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Mar 15th, 2015
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Bio-Bus fuelled by human and household waste, which first ran between Bristol and Bath, will operate 15-mile route four days a week The Guardian Britain’s first “poo bus”, which runs on human and household waste, goes into regular service this month. Powered by biomethane gas, the Bio-Bus will use wa...
Mar 14th, 2015
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AWARE News Network The Ontario government has launched a public consultation process on climate change: Climate Change Discussion Paper, EBR #012-3452. This is an exercise we should all get involved in as a first step. Future steps will be to ensure our government follows through with real action to ...
Mar 13th, 2015
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From Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance On Friday March 27th, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority’s (LSRCA) board of directors will be hearing deputations from the public with respect to their draft new Watershed Development Guidelines, which prohibit the building of subdi...
Mar 13th, 2015
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By Andrew Philips Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin A major municipal Internet project could bring high-speed broadband to shutout areas while improving existing service elsewhere. That’s the main goal behind SouthWestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT), according to project lead Geoff Hogan. “We’r...
Mar 12th, 2015
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By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun The process of developing a strategic vision for the main beachfront area could end up playing second fiddle to the creation of a downtown core. On Tuesday, councillors were given an overview on the work that had gone into Opportunity Wasaga, the name given to the strategic vi...
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Mar 12th, 2015
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By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner Council wants a report on city trash collection for multi-residential buildings before the plan’s in place. That report should be ready by July 1. Coun. Michael Prowse asked for a report Monday to detail the preferred implementation plan, its annual costs and the ...
Mar 11th, 2015
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For 2013, there were some 20 Ontario municipalities that achieved a residential waste diversion rate of at least 50 per cent, meaning they diverted more materials than they sent to landfill From Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO) has released residential waste diversio...
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Mar 11th, 2015
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Alberta’s oilsands use three barrels of water for every barrel of bitumen mined The Canadian Press Climate change is binding together energy and water issues and Canada must learn to think about them that way, says the newly appointed Canadian head of an international water institute. “It...
Mar 11th, 2015
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Two sessions set for Monday April 20 will include question and answer sessions By Kate Harries AWARE News Network It’s taken three years, but the public will finally get some explanations about the 2008 Simcoe County Official Plan that was spurned by the provincial government, rewritten in 2012, appr...
Mar 11th, 2015
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Orillia Packet & Times  Simcoe County councillors have established a time and place for area residents interested in learning more about the ongoing official plan process. Two public information sessions are slated for April 20 at the Simcoe County Museum on Highway 26. The first meeting will tak...