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Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority

Feb 25th, 2014
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The Nottawasaga Valley Concervation Authority board of directors will decide Friday February 28 whether to approve a resolution supporting the Town of Clearview and the Municipality of Essa in their request for the federal government to add the Nottawasaga River and all its tributaries to waterways r...
Feb 11th, 2014
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Clearview Township has become the second municipality to support AWARE Simcoe’s campaign to get the Nottawasaga River listed under the federal government’s new Navigation Protection Act. The first council to come on board was Essa Township. Monday night Clearview Council passed a resolution that read...
Jan 29th, 2014
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Baguley says NVCA selection matter of “housekeeping” By Bruce Hain  Innisfil Journal A letter authored by Mayor Barb Baguley to the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) sparked a few minutes of acrimonious debate at last week’s council meeting. Baguley wrote the letter to the NVCA appoint...
Jan 22nd, 2014
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The following is the text of a presentation being made to local councils by AWARE Simcoe board members Kate Harries and Anne Learn Sharpe. The next presentation will be to Collingwood Council on February 10 at 5 pm. Musical adaptation of slide show Navigable Waters Protection Act In 2012, the federal...
Jan 17th, 2014
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By Trina Berlo Wasaga Sun Wasaga Beach Councillor Nina Bifolchi has been reelected to a second term as chair of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority. An election was held at the NVCA’s annual general meeting on Jan. 10. Gail Ardiel, councillor for The Blue Mountains, was elected vice chair. ...
Jan 14th, 2014
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By Bill Tremblay Orangeville Banner The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) is preparing for a possible legal battle with Dufferin Wind Power Inc. On Friday (Jan. 10), Jonathon Myers and Crawford Smith, lawyers for the company appeared before the NVCA board. Darren White, vice-chair of t...
Jan 13th, 2014
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Each year at the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority AGM, the chair is elected for the coming year. This year, at the meeting held January 10, Darren White, Deputy Mayor of Melanchthon Township (Dufferin County) challenged incumbent chair Wasaga Beach Councillor Nina Bifolchi for the position. ...
Jan 13th, 2014
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Melancthon Deputy Mayor Darren White’s speech to the NVCA board, January 10, 2014 Good morning everyone.  I have put my name forward today because I believe that we need to make a little course correction as we enter what will be the last year of this current board. Over the last few weeks or so [&he...
Dec 15th, 2013
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A decision was deferred on a presentation by AWARE Simcoe asking for the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority’s support for its request to have the “Notty” listed under the Navigation Protection Act. Chair Nina Bifolchi said the matter will be referred to staff for a report and be brought back t...
Dec 12th, 2013
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The following  is the text of a letter sent by the Township of Essa to The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada Dear Sir: Please be advised that Council, at their meeting on December 4, 2013, passed the following resolution: WHEREAS the Federal Government is replacing the Navigab...