the Province, Plannin...
Beausoleil First Nation Open Letter To Minister Of Health February 10, 2016 Dr. Eric Hoskin Minister of Health and Long Term Care 10th floor, Hepburn Block 80 Grosvenor Street Toronto, Ontario, M7A 2C4 Re: LHIN Recommendations for Georgian Bay General Hospital Greetings Minister Hoskins: My name is R...
Medical student gets Trent U support in building $20 million production facility By Jason Bain, The Peterborough Examiner Adam Noble admits his company has come a long way in the time since the then-Grade 11 student first met mayor Daryl Bennett and told him about his idea to use algae to remove poll...
Working group of Golden Horseshoe councillors wants to deal proactively with development industry, Ontario Municipal Board By Tim Kelly Aurora Banner A number of local elected officials want a straight answer to a simple question: why aren’t their Official Plans worth the paper they’re pr...
Letter to The Honourable William Francis Morneau, Minister of Finance Government of Canada Re: Pre-budget consultation 2016 Thank you for seeking input into Canada’s federal budget for 2016-17. This budget provides a great opportunity for Canada to shift to a cleaner, greener economy. I support the r...
Government Operations Centre comes under privacy office scrutiny over monitoring of peaceful protests, academic panels By Alex Boutilier Toronto Star OTTAWA—Canada’s privacy watchdog wants more information on a central government agency keeping tabs on peaceful protests. Documents obtained by the Sta...
-Financial Post photo Nine years ago the government of Ontario vowed to plant 50 million trees in southern Ontario by 2020. It has fallen far short of its goal Peter Kuitenbrouwer Financial Post Anybody want a tree? Nine years ago the government of Ontario vowed to plant 50 million trees in southern ...
By Mehreen Shahid, Orillia Packet & Times A Canadian women’s university will honour a local teen in April, and a Hollywood star will make the presentation. Maya Burhanpurkar, 16, of Oro-Medonte Township, will be honoured with the Emerging Award by University College Brescia in April. The aw...
By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times At 11:10 a.m, 40 minutes after the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) pre-hearing on a temporary zoning bylaw amendment for Burl’s Creek Event Grounds was supposed to begin, a somewhat-disgruntled resident stood up. The man, who didn’t identify ...
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