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Nov 17th, 2014
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I attended more than my fair share of all-candidates’ meetings during the recent municipal election. Here are a few good ideas gleaned from the campaign trail around the county. -Recorded votes: Make every council vote a recorded vote. This is an example of how electronic voting can serve democ...
Nov 12th, 2014
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By Gisele Winton Sarvis Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin The price of Miller’s Dairy milk will rise if the dairy’s owners are unsuccessful in fighting the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC). MPAC re-classified the Creemore dairy farm, which bottles its milk in a plant on site, from agric...
Oct 28th, 2014
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Across Simcoe County, voters make clear they want change By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Updated October 29, 2014 Anti-sprawl candidates have swept to office in two battleground municipalities in Simcoe County. Not even a message from Premier Kathleen Wynne could save the pro-development incumbent...
Oct 20th, 2014
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Township election page  Mayor – Christopher Vanderkruys – 705-424-1268 Questionnaire answers: cl-vanderkruys Email: info@christophervanderkruys.ca Website:  www.christophervanderkruys.ca – Alicia Savage – 705-428-6986 Questionnaire answers: cl-savage  Email: arsavage@rogers.co...
Oct 5th, 2014
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By Kate Harries AWARE News Network A group of Clearview citizens has collected data on the township’s finances and organized it in a get-it-at-a-glance graphic style. Much of the data is taken from the Financial Information Returns, publicly available audited reports that municipalities are obliged t...
Jul 25th, 2014
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For how much longer will we be able to catch the magnificent fish that made the Nottawasaga River an angler’s mecca? Unfortunately the pressures on the watershed are increasing and the Nottawasaga needs our help.  Consider: * Walleye have all but disappeared from the river * Steelhead (rainbow ...
Apr 8th, 2014
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When:   Saturday, April 12th, 10 am to 12 pm Where: Nottawasaga (Duntroon)Community Hall, lower level Just west of the CR 124 and CR 91 intersection in Duntroon Join us to get an update on the implementation and the future monitoring of the impacts of the Walker Duntroon Quarry.  Share your concerns ...
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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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...