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Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority

Apr 12th, 2014
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The AWARE Simcoe Annual General Meeting is coming up! It will be held on Saturday May 3, 2014 at the Midhurst Community Centre, 74 Doran Road in Midhurst, starting at 10:00 a.m. Business will include:  1. Update on the Simcoe County Official Plan (SCOP) OMB hearing. 2. Election of officers. If any AW...
Apr 10th, 2014
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OMB told Barrie wants traffic study, water budget; NVCA considers summer hearing ‘premature’ By Kate Harries The importance of the “Special Rule” that then Infrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli brought in to make the Midhurst Secondary Plan legal was spelled out by a lawyer at an Ontario Municipal Bo...
Apr 10th, 2014
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Webster finds province’s approval ‘inconceivable’ Letter to the Springwater News As time advances and my municipal term comes to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to offer my position, as Springwater’s Ward 3 Councillor, on the Midhurst Secondary Plan (MSP). This Counci...
Apr 10th, 2014
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Letter to the Springwater News The Midhurst Landowners Group hosted a second community information meeting at the County museum on March 25th.  The presenters seemed sincere, professional and well-intentioned.  I overheard one of them say, “We are excited about being a part of your community.”  With ...
Apr 9th, 2014
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By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald  ANGUS – A public meeting next month will allow residents to comment on a zoning matter that if passed will put a Barrie developer one step closer to building a new commercial plaza along Mill Street in Angus. The matter deals with a zoning bylaw amendment invo...
Mar 30th, 2014
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At the March 28th Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority board meeting, the board voted (the vote was fast but I think it was unanimous) to accept the staff recommendation to seek full party status at an April 9th Ontario Municipal Board pre-hearing conference for a hearing initiated by several de...
Mar 28th, 2014
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UPDATE: Podcast of this discussion available HERE From Gary Cerantola Gary Cerantola, host of It’s Your Town Beach Talk on Beach Boooster Radio, will discuss how an urban development planned for Springwater Township the projected size of the City of Orillia may threaten the Nottawasaga River watershe...
Mar 7th, 2014
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Report by the NVCA on its February 11 board meeting The NVCA Board heard that Environment Canada is providing $21,200 to NVCA and its partner, Grey Sauble Conservation, to evaluate shoreline alternations between 2008 and 2012 along Georgian Bay. Using existing aerial imagery, the CAs will look for ch...
Mar 1st, 2014
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By Kate Harries The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority has voted in favour of requesting that the federal government add the Nottawasaga River to the new federal Navigation Protection Act. NVCA chair Nina Bifolchi, a Wasaga Beach councillor, attempted to defer the decision, but lost on a tied ...
Feb 25th, 2014
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A staff report to directors of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority recommends a resolution to request that the federal government include the Nottawasaga River in the Navigation Protection Act. The board meets Friday February 28 at the Tiffin Conservation Area. The meeting, which is open to...