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Mar 18th, 2011
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Program will force residents to purchase tags for each garbage bag placed at curbside By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope March 16 2011 Negative reaction to the County of Simcoe’s plans to implement a user pay garbage collection system is the product of ‘twisted’ local media coverage, acc...
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By Chris Simon  Innisfil Scope March 15 2011 Innisfil will be spending significantly less on the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority this year. The LSRCA has asked town council for $288,764 in funding for its 2011 budget, down from $407,661 in 2010. The town gave the conservation authority $145...
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Mar 18th, 2011
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Barrie Examiner March 16 2011 Today marks 100 days since Barrie’s new city council members were sworn into office. Mayor Jeff Lehman marked the day with a media conference at Casa Cappuccino on Dunlop Street East in the city’s downtown. Couns. Lynn Strachan and Bonnie Ainsworth, as well a...
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Mar 18th, 2011
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By BOB BRUTON Barrie Examiner March 14 2011 Expect a proposed 5.4% property tax increase to be trimmed before the ink dries on Barrie’s 2011 budget. “Nope, 5.4% is not acceptable,” said Mayor Jeff Lehman. Read more...
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By Rick Vanderlinde Simcoe.com Mar 14, 2011 INNISFIL – Outside consulting firms will have a tougher time getting contracts with the Town of Innisfil as the municipality continues to build up its staff. Town CAO John Skorobohacz told residents last Thursday the town’s heavy reliance on outside c...
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Letter to the Bradford Times March 17 2011We would like to take this opportunity to introduce a new group, which has formed recently in Bradford West Gwillimbury. The BWG Citizens Advocate Group meets once a month (every second Thurs.) to discuss many important municipal matters facing our community....
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Mar 17th, 2011
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Putting Simcoe County on the map as Canada's first Research and Development "blue belt" Letter from Dr. William Shotyk, professor of Geochemistry at the University of Heidelberg to Simcoe County councillors, Deputy Clerk Brenda Clarke and CAO Mark Aitken March 14 2011Thanks very much for providing me...
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By Peter Small Toronto Star March 14 2011 A prominent Wasaga Beach businesswoman says hundreds of GTA families could have their summer vacation plans ruined due to a sudden crackdown on local residents renting out illegal cottages. Mortgage broker Donna Mullen says two of her clients have recently re...
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Shotyk proposal for Site 41 gets positive responses from county committeeBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe March 15 2011Simcoe County councillors responded warmly last week to a presentation by Dr. William Shotyk of the University of Heidelberg for a water innovation centre of excellence at Site 41 in Tin...
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Mar 13th, 2011
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By Frank Matys Mar 10, 2011 – 1:26 PM|  0 ORILLIA – For the past 18 years, Ian Brown relished his role as Orillia’s city manager. “Every day I looked forward to going to work, and I never knew what was going to happen that day,” Brown told Orillia Today.  Neither did he ...