OBA news release MILTON: The Ontario Beekeepers Association (OBA) has received and read the final report from the Bee Health Working Group presented today by Premier Wynne, acting as Minister of Agriculture. Our response to this report is guided by our concerns related to declining populations of be...
Global News Plans are in the works to turn the Ontario farming community into a bustling suburban city. But some in the community are calling the development a step backwards. Christina Stevens explains. ...
By Meade Helman We as a species have a problem and we call it growth or over-development. WE don’t really have any predators so the only way the population will be reduced is pestilence, war or invasion by aliens that think humans taste like chicken. By the way, overpopulation leads to pestilence and...
By Sara Ross, Orillia Packet & Times While Oro-Medonte’s century-old sugar maples continue to decline, Bruce Keeling’s native sugar maples — planted four years ago — continue to flourish. “We have a couple on our front lawn that we put in and one of them is over 20 feet tall,” Keeling said. “That...
Celebrating the new Elmvale Water Kiosk! From the Elmvale Foundation We are so fortunate that the Elmvale area has some of the purest groundwater on the planet. We now have one more reason to celebrate: the completion of the Elmvale Water Kiosk at the artesian flow in Elmvale! The Elmvale Water Kios...
Sierra Club Canada applauds Obana administration’s investment in restoring Michigan-Huron and Georgian Bay water levels Sierra Club Canada Foundation news release After 50 years of failing to complete the terms and conditions of a U.S. / Canada agreement to compensate for the loss of water from Lakes...
By Miriam King Bradford Times “What we’re looking at here, folks, is nothing less than the Town’s future… It’s a big, big day.” With those words, Bradford West Gwillimbury Mayor Doug White introduced the final version of the Early Payment Agreement #3 for ratificat...
From North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance The York-Simcoe Provincial Liberal Association will be hosting a public Town Hall meeting in Keswick on Thursday, March 13th to discuss environmental issues affecting our area, including protecting Lake Simcoe and the North Gwillimbury Forest. The meeting will b...
By Mark Pavilons
King Weekly Sentinel Changing weather patterns across the globe have impacted our food supply, and if we don’t take more than a passing interest, we’re in for a harsh awakening. Local food experts are sounding the alarm bells that if consumers don’t take note, they will not only be...
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