By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Simcoe County councillors today approved an aggregate development in Adjala-Tosorontio after receiving assurances from Mayor Mary Small Brett that she and her council are “comfortable” with the application by Nelson Aggregate, owned by Richard and Joyce Donnelly. Th...
New Tecumseth Free Press Friday’s Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) board of directors meeting includes a scheduled delegation by Fred Somerville, Somerville Nurseries, and Janet Budgell, Concerned Citizens in Adjala-Tosorontio (CCAT) to speak against the Township council&...
By Don Crosby Owen Sound Sun Times Grey Highlands council is expected to reveal on Thursday how it will participate in a hearing before the Environmental Review Tribunal later this spring. The tribunal will hear an appeal by Clearview Township of the Niagara Escarpment Commission’s denial of its requ...
By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner Residents of Centre Vespra are digging the decision by Springwater Township councillors Wednesday night to deny the expansion of a nearby gravel pit. Members of the People vs. Pits in Centre Vespra group, made up of residents of the village located west of Barrie on Su...
By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner Residents of Centre Vespra, located west of Barrie on Sunnidale Road, will be watching the results of a Springwater Township council meeting on Wednesday night. Council will consider a draft bylaw — and potentially amending a zoning bylaw and establishing a holding pro...
AWARE News Network Tuesday December 15 2015 is the deadline for the public to comment on the Ontario government’s plans to update the Aggregate Resources Act. Access the government’s ‘Blueprint’ at the Environmental Bill of Rights registry, EBR#012-5444. Submit your ow...
Tamara Brown of CRAND By PEN Canada | December 4, 2015 Last month’s Free Expression Matters profiled Ontario’s new Public Participation Act, well known for protections against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). In the next few days, we were contacted by two groups who are not p...
AWARE News Network UPDATED The following resolution was moved by Deputy Mayor Barry Burton, seconded by Councillor Shawn Davidson and carried unanimously by Clearview Township Council on December 7 2015: Be it resolved that Council direct the CAO and Municipal Solicitors being Barriston LLP to appeal...
By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun The Niagara Escarpment Commission has thrown up a roadblock to a plan to upgrade the road network around County Road 91. At the NEC’s Nov. 19 meeting, commissioners went against the advice of their planner and said no to Clearview Township’s application to upgrade the 26-27 Si...
from Food and Water First The Ontario government continues its review of the Aggregate Resources Act (a move triggered by the fight to stop the Mega Quarry) and is seeking comments from the public to its proposed changes. The government’s ideas are being studied by our volunteers and we will so...
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