• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

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Mar 28th, 2014
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UPDATE: Podcast of this discussion available HERE From Gary Cerantola Gary Cerantola, host of It’s Your Town Beach Talk on Beach Boooster Radio, will discuss how an urban development planned for Springwater Township the projected size of the City of Orillia may threaten the Nottawasaga River watershe...
Mar 26th, 2014
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Final push joined by Atwood in Twitter feed Today, the 5,000th  person signed the petition to save the village of Midhurst (population 3,500), preserve the 756 hectares of surrounding farmland and stop the proposed effluent discharge into the Willow Creek and the internationally treasured Minesing We...
Mar 20th, 2014
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Global News Plans are in the works to turn the Ontario farming community into a bustling suburban city. But some in the community are calling the development a step backwards. Christina Stevens explains. ...
Mar 6th, 2014
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By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance The era of catering to the car is coming to an end as Simcoe County seeks to expand trails and transit. In updating its transportation master plan, planner Rachelle Hamelin has heard two clear messages from residents: find ways to help hikers and cyclists get around and ...
Feb 26th, 2014
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From the Midhurst Ratepayers Association Our goal is to protect the local farms of Midhurst, and to stop treated effluent from this huge manufactured city from flowing into an internationally renowned wetland – the Minesing. We want to ensure that the food and water resources of Midhurst and it...
Feb 21st, 2014
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Forwarded by Springwater Park Citizens’ Coalition By Cheryl Browne Barrie Examiner SPRINGWATER TWP. – The gates of Springwater Provincial Park may be pushed a little more open as council sets aside $10,000 for its re-opening this year. Although the park remains technically locked up, Springwate...
Feb 17th, 2014
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 By Meade Helman I have written here before about municipal reform. I think our current way of conducting municipal business is unfair and not democratic. Officials get elected, often without having a majority if there are more than two candidates running. Then we have very limited input into the act...
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Feb 11th, 2014
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If you happen to drop by the Simcoe County council chambers to see democracy in action, you might find it hard to figure out what’s going on. There are 32 councillors down there – do you know any of them? Hard cheese if you don’t, because the little signs bearing their names are facing away […...
Feb 9th, 2014
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Time for diaper manufacturers to change their ways? By Kate Harries A proposed $35 million composting facility is likely to become an issue in this year’s municipal election after Simcoe County councillors last month approved a plan to move forward with the project. Contentious issues will include th...
Feb 3rd, 2014
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From the Midhurst Ratepayers’ Association Canadian icon and long time supporter of the environment, Margaret Atwood has become interested in our cause. So much so, in fact she has used her influence on twitter to encourage our petition’s growth. But she didn’t stop there – she...