By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner It isn’t easy being green. But the lone protestor at the Simcoe County Museum railing at the county’s choice of placement for its new Organics Processing Facility (OPF) and Materials Management Facility (MMF) didn’t mind. “I live on Horseshoe Valley Road near the pro...
From Simcoe County website Questions regarding the various procurement options for ownership and operation of the organics processing facility can be discussed further with the County’s consultant, and Solid Waste Management staff, during public drop-in sessions being held on September 20, 201...
updated Monday Sept. 19 2016 By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The Ontario Municipal Board has released a ruling on the County of Simcoe’s motion that the board does not have jurisdiction to overrule county council’s decision not to grant any Chiarelli population allocations to some majo...
Map shows sites formerly under consideration for waste facility, including the selected C-136 site on Horseshoe Valley Road: there was no discussion of an update report. But councillors vote 16-8 to proceed with consultant’s recommendations By Kate Harries – AWARE News Network An attempt by Bra...
AWARE News Network Simcoe County Council recorded vote Tuesday after Bradford-West-Gwillimbury Deputy Mayor James Leduc proposed referring the county’s waste strategy back to staff. The vote was on accepting the staff report, and not referring back for more input. IN FAVOUR (against referral) &...
Letter to Simcoe County from Anne Learn Sharpe on behalf of AWARE Essa August 8 2016 To Warden Marshall, Deputy Warden Dowdall and Members of Council (response posted below) Re: Proposed Waste Management Infrastructure Project 2976 Horseshoe Valley Road West AWARE Essa supports Simcoe County Council’...
From the Friends of Simcoe County Forests An update on work currently being undertaken on Site C136 has just become available. Item number CCW 16-301 (Click here to download (6.5 mb) is on the agenda for the next County Committee of the Whole meeting scheduled for Tuesday Sept. 13th. It is noted in t...
From Friends of Simcoe Forests Corn Roast Sunday August 28 from 2 to 6 pm 1336 Rainbow Valley Road East Entertainment and Site Hike ~ Pop in anytime from 2-6 pm for some local corn and refreshments ~ Meet & hear from John Laforet of Broadview Strategy Group ~ Relax, enjoy the music and ambiance [...
Letter from R.W. Wagner to the Springwater News Warden Marshall: By now, you will have seen the first news release issued on behalf of the “Friends of Simcoe Forests Inc.”. The following observations and questions are relevant to this matter. 1) Today I noticed a very impressive 5th wheel...
News release from Friends of Simcoe County Forests Friends of Simcoe County Forests is calling on Simcoe County to stand behind their twenty-year vision for the municipal forests and stop their plan to permanently destroy the Freele Tract. Nowhere in Council’s twenty-year forestry management plan ‘Si...
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