by Rick Crouch | Jan 24, 2017 | Community Affairs, Environmental Issues, Live Play - Georgian Bay, Odds and Ends, Politics
Like many of you I have been following the ongoing efforts of the Town of Collingwood to sell their remaining 50% interest in Collus. According to a recent article online by Simcoe.com, Collingwood Council voted 7 to 2 in favour of continuing talks with...
by Rick Crouch | Mar 4, 2015 | Environmental Issues, Live Play - Georgian Bay
One of the greatest assets we have in the southern Georgian Bay area is the Niagara Escarpment. Traversing one of the most densely populated and heavily developed regions of Canada, the Escarpment is a unique geological formation providing a vital corridor of natural...
by Rick Crouch | Aug 28, 2012 | Environmental Issues, Live Play - Georgian Bay
Although I do not own waterfront property in the Collingwood area I do have a cottage on Manitoulin Island just off Lake Huron which is one-in-the-same body of water. In the late 1980’s the water level was such that is was up into the trees in the...
by Rick Crouch | Feb 24, 2010 | Environmental Issues, Live Play - Georgian Bay
Back in December the International Joint Commission studying the impacts on water levels in the Great Lakes issued their summary report. For anyone with concerns regarding the low water levels in Georgian Bay, the summary recommendations or lack thereof were somewhat...
by Rick Crouch | Dec 9, 2009 | Environmental Issues, Live Play - Georgian Bay
A couple of year back, stories persisted that many of the potato farms between Shelburne and Singhampton had been purchased allegedly for the gravel deposits that were thought to exist below. According to a recent article in the Toronto Star entitled “Limestone...
by Rick Crouch | Sep 29, 2009 | Environmental Issues, Live Play - Georgian Bay
After initially imposing a 1 year moratorium on the project, the controversial landfill site to be built north of Elmvale known as Site 41 has been permanently killed by Simcoe County Council. During the many public protests which drew widespread media coverage,...
