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New Tecumseth Free Press Online December 2, 2010 New Tecumseth’s 8th new term of council was officially installed at a swearing-in ceremony last night in Alliston administered by Justice Jon-Jo A. Douglas. The 10 councillors – mayor Mike MacEachern, deputy mayor Rick Milne, Ward 1 Bob Mar...
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online December 1, 2010 New Tecumseth’s eighth new crew of councillors since the 1991 amalgamation of Alliston, Beeton, Tecumseth and Tottenham, will be sworn in at a ceremony tonight starting at 7 pm in the council chambers in Alliston. The new 10-member council, which...
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By Miriam King Bradford Times December 2 2010It's legislated: Simcoe County is one of Ontario's "Places to Grow", and the Simcoe Region (including Barrie and Orillia) is expected to reach a population of 667,000 by 2031.Developing the road infrastructure to support that growth is part of the County's...
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Dec 5th, 2010
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By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Dec 01, 2010BARRIE – Barrie’s incoming council made its first appearance in public Tuesday night, sending a clear message to public school board officials that Barrie needs to keep its downtown high school open. Mayor-elect Jeff Lehman told the Simcoe County Distri...
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Dec 5th, 2010
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Barrie Examiner November 30 2010A second public meeting to discuss the fate of Barrie’s only downtown high school will be held tonight.Simcoe County District School Board planners would like to close Barrie Central Collegiate in June 2012 due to deteriorating infrastructure and accessibility is...
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Dec 5th, 2010
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By BOB BRUTON BARRIE EXAMINER November 30 2010Dave Aspden has said goodbye, long after he was already done as Barrie’s mayor.He presided over his last city council meeting Monday, just a week before Coun. Jeff Lehman is officially sworn in as his successor during the Dec. 6 inaugural meeting.As...
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online November 29, 2010 With a new term of council, comes a new round of citizen appointments to statutory committees. New Tecumseth is seeking 29 citizens to serve on seven committees and is now accepting applications from residents or qualified ratepayers for 2011-2014. Th...
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Dec 5th, 2010
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By SARA ROSS, THE PACKET & TIMES November 30 2010The City of Orillia has been conducting studies to determine where pollutants leaching into Lake Simcoe are coming from.A report from the Ministry of Environment (MoE) released last January tells the city to address the “significant leachate...
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Fire Marshal staying out of “internal” matterBy Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald Nov 26, 2010ADJALA-TOSORONTIO – Four Adjala-Tosorontio firefighters who say they were wrongfully fired after raising workplace and safety concerns will be contesting the township’s termination decis...
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Nov 29th, 2010
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By Phinjo Gombu Toronto Star November 28 2010Regional councillor-elect Deb Schulte belongs to a group called Sustainable Vaughan and loves to garden. But please don’t call her an environmentalist.Schulte, who fought to preserve the valuable agricultural and natural heritage lands, does not want const...