Want to know if Ontario’s aging nuclear reactors are safe to operate? Ontario Power Generation (OPG) would be happy to tell you what they know – if you can spare $10,000. That’s the response we received from OPG when we asked for a copy of their analysis of pressure tube safety, an issue that is crit...
Gerard Dusastre (left) and Kerrie Atkins are part of a group of neighbours who came together in 2021 to challenge two projects in their quiet residential neighbourhood in the west end of Wasaga Beach. IAN ADAMS/METROLAND From the Toronto Star, December 31, 2021 By Ian Adams Gerard Dusastre had no in...
By Margaret Prophet, Executive Director, Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition Parliamentary Petition Launched in Favor of more Scrutiny for “Holland Marsh Highway” Aurora – MP Leah Taylor Roy, Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill, has sponsored a petition to have the federal government designate the Br...
Bob Bowles is an award-winning writer, artist, photographer and naturalist and the founder and co-ordinator of the Ontario master naturalist certificate program at Lakehead University. From Simcoe.com, January 8, 2022 By Bob Bowles Usually, resolutions for the coming year involve eating less, exercis...
From The Council of Canadians, December 21, 2021 By Dylan Penner Double standards of racism and colonialism Canada has a climate double standard. While land and water defenders face serious criminalization, repression, and police brutality, we’re continuing to witness in Wet’suwet’en territory, corpo...
Keeping Wasaga Beach’s beaches clean is just one aspect of protecting the environment for Wasaga Beach Climate Action Team members Ilona Matthews (left) and Kathleen Caswell. IAN ADAMS/METROLAND From the Toronto Star, January 10, 2022 By Ian Adams A warm breeze from the southwest whips up the ...
Council Meeting, Friday, January 28 at 9 a.m. ...
The WASAGA BEACH Climate Action Team 2021 WAS A VERY EXCITING YEAR !!! Something important happened this past May…. The Wasaga Beach Council voted to declare a CLIMATE EMERGENCY and it hit the Newspapers Wasaga Beach councillors vote on a motion declaring a climate crisis during council’s...
From OrilliaMatters, January 6, 2021 A Letter to the Editor Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye. On this occasion I bring you greeting from our Lord Mayor. His Worship wishes to share this proclamation regarding recent matters which have come before him and his Council and upon which they have taken decision. ...
Stock image From OrilliaMatters, January 3, 2021 A Letter to the Editor As indicated in [OrilliaMatters’] recent story, property taxes are based on an assessed value determined by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (“MPAC”). Both the property owner (in this case Zehr’s) and the munic...
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