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Mar 29th, 2011
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Increase whittled down to 2.63%; final approval of budget set for April 4 By BOB BRUTON Barrie Examiner March 29 2011 The knives were out for this year’s Barrie budget Monday. City councillors carved deep during a marathon session, cutting this year’s property tax increase to 2.63% from i...
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Mar 29th, 2011
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By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Mar 29, 2011 BARRIE – Years of development freezes and inadequate housing construction could get moving again, with the help of the provincial development facilitator. Read more   Simcoe County news release ...
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Mar 29th, 2011
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Like car repair the waste reality is 'pay me now or pay me later'News release from Zero Waste Simcoe March 28 2011Zero Waste Simcoe Board member Ray Millar doesn't think eco fees are a tax grab. "Looking at it that way its a laugh now, cry later scenario"....
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Mar 27th, 2011
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News release from the Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure March 25 2011 Simcoe To Benefit From Sustainable Planned Growth McGuinty Government Directs Facilitator To Review Parts Of Proposed Amendment Ontario is helping ensure families in the Simcoe area enjoy strong communities and economic growth ove...
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Mar 23rd, 2011
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CORRECTED Comments made by O-M DM Ralph Hough were incorrectly attributed in an earlier version. AWARE Simcoe apologizes for the error.Golf courses win tax refunds; Shotyk to present to council By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe March 23 2011Simcoe County councillors expressed frustration yesterday at the ...
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Mar 23rd, 2011
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AWARE Simcoe March 23 2011 Elmvale has lost a fine and courageous citizen: Clara Anne Ritchie passed away peacefully at Hospice Simcoe in Barrie on March 21 2011, in her 67th year. Members of the Site 41 group and AWARE Simcoe will remember Clara for her quiet grace and steady reliability. We were lu...
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In Midland
Mar 20th, 2011
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online March 15 2011 New Tecumseth gambled and lost waiting for interest rates to drop before locking in to finance $32.8 million advanced by TD Bank for reconstruction and expansion of the regional wastewater treatment plan. Read more    ‘To suggest the rates could be ...
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Mar 20th, 2011
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By Miriam King Bradford Times March 16 2011 After a lively public information forum at the Churchill Community Centre on Feb. 24, the Bradford West Gwillimbury -Innisfil Police Services Board made a requested cut – reducing the 2011 proposed budget increase from 6.75%, to 6.21%. Read more    Of...
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In Orillia
Mar 20th, 2011
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Confidential correspondence between city and Ontario Realty Corporation obtained by The Packet & Times By NATHAN TAYLOR Orillia Packet & Times March 19 2011 The release of confidential information regarding the Huronia Regional Centre (HRC) has prompted Mayor Angelo Orsi to call for a ̶...
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In Midland
Mar 20th, 2011
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By Douglas Glynn Midland Free Press March 15 2011 You could soon be the envy of your neighbours. And if you’re one of 180 lucky Midland residents you could be inviting friends over to look down your rain barrel. Town council will be asked later this month to approve the purchase of 180 rain bar...