By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Feb 19th, 2022
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By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance Energy Minister Todd Smith’s proposal to establish a lower overnight electricity rate for electric vehicle charging will reward Ontario families that purchase electric cars and pick-up trucks. But we also need a zero-carbon electricity gr...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Feb 17th, 2022
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By Joan Mizzi-Fry, Ramara Legacy Alliance 11,000 video taped reasons to stop a new quarry, OLT hearing starts February 22, 2022 RAMARA, ON – On Tuesday, February 22, 2022, the Ontario Land Tribunal will convene via video a land use hearing to evaluate the application of Fowler Construction Limi...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Feb 15th, 2022
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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. | METROLAND FILE PHOTO From the Toronto Star, February 13, 2022 By Bob Bowles Continued COVID-19 restrictions and m...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Feb 14th, 2022
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From Return of the Native, December 30, 2021 By Kate Harries I requested this book for Christmas after hearing the author interviewed on CBC Radio’s The Current. Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs and the Improbable World of Peat is by Edward Struzik, a writer who focuses on a wide range of sci...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Environment
Feb 13th, 2022
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The groundwater in Elmvale, Ont., is believed to be the cleanest in the world, but some residents and scientists are worried about the impact of nearby quarries. They are fighting for answers and accountability. Watch the TV documentary from CBC’s the National here. Also read the article: CBC N...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Bradford West Gwillimbury
Feb 13th, 2022
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Premier Doug Ford was in Bradford last year to announce the official go-ahead for the Bradford Bypass. From OrilliaMatters, February 10, 2022 By OrilliaMatters Staff The federal government has declined, for a second time, to intervene on Ontario’s plans to build the Bradford Bypass, a proposed ...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Climate Change
Feb 13th, 2022
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Madeleine Fournier is a member of Stop Sprawl Orillia, a new group that is opposed to the potential expansion of the city’s boundary. From OrilliaMatters, February 10, 2022 By Nathan Taylor The possibility of the city expanding its boundary has led to the creation of a group that plans to fight...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Feb 13th, 2022
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The developments are proposed to happen near Highway 11. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, February 11, 2022 A Letter to the Editor For 75 years, The Orillia Fish and Game Conservation Club has worked to preserve our natural resources, our soils and minerals, our air, water, forests...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Bradford West Gwillimbury
Feb 13th, 2022
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Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner speaks at an event in Barrie in this file photo. | Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From BarrieToday, February 10, 2022 By BarrieToday Staff The federal government has for a second time declined to intervene on Ontario’s plans to build the Bradford Bypass, a...
By AWARE Simcoe
In Development
Feb 13th, 2022
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The Orillia Wetland Watchers invites everyone to join us on our Walk for Wetlands. This short and peaceful walk from the Opera House to City Hall is being held to send a message to Orillia’s Mayor and Council that we oppose development on the Inch Farm wetlands, and to raise awareness about the alarm...
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