By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Aug 4th, 2022
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Stock image From BarrieToday, July 31, 2022 A Letter to the Editor This letter is in response to a letter regarding trucking on rural roadways in the area, published July 26. I agree with Doug Varty of Oro-Medonte. In regards to the speeds of aggregate haulers in Oro-Medonte, public safety has to be ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Aug 4th, 2022
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The monarch butterfly is now red-listed as an endangered species. | David Hawke/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, July 31, 2022 By David Hawke Can bad news also be good news? How much spin does one need to apply to make a bad news story a good news story? This interpretation of an event is somewhat...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Jul 31st, 2022
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From Nature Canada, July 15, 2022 By Natasha Tucker, Mind Your Plastic Blogger You’ve probably heard the term “Circular Economy,” but do you know what it actually means? This term relates to how we use and dispose of materials, whether that’s the packaging that the items you buy come in or the produc...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Governance
Jul 31st, 2022
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From OrilliaMatters, July 28, 2022 By Greg McGrath-Goudie An Oro-Medonte resident has filed two complaints with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario over township council’s decision against allowing internet and telephone voting in the upcoming municipal election. Despite a staff report’s recommendat...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Governance
Jul 31st, 2022
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Ramara ward boundary map – Ramara photo From Simcoe.com, July 29, 2022 By Sara Carson Municipal elections take place across Ontario on Oct. 24 People living in Ramara will head to the polls this fall to decide who will represent them around the township council table and on the local school bo...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Agriculture
Jul 29th, 2022
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Stock photoDonatello Trisolino via Pexels From OrilliaMatters, July 27, 2022 A Letter to the Editor This letter is in response to a letter regarding farmland preservation, published July 26. Mike Douglas, of Ramara, writes a cogent letter regarding preserving farmland in southern Ontario. My MSc is i...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Jul 29th, 2022
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The first Green Orillia Waterways Cleanup is taking place Sunday, July 31....
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Jul 28th, 2022
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Elmvale Flow From the Tiny Cottager, July 28, 2022 The Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations (FoTTSA) has negotiated a settlement of FoTTSA’s appeal of the 2021 Permit to Take Water issued by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) to the owners of the Teedon Pit, ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Jul 28th, 2022
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Morgan Mansfield is encouraging residents to plant pollinator gardens to help counter the decline of monarch butterflies | Joshua J. Cotten From Simcoe.com, July 25, 2022 By Frank Matys Recent news that the monarch butterfly had been declared an endangered species may have residents wondering what, i...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Collingwood
Jul 28th, 2022
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Georgian Bay Forever’s Amber Gordon with one of the bottles that will be used in a project that will track the path trash takes in Georgian Bay. – Amber Gordon photo From Simcoe.com, July 26, 2022 By Ian Adams If you see someone toss a plastic bottle into Georgian Bay at the end of August...
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