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Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority

Jan 17th, 2014
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From Jack Gibbons
 North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance Today the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) board of directors decided to delay making a decision on our request that it repeal the Maple Lake Estates (MLE) Loophole, until after the October 2014 municipal elections. This needless d...
Jan 16th, 2014
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By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Barrie taxpayers are being asked for more and more money for an array of services, such as police, library, long-term care and environmental protection, when service providers made their pitches to council Monday. Simcoe County kept its request to the city’s two-per-cent...
Jan 13th, 2014
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Wetlands or Profits? UPDATED  From Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance According to Fraser Nelson of Metrus Developments, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) should permit Metrus to build a 1,073 unit mobile home park (Maple Lake Estates) on the Paradise Beach-Island Grov...
Dec 13th, 2013
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From Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance This morning, our lawyer, Leo Longo, made an excellent submission to the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) and asked them to eliminate the Maple Lake Estates (MLE) Loophole now. According to Mr. Longo, the MLE Loophole is simply ille...
Dec 4th, 2013
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By Heidi Riedner Georgina Advocate Georgina Mayor Robert Grossi’s public statement last Friday explaining why he pleaded guilty to filling in shore lands without a permit on his private property has “deeply disappointed” the board of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority. “It can certainly be...
Dec 3rd, 2013
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From North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance The Maple Lake Estates (MLE) Loophole is “simply illegal and bad policy” according to the legal opinion submitted to the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) by Leo Longo, Senior Partner, Aird & Berlis LLP on behalf of the North Gwillimbury Fore...
Nov 26th, 2013
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From North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance November 26 201w At its Friday, November 22nd board meeting, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) deferred making a decision on our request that it eliminate the Maple Lake Estates (MLE) loophole because their lawyer was not in attendance to ans...
Nov 17th, 2013
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From North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance November 17 2013 Next Friday, November 22nd, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) board will decide if wetlands in our area deserve the same degree of protection as those found in the territories of our five neighbouring conservation authorities...
Nov 13th, 2013
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By Heidi Riedner yorkregion.com  Nov 13, 2013 Georgina Mayor Rob Grossi was granted a leave of absence from his LSRCA chairperson post until after its AGM in January. He faces ministry charges for allegedly dumping fill without permission. Mr. Grossi has told media he has permits for work he did in J...
Nov 11th, 2013
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The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has put out a draft Lake Simcoe Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. The strategy, which is a follow-up to the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan, aims to “revitalize and protect the Lake Simcoe Watershed for generations to come,” a statement from the Ontar...