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‘Using a sledgehammer to swat a fly’: Barrie siding with conservation authorities in spat with Ontario government

Nov 2, 2021 , , , , by shlf

Barrie is wading into a power struggle unfolding between conservation authorities and the Ontario government.

On Nov. 30, the city’s general committee approved a motion asking the province to repeal or amend changes to the Conservation Authorities and Planning Acts, as set out in Bill 229.

Under the proposal, which must be ratified by council next week, Barrie will request the province delay passage of clauses affecting municipal concerns. A longer transition period — up to December 2022 — should be enacted to give time to properly budget for the changes, the city says.

The draft legislation introduces policies that alter conservation authorities’ role in regulating development, the permit appeal process and reviewing planning applications. Municipalities rely on these agencies for environmental-protection expertise, Coun. Clare Riepma said.

It also grants broader authority to the province to make decisions without conservation authority data and expertise, he said.

Mayor Jeff Lehman noted the Ontario Big City Mayors caucus, , approved a similar motion days ago.

“Every one of us felt reform was needed,” he said. “(But) the government needs to slow down and consult. We’ve had tremendous progress made in cleaning up Lake Simcoe — phosphorus reduction and the return of native fish species we thought were gone. That is really due to the efforts of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA). Their mandate has proven to be very important. I would never defend the worst excesses of scope creep; however, this bill goes way beyond that.”

The caucus joined a chorus of municipalities and conservation authorities calling on the province to slow down.

But others opposed the city’s effort, noting Simcoe County recently decided against passing a similar resolution.

“I’ve not seen (conservation authorities) changing the way they do business and focusing primarily on their core mandates,” Coun. and city representative on the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority board, Gary Harvey, said. “(They) argue Bill 229 will create more costs and delays, which is untrue. Some of these changes will actually streamline processes. Conservation authorities have more powers than police and bylaw officers. They can go onto property without a warrant. Some changes need to occur to provide a good balance between conservation, municipalities and landowners.”

Riepma compared the legislation to , which threaten to bypass elements of the planning process, and he called Harvey’s argument “one of the best pieces of spin doctoring” he’d seen in “a long time.”

“It’s been a while since we’ve seen such a display of alternative facts,” Riepma, who sits on the LSRCA board, said. “We have 36 conservation authorities in the province. There’s no doubt a couple of them may be quite dysfunctional. Something needs to be done about them. It seems this (legislation) is a bit like using a sledgehammer to swat a fly. In this case, the fly is sitting on a window. We’re not dealing with science anymore; it’s what will the minister approve.”

The motion would be sent to several provincial government officials, including Environment, Conservation and Parks Minister Jeff Yurek and Barrie area MPPs.

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WARNING: Certain Kawartha Dairy ice cream flavours recalled due to possible metal pieces

Aug 20, 2021 , , , , by shlf

Before you add a scoop of ice cream to your favourite treat, make sure to check the label first.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency for certain Kawartha Dairy ice cream flavours sold in Ontario because there may be metal pieces in them.

Kawartha Dairy is recalling the items.

There have been no reported cases of anyone getting sick or being injured by eating the ice cream.

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Kawartha Dairy cookie dough ice cream is among the flavours being recalled. | Canadian Food Inspection Agency photo

However, customers should not eat the products and retailers, restaurants, and institutions should not sell or use the following recalled items:

• The 1.5-litre size of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream with the UPC code 0 62229 08950 1

• The 11.4-litre size of Choc. Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream with the UPC code 0 62229 08150 5

• The 1.5-litre size of Mint Chip Ice Cream with the UPC code 0 62229 08917 4

• The 11.4-litre size of Mint Chip Ice Cream with the UPC code 0 62229 08117 8.

Check to see if you have the recalled products in your home or business.

Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location where they were purchased.

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More Barrie GO train disruptions starting this weekend

Aug 4, 2021 , , , , by shlf

After construction along the Barrie GO rail line shut down train service for one weekend last month, GO Transit is announcing further interruptions in service Dec. 5 to 18.

Construction crews are completing infrastructure upgrades along the track, taking advantage of weekends and late evenings to minimize disruption to customers.

On Dec. 5 and 6, riders leaving at the Allandale Waterfront and Barrie South GO stops in the morning will have to take a bus to the Bradford station, where a train will take you the rest of the trip.

Riders leaving Barrie in the afternoon will take a bus to stops along the way to the Aurora GO station, where train service resumes.

All riders heading northbound to Barrie will have to take a bus from the Aurora GO station.

From Dec. 8 to 18, the 10:53 p.m. train from Union Station to the Allandale Waterfront GO station will be cancelled. Riders can get on a bus to connect with stops at the Rutherford, Maple, King City and Aurora stations.

More detailed information about the service change schedule can be found at .


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Simcoe Muskoka health unit reports 171 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend

Jul 19, 2021 , , , , by shlf

It wasn’t even close.

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 171 new COVID-19 cases Dec. 7, in the first public update of statistics since Friday. That smashes the previous weekend caseload high for the Simcoe-Muskoka region, recorded Nov. 30, of 96.

This region set a weekly record of 231 cases last week.

There is one new death to report today — a Simcoe County man in the 18-34 age demographic. That brings the total number of residents to succumb to the virus since the start of the pandemic to 53.

Of the region’s 24 cities and lower-tier municipalities, 19 had cases today. Barrie reported the most, by far, at 55. Next is New Tecumseth (18), Bradford and Innisfil (15 each), Springwater (12), Essa (11), Oro-Medonte (10), Orillia (nine), Midland (six), Clearview and Wasaga Beach (four each), Collingwood (three), Tay (two) and Adjala-Tosorontio, Gravenhurst, Huntsville, Muskoka Lakes and Ramara (one each).

Twenty-one residents 17 years of age or under — seven in Barrie, four in Innisfil, three each in Essa and Springwater, two in New Tecumseth, one each in Orillia and Ramara — are listed. Two people in the 80-plus age group — a Barrie woman and a Huntsville man — fell ill, too.

Sixteen incidents — all 10 Oro-Medonte cases, as well as four in Orillia, and one each in Barrie and Tay — are linked to congregate setting outbreaks. Five involve school outbreaks (three in Innisfil and one each in Barrie and Springwater). Two residents in Barrie and one in Bracebridge are connected to workplace outbreaks.

There are also two new cases involving institutional outbreaks — a Barrie man and a Springwater girl.

Sources of infection in today’s incidents otherwise range from “close contact” and “community-acquired” to “under investigation.”

Since March, 2,418 people have contracted COVID-19 in the region, with 1,994 successfully recovering.

There are 358 known active cases, including nine hospitalizations.

The health unit says there are 17 outbreaks in the region right now — six schools, four workplaces, two long-term-care homes, two congregate sites, one retirement home, one hospital and one community setting.

Schools affected are Alliston’s Banting Memorial, Angus’s Nottawasaga Pines, Barrie’s Portage View and Steele Street, Bradford District and Innisfil’s Nantyr Shores.

Georgian Bay General Hospital’s Midland site declared an outbreak in the 2 North in-patient unit last week; since then, one patient and six staff members have tested positive.

The two long-term-care facilities operating under outbreak protocols are the Essa unit at Beeton’s Simcoe Manor and 2 East at Barrie’s Mill Creek Care Centre.

Nearly 50 per cent of new infections in December with a known cause were acquired through close contact with a confirmed positive case; about 20 per cent were contracted in the community with no known source of infection, the health unit says.

More than 33 per cent of all active cases are among young adults in the 18-34 demographic. This age group has the highest rate of infection since June.