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Mar 13th, 2011
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online March 8, 2011New Tecumseth council approved a 2011 municipal budget last night that, combined with County and education levies, will increase the average property tax bill by $57.87 or 1.99 per cent on a residential home assessed at $283,477....
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New Tecumseth Free Press online March 8, 2011 The Parsons Road reservoir in Alliston will undergo a $7.7 million expansion that will permit Tottenham to be connected to the water pipeline between Collingwood and Alliston. Financing the project, which was still short on details this morning, will come...
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Mar 10th, 2011
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New voucher system should include transportation component, Kramp says By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe March 10 2011 An impassioned plea by Midland Deputy Mayor Stephan Kramp to go slow in eliminating collection of bulky/metal item split the Corporate Services Committee right down the middle yesterday.K...
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Mar 10th, 2011
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Full user pay program puts power in your hands Simcoe County news release February 25, 2011 The more you divert, the more you reduce, the more you save. While this is the basic principal behind a full user pay system—less waste means more money in your  pocket—the program signals a shift in attitude ...
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Another step is needed Editorial in the Midland Mirror March 9 2011 We like the County of Simcoe’s decision to go to a user-pay garbage system. For those who are already doing a good job recycling it makes sense…. Still, what the pending change by the county won’t address is the mas...
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Mar 10th, 2011
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Here we go again Letter to the Midland Free Press March 9 2011 Well here we go again.. More proof as to the incompetent people running our county. In their brilliance they have decided to cover the country side with garbage. Yes this is what will happen. People will not pay $2.00 per bag of […...
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Mar 8th, 2011
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A couple of suggestions for future use of the Site 41 property are on the agenda of this week’s Performance Management Committee meeting.-Dr. William Shotyk, President and CEO of the Elmvale Foundation, will be giving a presentation on his idea to use the site for research and education. ...
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Mar 8th, 2011
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By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin COLLINGWOOD – Ontario’s environment commissioner says it takes decades – even centuries – before a forest ecology can be re-established in an area that was once home to a woodland. Gord Miller was testifying Monday before the...
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Mar 8th, 2011
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No policy regarding free use of facilities By BOB BRUTON Barrie Examiner March 8 2011 Barrie’s community grants program has gone from hero to zero. City councillors decided Monday to do away with the $100,000 fund, which is for community groups and organizations looking for money for their even...
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Mar 8th, 2011
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Letter to Simcoe.com March 6 2011 MIDLAND – An open letter to the mayor and deputy mayor of Midland. I was very surprised to hear the county has announced that garbage will now be a user-pay collection system. The warden put out a press release in which both of you endorsed the system “because reduci...