By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance June 11 2015 The Brereton Field Naturalists’ Club invited city council for a walk through the Gables before they approved a new waterfront master plan this week. But city councillors skipped the walk and approved a plan that could see the urban wilderness park developed ...
From Pam Fulford Come to the Ramara Township Council meeting at the Ramara Centre (Library), 5482 Hwy 12, Atherley on Monday June 15 at 7 pm. Strawberry Island in Lake Simcoe is threatened by a development proposal for 120 condo units and up to 500 people which could destroy the forest, wetlands, wil...
By Sara Carson Orillia Today Ontario’s ombudsman will soon oversee all of Simcoe County’s councils and their hired integrity commissioners. On May 21, Ontario ombudsman André Marin announced when this oversight, under the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, will come into force...
Farmers, province agree to reduction beginning July 1 – manufacturer maintains controversial insecticide is safe By: Robert Benzie Toronto Star Ontario is moving to take the sting out of pesticides that are killing bees. On July 1, the province will become the first jurisdiction in North Ameri...
from the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association The Ontario Beekeepers’ Association, representing the interests of Ontario’s 3,100 beekeepers, has come out in full support of the new regulations announced today. These regulations are intended to protect pollinators by reducing the use of neonicotinoid...
SaveOro and WORA withdrawing court application News release from SaveOro ORO-MEDONTE — A court application challenging a controversial township bylaw allowing an expansion at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds is being withdrawn by lawyers for local watchdog group SaveOro, after the by-law was...
from 350.org Canada needs an energy economy that respects Free Prior and Informed consent of Indigenous frontline communities and creates good, green jobsfor workers. It is morally indefensible for us to continue to pursue an economic growth strategy that brings our climate closer to an irreversible ...
50-year-old contamination that was never cleaned up still polluting water and fish, report says By Jody Porter, CBC News Fifty years after a Dryden pulp mill dumped its effluent into a northern Ontario watershed, mercury continues to rise in some lakes, according to a study commissioned by the provi...
from AWARE Essa The following is the text of a presentation to Essa Council on Wednesday June 3, 2015 Introduction and greeting AWARE Essa is here tonight to request that Essa council work toward creating a Tree Protection Strategy for the township. The Woodlands Resources Policy in Essa’s Official P...
Council votes against appealing County decision New Tecumseth Fress Press Online New Tecumseth councillors voted last night against launching an appeal of the May 12th decision by Simcoe County council that lifted a stop work order and reinstated a special permit granted to Tecumseth Estates (Rizzard...
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