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By Miriam King editorial Bradford Times January 13 2011Bradford West Gwillimbury has been going through growing pains – in particular, the pain of road construction.Even though painful, the construction has been needed.Do we support the widening of Dissette and the 8th Line? Absolutely – ...
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By Miriam King Bradford Times January 13 2011There was good news for the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, on January 11. Both the new Public Library/Cultural Centre and Leisure Centre are on budget – and likely, on time.Andrew Gordon, of MHPM Project Managers, described the 42,000 sq. ft. Lib...
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By MORGAN IAN ADAMS Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin January 14 2011COLLINGWOOD — Town councillors will be given the “next steps” on the future of recreational facilities — including the municipality’s commitment to the Collingwood YMCA — in another week-and-a-half....
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online January 13, 2011 The Executive Director of the Gibson Cultural Centre in Alliston laid out a proposed five year plan last night that would see the municipal budget line item for arts and culture grants in New Tecumseth go from $100,000 to $200,000 by 2015. Angela Drain...
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Letter to the editor New Tecumseth Free Press Online January 13 2011I would like to know why in the elections there was talk about a transit system even from the Mayor, but in the budget that has just come out there is not anything about a transit system. This has been on going for many […]...
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online January 11 2011There was relief in the air for one councillor at least last night, after learning that the Beeton Secondary Plan and its residential development proposals, will not fall prey to the provincial directive that pushes dense development in New Tecumseth to ...
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Jan 15th, 2011
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In its heyday, foundry employed around 800 people By JENNIFER BURDEN THE PACKET & TIMES January 14 2011 A piece of Orillia’s industrial history is up for sale.All four parcels of the 144-year-old FLSmidth property, formerly known as Dorr-Oliver or Dorr-Oliver-Long, at 174 West St. S. are o...
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Most of the material would come from TorontoBy NATHAN TAYLOR, THE PACKET & TIMESThe 60 people who attended a public meeting Tuesday night in Oro-Medonte Township learned a lot about what a recycling company is not interested in. ...
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By NATHAN TAYLOR, THE PACKET & TIMES January 12 2011The previous city council is being asked to return all closed-session documents and reports so they can be destroyed....
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By NATHAN TAYLOR, THE PACKET & TIMES January 12 2011A mayor’s task force on the budget will immediately start work after it is formed at next week’s council meeting.The task force was approved during a meeting last month, as part of a motion that halted the pre-budget and budget proc...