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Notice of Public Information Centre Cedar Island Schedule B Environmental Assessment
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (218+ words) The survey for the Cedar Island Schedule B Environmental Assessment is live. If you missed the Public Information Centre, view the Cedar Island PIC presentation. Complete the survey here. Use the survey to complete the Q&A features, leave comments…...
Health unit inspections prompt closures, orders and directives
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (698+ words) A series of recent inspections across Simcoe County'resulted in multiple closures, health'hazard orders and corrective directives as local health inspectors flagged a range of critical violations. A May 1 routine inspection at the Days Inn on Hart Drive in Barrie identified…...
COLUMN: Orillia faces a housing-versus-water reckoning after Silver Creek damage
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (489+ words) The destruction of Silver Creek by a development company is not a "lesson learned," as described so naively by City of Orillia staff at this week's council meeting. The term "lesson learned" indicates the mistake will not be repeated. It's…...
Officials break ground on 'critical' wastewater treatment facility in Ramara
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (249+ words) The project will replace aging spray irrigation fields with a modern underground tile bed system, improving year-round performance, enhancing reliability and strengthening environmental protection for nearby wetlands and Lake Simcoe. Since 2024, the township has received $31 million in provincial infrastructure funding…...
Add well water testing to your spring routine: health unit
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (350+ words) The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is reminding residents and seasonal property owners who use private water systems to test their drinking water as part of their spring routine. Water quality in private systems, including wells, cisterns and lake…...
Council seeks answers after pond failures damage trout habitat
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (615+ words) Orillia staff will be preparing a report on the status of LIV Communities' Inch Farm development since its stormwater detention'ponds failed twice this April, filling a Trout Creek tributary with tonnes of sand destroying a trout spawning area. The sand…...
LETTER: Water protection can't become an afterthought
2+ mon, 22+ hour ago (172+ words) Orillia Matters welcomes letters to the editor at [email'protected]'or via the website. Please include your full name, daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication).'The following letter is in reference to 'Penetang hands control of…...