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Feb 18th, 2016
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SOON TO BE DECIDED: The Strawberry Island Development and OPA 18 From the Friends of Strawberry Island AWARE News Network Since the two Ramara Township public meetings, the developer Trans America Group Inc (now renamed TAG Developments) has made almost no changes to the proposal, despite our concern...
Feb 4th, 2016
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By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times At 11:10 a.m, 40 minutes after the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) pre-hearing on a temporary zoning bylaw amendment for Burl’s Creek Event Grounds was supposed to begin, a somewhat-disgruntled resident stood up. The man, who didn’t identify ...
Feb 3rd, 2016
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From Utopia Hall Breakfast Buffet ($5 donation suggested), take-out Potato Onion Soup ($2 donation), orders taken for Valentine’s Day treats....
Jan 31st, 2016
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  Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte MP Alex Nuttall addresses the Greenbelt meeting Life is a pay-attention contest: Oakville Mayor Rob Burton By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Protecting the natural environment makes communities more livable, safeguards our food and water for the future and reinvigora...
Jan 27th, 2016
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NVCA reduces number of board members to 18 from 27 Bradford Times The Town of Innisfil is well represented on local Conservation Authorities. The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority held its AGM on January 22, and re-elected Aurora Mayor Geoffrey Dawe as Chair – but the Vice Chairmanship went t...
Jan 18th, 2016
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By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times ORO-MEDONTE – An Oro-Medonte resident who sounded the alarm over the township’s decision to turn a protected wetland into a parking lot wants the local conservation authority to employ “full, active and transparent justice.” Paul Sanderson said...
Jan 1st, 2016
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By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times To badly paraphrase Joni Mitchell, Oro-Medonte seems to be “unpaving paradise and tearing down a parking lot.” That’s Paul Sanderson’s take regarding the saga of a piece of land on Line 14 near Carthew Bay on Lake Simcoe, where the township is restoring a ...
Dec 2nd, 2015
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By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times Paul Sanderson jokes another land dispute in Oro-Medonte Township could aptly be called “son of Burl’s Creek.” But Sanderson doesn’t find anything amusing about the township’s decision to allow recent construction of a parking...
Nov 29th, 2015
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See also Lake Simcoe Living article From Change.org Simcoe County Planning Department 1110 Hwy 26 Midhurst, On, L0L 1X0 Dear Mr. Kingsbury: As you know, Simcoe County planning staff is now reviewing Ramara OPA 18 for Strawberry Island. Since a deputation on OPA 18 to Council is not permitted, I am se...
Oct 24th, 2015
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By Cheryl Browne Barrie Examiner Lake Simcoe has become the high-water mark other cities will attempt to emulate as environmentalists push climate change to the forefront. Environment and Climate Change Minister Glen Murray spoke at the Southshore Centre on Friday about the five-year-long program tha...