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Oct 31st, 2011
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Province states plan is premature and does not conform to existing planning policiesELMVALE – AWARE Simcoe welcomes the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing appeal of the Midhurst Secondary Plan, approved by Simcoe County on October 12....
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Oct 30th, 2011
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By ERICH JACOBY-HAWKINS Barrie Examiner October 27 2011 Ontario must carefully balance provincial plans for growth with minimal impact, while respecting local decision-making. Read more ...
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Oct 30th, 2011
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By MARG. BRUINEMAN BARRIE EXAMINER October 27 2011 INNISFIL — With funding securely in place, organization for the International Plowing Match outside Cookstown in 2014 can now begin. Read more ...
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Oct 29th, 2011
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By Maija Hoggett Barrie Advance Oct 27, 2011 NEW TECUMSETH – New Tecumseth’s Environmental Issues Task Force is still looking into the town having its own version of Adjala-Tosorontio’s successful diversion days. Read more ...
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Oct 29th, 2011
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Province should declare a provincial interest, minister advisedAWARE Simcoe October 28 2011AWARE Simcoe chair Don Morgan yesterday sent a letter to Municipal Affairs Minister Kathleen Wynne, urging her to appeal the Midhurst Secondary Plan to the Ontario Municipal Board. The plan is contrary to the p...
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Oct 29th, 2011
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City holds special meeting to talk ‘growth’By Janis Ramsay Barrie Advance Oct 28, 2011 BARRIE – Barrie city council is having a special, in-camera meeting Saturday to talk about a matter of ‘potential litigation’ matter.Read more...
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Oct 28th, 2011
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But bylaw clearly leaves ultimate authority to county councilBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 28 2011The Midhurst Secondary Plan, which provides for the addition to that community of 11,000 people initially, and 30,000 people in the long-term, in startling contravention of the population projecti...
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Oct 27th, 2011
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Council eyes possibility of sending garbage to Dufferin incineratorBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 26 2011Despite reservations expressed by some, Simcoe County councillors voted unanimously yesterday in favour of rescinding a policy against importing or exporting waste because of an imminent sho...
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Oct 26th, 2011
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By John Campbell Northumberland News Oct 26, 2011  TRENT HILLS – Council threw its support behind a resolution being circulated by Tiny Township that opposes the privatization of water treatment services, and calls upon the federal and provincial governments to invest in a national water infras...
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Oct 26th, 2011
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AWARE Oro-Medonte news release October 26 2011AWARE Oro-Medonte is an organization that works for greater accountability by government.  In response to the article in Orillia Today (Oct. 20/11), and to Sandy Agnew's statement to the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) Board, we make the ...