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In Bradford West Gwillimbury
Sep 14th, 2012
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By Miriam King, QMI Agency September 12, 2012Bradford West Gwillimbury is still seeing strong growth, but there has been a drop in residential building activity.Statistics released by the BWG Building Department show that there has been an 11% decline in the number of building permits issued, from Ja...
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In Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority
Sep 14th, 2012
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News Release from NVCA -- September 13, 2012)Families, student groups and other youth organizations are needed to participate in Yellow Fish Road™, an environmental education program for young Canadians. The program is offered by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority in partnership with Trout...
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In Simcoe County
Sep 13th, 2012
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Don’t want to hear from ‘same people all over again’ - PattersonBy Kate Harries AWARE News Network September 13 2012In a narrow vote, members of Simcoe County’s corporate services committee voted 6-5 against public consultation on the county’s draft modified Official Plan. Sandy Agnew, chair of AWARE...
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In Springwater
Sep 12th, 2012
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Lawn signs, flyers distributed with the message: MSP is NOT Smart Growth! AWARE News Network September 12 2012 Yesterday, Springwater residents received a flyer in the mail with the title 'STOP the Midhurst Secondary Plan.' The glossy, full-colour publication signals the beginning of a public campaig...
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In Indigenous
Sep 10th, 2012
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'When we opened our eyes, they has the land and we had the Bible'By David McLaren AWARE News Network September 10 2012In John Milloy’s A National Tragedy, there are before and after photographs of an Aboriginal boy. In the before photo, his hair is long. He is dressed in buckskins and beads and posed...
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In Simcoe County
Sep 10th, 2012
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'Sustainable growth is an oxymoron'AWARE Simcoe September 10 2012Put on your headphones and listen to Jeff Rubin, former CIBC Chief Economist and author of The End of Growth and Rex Weyler, ecologist, activist, writer and a co-founder of Greenpeace as they articulate some of the ideas that have infor...
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In Bradford West Gwillimbury
Sep 9th, 2012
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Editor’s note: This is the first in what will be a regular series of reports from Bradford West GwillimburyBy Meade Helman AWARE News Network September 9 2012Learned a few things at Tuesday night’s town council meeting. 1. It is OK for the VP of Great Gulf (a certain Ms. Beth Halpenny) to come ...
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In Governance
Sep 9th, 2012
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City staff take a drubbing over secrecyBy San Grewal Toronto Star September 5 2012 Brampton councillors took turns chastising senior city staff Wednesday for routinely keeping councillors in the dark and “failing to report” on important issues that are supposed to be council business.“It seems more a...
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In Simcoe County
Sep 9th, 2012
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Marshall agrees with group’s assessment that citizens’ voices not heardBy Maija Hoggett Barrie Advance Sep 05, 2012 SIMCOE COUNTY - AWARE Simcoe is calling for public meetings before Simcoe County council approves its updated official plan. A new version of the county's official plan was released in ...
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