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Strategy helps our communities thrive and grow By CAL PATTERSON Barrie Examiner December 8 2011 The County of Simcoe is taking action to spur economic growth across the region. Read more ...
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Dec 8th, 2011
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Urban planners and municipal councils can do better Sustainable Urban Development Association release December 7 2011 Municipalities in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) have incorporated provincially-mandated “Places To Grow” targets for both population and employment growth into their of...
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Dec 2nd, 2011
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UPDATED  New Tecumseth Free Press December 1, 2011 The Real Estate Manager for Simcoe County until he left last February is fighting his former employer with a complaint to the Human Rights Tribunal (HRT), Ministry of Labour, and Employment Standards. Read more   Former county manager files complaint...
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Nov 30th, 2011
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By Chris Halliday Orangeville Banner Nov 16, 2011  Facing a choice between the province’s watchdog or appointing an independent closed-door meeting investigator for 2012, Dufferin County is going with the former. Read more ...
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Nov 26th, 2011
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By Janis Ramsay Barrie Advance Nov 25, 2011  BARRIE –  As a local business manager, Steve Thompson knows the importance of shipment deadlines. “A lot of our shipments come by truck and we’re finding more and more it’s plus one day or two days,” said the vice-president of manufacturing for Canpl...
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Nov 26th, 2011
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Barrie Advance November 24 2011 SIMCOE COUNTY – Simcoe County is getting glowing marks when it comes to being green. Recently the county picked up three awards for its diversion programs and education initiatives. Read more ...
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Nov 24th, 2011
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Weighted vote carries the day By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe November 24 2011New Tecumseth Mayor Mike MacEachern failed to convince county council on Tuesday that the county should not participate in a study of the business case for infrastructure servicing for the Innisfil Heights employment lands by ...
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Nov 24th, 2011
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Final increase shaved down to 1.5 per centBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe November 23 2011In a bid to ease the burden on taxpayers, Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall moved to use $903,000 - the amount the county saved in 2010 because the province uploaded the Ontario Disability Support Program – to o...
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Nov 24th, 2011
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New Tecumseth Free Press November 23, 2011 Simcoe County ratepayers will see their property tax bill increase 1.5 per cent or an average of $7.97 on a home assessed at $200,000 in 2012 to raise the $104.5 million to balance its $400 million operating budget. Read more ...
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Nov 24th, 2011
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CORRECTED vote countOgden:  'The communications were less than helpful’By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe November 23 2011Site 41 activist Stephen Ogden had to deal with JGM Consulting of London – Simcoe County’s closed-meeting investigator - on two occasions prior to the 2009 quashing of the dump site pro...