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By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Feb 22nd, 2022
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Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From BarrieToday, February 18, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Despite Colin Hunt’s assertions to the contrary, we can triple our imports of low-cost Quebec water power using our existing transmission lines with Quebec. In 2021, the average price of Hydro Quebec’s electricity exp...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Feb 20th, 2022
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 Jill Rettinger and her son, Josh Rinaldo, participated in Orillia Wetland Watchers’ awareness walk in downtown Orillia on Saturday morning. | Tyler Evans/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 19, 2022 By Tyler Evans A small but passionate group of protesters took to the streets Saturday...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Feb 20th, 2022
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Mayor Steve Clarke. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters File Photo From OrilliaMatters, February 19, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Over the last few weeks, there has been a growing interest in the proposed development of the Inch Farm lands. As an elected representative, I am pleased to see this community e...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Orillia
Feb 19th, 2022
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As part of the clear garbage bag program that is in effect, Orillia residents are to place garbage in a clear plastic bag instead of a black or green plastic bag. Residents can place up to two small privacy bags, such as regular-sized shopping bags, to hide private items in their clear bag. | Supplie...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Feb 19th, 2022
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This photograph shows a view toward the Inch Farm property, which is slated for development, from Uhthoff Line. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 17, 2022 A Letter to the Editor Many Orillia residents and previous contributors to OrilliaMatters have expressed grave concerns...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Bradford West Gwillimbury
Feb 19th, 2022
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Holland Marsh | Bert Duclos Photo From OrilliaMatters, February 17, 2022 By Natasha Philpott The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada announced last week it will not revisit its decision to deny a Federal Impact Assessment designation for the Bradford Bypass. The request to review the decision was init...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Indigenous
Feb 19th, 2022
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Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux is Lakehead University’s chair on truth and reconciliation. From OrilliaMatters, February 17, 2022 By OrilliaMatters Staff Lakehead University is launching a community-based education series to support those seeking to understand and respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Co...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Feb 19th, 2022
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Steel pipe to be used in the oil pipeline construction of the Canadian government’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project lies at a stockpile site in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada June 18, 2019. REUTERS/Dennis Owen This morning we received some huge news. First, the government-owned Trans Mountain co...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Feb 19th, 2022
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By Peter McCartney, Climate Campaigner, Wilderness Committee Feds quit funding pipeline as costs soar to $21.4B For the first time in a long time, I’ve got good news to share about Trans Mountain. Today, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the federal government will not pay for ballooning c...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Feb 19th, 2022
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An Equinor project in the Tampen area of the North Sea. | Equinor/Bo B. Randulff & Even Kleppa By Conor Curtis, Digital Communications Coordinator, Sierra Club Canada Foundation Right now the Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and the Federal Cabinet are considering a controversial oil and ga...