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May 28th, 2016
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CTV News The owners of Saugeen Country Homey are moving to New Zealand because of lax pesticide regulation in Ontario. They say millions of bees in their hives have died, poisoned by neo-nicotinoid pesticides. Link to video...
May 25th, 2016
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By Patrick Bales Orillia Packet & Times Peter Thoma of UrbanMetrics would tell you that when it comes to Burl’s Creek there’s no place, like this place, anywhere near this place – so, this must be the place. Save Oro and the West Oro Ratepayers’ Association (WORA) would tend to ...
May 25th, 2016
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News release from Springwater Township The Township of Springwater is pleased with the outcome of the hearings held by Simcoe County Council on May 24, 2016 regarding the requests for population allocation under the County’s 20,000 Population Allocation Program. The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden...
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May 25th, 2016
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The issues we’ve created, we should solve them,’ says student who helped develop project By Errol Nazareth, Morgan Dunlop, CBC News They measure less than a millimetre across but they pose a massive threat to our Great Lakes, and a group of Mississauga high school students wants to help z...
May 24th, 2016
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Exception made for Walton’s five estate lots on Old Second AWARE News Network Today, Simcoe County Council voted to deny requests from five Midhurst developers for population allocations that would have provided for an extra 6,120 people in Springwater Township, over unanimous opposition from Springw...
May 24th, 2016
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By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times If you wanted to shoot a movie about a sensible country community fighting an influx of loud rock ‘n’ roll music, Oro-Medonte would be the ideal setting. Surprisingly, that suggestion wasn’t made in jest by a proponent of expansion at...
May 23rd, 2016
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Battle back on between Barrie area residents as they resurrect noise and trash complaints against popular concert venue, its supporters By Rob Ferguson Toronto Star The Battle of Burl’s Creek is back as cottagers breeze toward Muskoka along Highway 11. Fearing another summer of loud music, lost sleep...
May 18th, 2016
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Not(tawasaga) Your Average Tree Planting from the Nature Conservancy of Canada Join the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) to plant trees along the Nottawasaga River in the Minesing Wetlands. Minesing Wetlands (Angus, Ontario) Thursday, May 26,...
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May 18th, 2016
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from 99% Invisible Für Elise” is one of the world’s most widely-recognized pieces of music. The Beethoven melody has been played by pianists the world over, and its near-universal recognition has been used to attract customers for companies as big as McDonald’s and as small as your local ice-cream tr...
May 16th, 2016
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By Gisele Winton Sarvis Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin WASAGA BEACH – Wasaga Beach council voted 4-2 against filling the vacant councillor chair by choosing the next person in line from 2014 election councillor candidates. Council also voted 4-2 against replacing Ron Anderson, who resigned, th...