From Simcoe.com, July 19, 2022 By Shane MacDonald Here’s who has filed to run for the Oct. 24 municipal election in Innisfil. This story will be updated regularly as new candidates register. The nomination period runs from May 2, 2022 to Aug. 19. To see the candidate listing, visit https://inni...
| OrilliaMatters image From OrilliaMatters, July 19, 2022 A Letter to the Editor The following letter is in response to recent Oro-Medonte council controversies. Some members of council in Oro-Medonte would like this fiasco to just go away, but it shouldn’t. All ratepayers need to know what happened...
This sign was on display at a recent protest. |Natasha Philpott/BradfordToday From OrilliaMatters, July 20, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Highway 413 will only take 30 seconds off of commute time — saving 30 seconds of driving time will harm 2,000 acres of farmland, cut through 85 waterways, damage 220...
Stock Image From OrilliaMatters, July 19, 2022 NEWS RELEASE FORESTS ONTARIO Forests Ontario and its partners planted 2.5 million native tree seedlings across the province this season as part of its 50 Million Tree Program. This brings Forests Ontario’s program total to 36.7 million trees planted, cre...
“Phrag Free” Tiny Marsh Program: Year 2 This is M-T-M Conservation Association’s second year of a three-year program to control the presence and spread of the invasive plant known as Phragmites Reed at the Tiny Marsh Provincial Wildlife Area. Volunteer work parties did a terrific job in 2021 knocking...
Happy July! The summer has started and I know a lot of you are enjoying the sunshine and family time at the beach and some of you may even be traveling on holidays. If you are around the next two weeks we have some important events coming up: Georgian Bay Forever RECEIVE A FREE WASHING MACHINE [&hell...
Longtime deputy mayor and former mayor Anita Dubeau will not be seeking re-election in October. | Mehreen Shahid/MidlandToday From Simcoe.com, July 18, 2022 By Andrew Mendler Penetanguishene’s longtime deputy mayor and former mayor is walking away from politics. Anita Dubeau, who was first elec...
From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director The International Joint Commission’s Great Lakes Water Quality Board is calling for Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) nuclear waste storage facilities to be “hardened” and located away from shorelines to prevent them from becoming compro...
Escarpment Coalition Alliance director George Knowles said his group is pleased with the response to a petition calling on the provincial government to halt major developments proposed for the Niagara Escarpment. – George Knowles photo From Simcoe.com, July 12, 2022 By Ian Adams A petition call...