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200,000 homes may need to be bulldozed -- bankBy Nick Webb Independent.ie June 10 2012 AN explosive report has claimed that Ireland has so many empty houses that it would take up to 43 years to fill them all....
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Municipalities share their best practices for integrating food waste into landfill diversion programsBy DeAnne Toto Municipal Recycling JUNE 11, 2012 Increasingly, municipalities are moving beyond curbside collection of leaves and yard waste to include food scraps and other organic materials. In many...
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A future without landfills? SF is already 78% of the way there -- but the hardest part is still aheadBy Sven Eberlein Alternet April 18, 2012  Last month, the millionth ton of food scraps, coffee grounds and soiled paper from San Francisco’s mandatory composting program returned to residents’ dinner ...
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New Tecumseth Free Press  June 11, 2012Collingwood consultant CC Tatham and Associates has been hired by Simcoe County to conduct a South Simcoe Transportation Master Plan Study which will include considerations for a truck bypass around Tottenham....
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Jun 4th, 2012
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By Douglas Glynn Midland Free Press May 31 2012WYEBRIDGE -- They came to say thanks to Gord Leonard on Sunday. An overflow crowd of more than 300 people packed the Wyebridge Community Centre and spilled out on to the lawn to celebrate the life of a man whose legacy they will recall every time they ha...
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May 30th, 2012
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Simcoe.com May 29 2012 Ordinary people can sometimes do extraordinary things. An event Monday in Perkinsfield recognized that fact by celebrating the contributions of a local family that was instrumental in the fight against the much-maligned Site 41 landfill proposal. Read more  ...
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May 25th, 2012
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New Tecumseth Free Press May 23, 2012Simcoe County has been growing without a provincially approved Official Plan (OP) since November 2008 because the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing never got around to signing off on it as presented. The upper tier appealed that non-decision to the Ontario...
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May 25th, 2012
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Province says population figures remain status quoBy Cheryl Borwne Barrie Examiner May 24 2012 SPRINGWATER TWP. — A small grassroots organization is gaining momentum as new members join their ranks in an effort to keep their township’s growth moderate....
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May 25th, 2012
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By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance May 24, 2012SIMCOE COUNTY - Ontario is concerned more with developing complete communities, rather than reining in growth, Simcoe County’s planning director Brad Parks says....
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May 25th, 2012
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AWARE Simcoe holding news conference at Simcoe County Museum today at 11 a.m.By CHERYL BROWNE - Barrie Examiner -- May 23 2012SPRINGWATER TWP. — There’s nobody in Springwater who isn’t aware that times they are a changin’.Growth and expansion documents and decrees by the Ontario government have force...