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Jan 16th, 2012
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Not even on five-year plan By Maija Hoggett Barrie Advance Jan 13, 2012 NEW TECUMSETH – While traffic lights at the Nottawasaga Inn’s Highway 89 entrance were put on a provincial priority list last year, new information shows the intersection might not be such a priority after all. Read m...
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Jan 13th, 2012
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Midhurst plan a warning shot across the province’s bow  Barrie Examiner editorial January 13 2012 It is pretty late to be changing how Barrie will grow according to provincial planning policies. This city has already been identified as the primary urban node, and the city’s downtown is th...
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Jan 13th, 2012
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By MIRANDA MINASSIAN, The Packet & Times January 13 2012 Two years ago, Denis and Carolyn Paccagnella and Gord Roehner filed appeals against the Township of Oro-Medonte, expressing concerns about planned zoning amendments that would allow a recycling facility to be built on a corner of the Oro M...
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Jan 13th, 2012
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County councillors have nothing to sayBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe January 12 2012Members of a Simcoe county council committee took no action on a request from AWARE Simcoe that they revisit a decision made at the last meeting of council to appoint a London consultant, rather than the Ontario Ombudsm...
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Jan 12th, 2012
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Barrie’s growth numbers not expected to change when provincial report unveiled next week By Bob Bruton – Barrie Examiner January 12 2012 Don’t expect changes to Barrie’s growth numbers, or significant changes in the policies affecting Barrie, in next week’s provincial announce...
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Jan 12th, 2012
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By Miriam King Bradford Times January 12 2012 There is a Water Supply Agreement between the Towns of Innisfil and Bradford West Gwillimbury that has been in place since the Phase II expansion of the Lakeshore Water Treatment Plant, in 2004-2005. Read more ...
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Jan 12th, 2012
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By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press January 12 2012 PENETANGUISHENE -Coun1cil will be asked later this month to reconsider its decision to sign a five-year policing contract with the Ontario Provincial Police. Read more ...
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Jan 12th, 2012
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Are you concerned about the water you drink?? By Ann Truyens AWARE Oro-Medonte January 11 2012This Thursday, January 12 at 10:30 a.m., there will be a preliminary OMB Hearing held in the O-M Township council chamber.This meeting is in regards to the application made to the Ministry of Environment (MO...
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Jan 12th, 2012
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Warden says his offer to defray cost of announcement was declinedBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe January 11 2012 Warden Cal Patterson told a county council committee today that he suggested Simcoe County pick up the tab for Infrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli’s much-anticipated announcement on growth ...
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Jan 12th, 2012
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Potential South Simcoe hires have rescinded interest, because of force’s uncertain future By Chris Simon Innisfl Scope January 11 2012 At least three candidates for South Simcoe Police’s top cop post are no longer interested in the job, mostly due to the uncertainty surrounding the future of th...