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Dec 31st, 2022
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From The Pointer, Dec 22 2022 By Rachel Morgan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Photo: Alexis Wright Newly elected Brampton Councillor Navjit Kaur Brar was a respiratory therapist before running for local office. Rookie Mississauga Councillor Martin Reid has a master’s degree in social work. Cal...
Dec 28th, 2022
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Bill is part of province’s plan to build 1.5 million homes in 10 years From CBC News Protesters rallied against Bill 23 in Orillia on Nov. 20.Connor Earl Photo Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 28, 2022 12:29 PM ET   Ontario passed a housing bill Monday intended to spur deve...
Dec 28th, 2022
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Critics say the changes will “completely undermine the protection of wetlands” while doing little for housing. By Noor JavedStaff Reporter,Toronto Star Sat., Dec. 24, 2022 photo Hartley Woodside   The majority of sensitive wetlands in the Greater Toronto Area could lose environmental protection ...
Dec 19th, 2022
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Jeff Monague offers holiday wishes for politicians, including Simcoe North MPP, who he noted ‘may have accidentally fallen into a vat of invisible ink’ Jeff Monague, an Ojibway elder and knowledge keeper, has some good wishes and advice for politicians. From OriliaMatters The season for g...
Dec 18th, 2022
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This government has rolled back decades of environmental protection Barrie Advance Tuesday, December 6, 2022 As Barrie’s only registered environmental charity, Living Green opposes our provincial government’s attack on the environment. In the context of the climate crisis that affects all of us, it i...
Dec 17th, 2022
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The Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition  explores the issues history and concerns about the Bradford Bypass. Infographic on the high cost of sprawl. Credit: Smart Prosperity Institute. Visit the SCGC website and read about it here...
Dec 13th, 2022
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Campaign created by Leadnow Canada Sign the Petition here Premier Ford: Stop Bill 23 In the middle of a climate and housing crisis, Ontario is calling on you to stop Bill 23. It will destroy wetlands, farmland and woodlands and undermine important environmental protection. We need real investment in ...
Dec 12th, 2022
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‘If we lose it, it will not come back,’ says Bob Bowles; Oro Moraine about 35,000 acres in size, extending 21 kilometres from Orillia west to Highway 400 past Craighurst from OrilliaToday,Bob Bruton, Dec11,2022 A crash course on the Oro Moraine’s history, and its precarious future, were t...
Dec 10th, 2022
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‘We are counting on you to protect the little bit of wildlife and habitat we have remaining in southern Ontario,’ groups tell federal minister Letter to the Editor,CollingwoodToday Dec 9 2022 Dear Minister Guilbeault, As Canada hosts an international conference on biodiversity, we thought...
Dec 10th, 2022
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Media Statement From: Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition, Forbid Roads Over Greenspaces, Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition and Concerned Citizens of King Township Simcoe County, ON – On November 30th, the Auditor General of Ontario – an independent officer of the legislature who is tasked with ...