By Michael Gennings Stayner Sun Jan 18, 2012 STAYNER – Sylvia Wiggins, a Clearview Township resident, is suing WPD Canada, the company that wants to erect eight wind turbines on land just west of Stayner. Wiggins is also suing Beattie Brothers Farms Limited, owners of the farmland on which the ...
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register 17 January 2012While official, political debate over plans to put an outdoor recycling yard across from Canada’s national shrine has been delayed until Feb. 1, ongoing discussions among lawyers may lead to a new home for the industrial facility before the end of...
Meeting will be held at Angus Recreation Centre By Ian McInroy Barrie Examiner jANUARY 20 2012 ESSA TWP. — John de Cromvrugghe doesn’t believe letting developers determine growth in Simcoe County is in the best interest of county residents. Read more ...
Old model of growth-by-development-charges no longer applies By Christopher Hume Toronto Star January 19 2012 Hazel McCallion may still be the mayor of Mississauga, but it’s the end of an era in the city over which she has presided for more than 30 years. The suburban dream of high lifestyle and low ...
More land is being eaten up by development,SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki jANUARY 20 2012n early November, 70 Harvard University students walked out of their introductory economics class. They wrote professor Gregory Mankiw, saying the biased nature of his course “perpetuates problematic and ineffic...
By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Jan 20, 2012 SIMCOE COUNTY — Simcoe County developers have a clearer vision about how the region will grow over the next 20 years. Ontario has stuck to its 667,000-population cap for Simcoe County in 2031, but developers are saying that shouldn’t be a hardship, thanks to...
Province eyeing county By CHERYL BROWNE BARRIE EXAMINER January 20 2012 It’s either much ado about nothing or the most important thing that’s happened to Simcoe County in decades. However, until all levels of city and county staff, as well as all area municipal councils have a good hard l...
UPDATED Feb. 2 2012 – See Midland Mirror link below By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press January 19 2012 Three members of Midland Council have filed a formal closed meeting complaint with Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin. Councillors Pat File, Mike Ross and Deputy Mayor Stephan Kramp have all signe...
Mike Ross condemns disrespectful’ e-mails sent on town server By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press Coun. Mike Ross has condemned as “unprofessional and disrespectful” a series of e-mails sent to his home in error by a fellow council member. Read more Kramp seeking code of conduct fo...
Letter to the Midland Free Press January 19 2012 It is with growing concern that I have viewed the budget proceedings underway at the Town of Midland. The pressure by a small group of citizens is taking our municipal government down a path with potentially disastrous consequences. Read more ...
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