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Tag: water

Six Priorities for Improving the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan

February 24, 2021–Anne Bell

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Indigenous Relations•Land-use planning•Stewardship and restoration•Water•Wetlands•Wild Species and Habitat

Lake Simcoe © Nico CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

The Lake Simcoe Protection Plan is now up for its required 10-year review. The question is whether the provincial government will take this opportunity to strengthen or weaken the plan ...

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Boots on the Ground in Stratford

February 9, 2021–Anne Bell

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Campaigns•Climate Change•Land-use planning•Ontario Nature

Rally opposing Stratford glass factory MZO © Mark McCauley

Stratford is one of the many communities across Ontario struggling with the unwelcome imposition of a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) to fast-track development. In Stratford’s case, the MZO is to ...

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The Growth (at all costs) Plan

July 9, 2020–Anne Bell

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Greenbelt and Greenway•Habitat•Land-use planning•Ontario Nature

Toronto area housing © Yoko Chiyoko CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

The Government of Ontario is set to amend yet again the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, one of the fastest growing regions in North America and home to ...

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Media Statement about Schedule 10

January 23, 2019–Caroline Schultz

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Conservation News•Ontario Nature

Clean drinking water © Artform Canada

Ontario Nature is thrilled to hear the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s announcement today that the provincial government will be removing Schedule 10 from Bill 66. The government has indeed listened ...

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Confessions of a ‘morainiac’: Protecting water resources across the Greater Golden Horseshoe

March 1, 2018–Debbe Crandall

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Greenbelt and Greenway•Habitat•Water

Oak Ridges Moraine © Isabel Veldhuis care of EcoSpark

I confess to being a morainiac, so I am thrilled that moraines are one of the “building blocks” for the Government of Ontario’s proposed Greenbelt expansion. This is very good ...

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