Public Information Session County of Simcoe Official Plan The County of Simcoe will be hosting two Public Information Sessions on the status of the County Official Plan that was adopted in 2013 by County Council. The Official Plan is currently under appeal at the Ontario Municipal Board. The Public Information Sessions will take place on

February 22, 2015 Friends of Strawberry Island c/o Pamela Fulford 2925 Suntrac Drive Brechin, Ontario L0K 1B0 Ramara Township Council and Staff Ramara Town Hall 2297 Hwy 12 Brechin, Ontario L0K 1B0 To Ramara Township Council and Staff: Re: New Document Review on the Strawberry Island Development Proposal Trans America Investments Ltd. and its consultants

We need pollinators, such as bees, to pollinate one third of all the food we eat. That’s why there is so much concern over the increasing number of bee deaths around the world. Scientists have discovered that the recent collapses in honey bee colonies are a result of our use of a class of insecticides

More and more articles are making it clear that bees around the world are in trouble. Luckily people are starting to take action to save the pollinators. This week the Ontario government announced that they will introduce measures to reduce the impact of neonicotinoids on bees. Ontario’s measures focus on introducing a licensing system that

The Ministry of the Environment is keeping an eye on Ramara Township after staff authorized potentially contaminated waste to be dumped at a decommissioned municipal quarry. After the drainage catch basins under the trucks in the bays at Ramara works yards 1 and 3 were emptied Dec. 19, a township foreman told the vacuum-truck company

Ramara Township has been reprimanded by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) for violating the Environmental Protection Act. A notice of violation was delivered to the township Monday afternoon by the MOE, stating the township had exceeded the parameters for inert fill-storage after an incident at the old limestone quarry on Sideroad D-E. Soil

LSRCA is looking for your ideas and comments! Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority – LSRCA The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority is undertaking a comprehensive review of our Watershed Development Guidelines. The draft document is available at http://www.lsrca.on.ca/news/2014/policy_review.php We`ll be hosting 2 Public Information Centres, Jan. 27 (Innisfil) & 29 (Holland Landing) to receive input

Anglers can fish for lake herring from Lake Simcoe again Herring ready for the catch on Lake Simcoe Courtesy of Ministry of Natural Resources After 13 years, the lake herring population is healthy enough to allow recreational fishing again, the Ministry of Natural Resources says. next play/pause pre1/1 Innisfil Journal Beginning this month, anglers can

NOTICE OF INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF RAMARA   The Inaugural meeting for the Council of the Township of Ramara will be held on Monday, December 1st, 2014 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at the Township of Ramara Administration Centre, 2297 Highway 12, Brechin, ON. The public

They’re normally found in face wash, shower gel and toothpaste. But plastic microbeads are now showing up in lakes and rivers. A team of researchers from McGill University and the Quebec government have discovered these microbeads — often marketed by the cosmetic industry as a way to feel extra clean — at the bottom of the St. Lawrence River. “The