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In Lakes
Oct 23rd, 2012
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Project seeks researchersBy Beth Leblanc Port Huron Times Herald Oct 22, 2012 An international research project will examine the factors affecting the Great Lakes Basin during the past 50 years — and make predictions about the next 50....
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In Clearview
Oct 22nd, 2012
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By George Powell The Watershed News Fall/Winter 2012On June 18, 2012, the Consolidated Hearings Board (CHB) approved Walker’s application for expansion of their quarry near Duntroon. ...
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In Quarries
Oct 22nd, 2012
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By Tim Alamenciak Toronto Star October 21 2012 Some came with bowls. Some came with mugs. They came in the thousands to Woodbine Park for Soupstock — a massive culinary protest targeting the Melancthon Township mega-quarry....
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In Simcoe County
Oct 21st, 2012
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By Sandy Agnew and Kate Harries AWARE News Network October 21 2012At a special meeting of County Council on October 16, 2012, councillors discussed three recommendations from the Governance Committee....
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In Simcoe County
Oct 20th, 2012
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Said to have sights set on wardenship in 2014By Kate Harries AWARE News Network October 20 2012Simcoe County’s most pro-development mayor is soliciting support from his fellow county councillors in a bid to wrest the deputy-wardenship from Oro-Medonte Mayor Harry Hughes....
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In Water
Oct 20th, 2012
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For 2000 years, to navigate water has been considered an act of human freedomBy Krystyn Tully, Waterkeeper.ca Weekly October 19 2012The Canadian government introduced (another) sweeping omnibus budget bill on Thursday, changing as many as 60 different acts in a way that eliminates oversight from parl...
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In Severn Sound Environmental Association
Oct 20th, 2012
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By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 19 2012I made a presentation yesterday on behalf of AWARE Simcoe to the board of the Severn Sound Environmental Association regarding some communications and reporting issues.  Although Executive Director Keith Sherman said the practices we complained of were the ...
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In Meetings, events
Oct 20th, 2012
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AWARE Oro-Medonte email October 19 2102The next AWARE Oro-Medonte public membership meeting is to be held on Tuesday November 13, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at the Edgar Community Hall....
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In Simcoe County
Oct 20th, 2012
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Upper tier municipality is looking at ways to remodel its governance structureBy Richard Blanchard Innisfil Scope October 17 2012 Simcoe County council made the first steps towards a reorganization of its governing structure last week. There seems to be support for making the warden's term four years...
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In Lakes
Oct 20th, 2012
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BY TENILLE BONOGUORE GLOBE AND MAIL OCTOBER 15 2012 The Beverly Swamp does not look like a system in drought. The spongy ground, rich and moist and black, is littered with fallen leaves damp with fall drizzle as the Spencer Creek trickles quietly by.But below the surface, this marsh outside of Cambri...