• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

Author "AWARE Simcoe"

Dec 1st, 2014
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Fred Nix memo to Nov. 28 2014 board meeting Advisory Committees 1.         On the issue of establishing advisory committees Recommendation 22 from Tom Gazda (this is using the original numbering system) was to re-establish advisory committees.  I could...
Dec 1st, 2014
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Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority board of directors November 28 2014 MOVED BY:  Deborah Bronee SECONDED BY:  Kevin Lloyd BE IT RESOLVED THAT:  the fees for the Collingwood airport application be $44,000 with the provision that staff track all ...
Dec 1st, 2014
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From NVCA communications Members of the board received a deputation by the Hon. Paul Bonwick P.C. seeking a reduction in the NVCA’s fees associated with a proposed development at the Collingwood Regional Airport. The board, pointing to the need for the...
Dec 1st, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth’s deal to settle an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) appeal of its Development Charges (DCs) will reduce the rates across all categories, according to the Order issued on November 27. The agreement requi...
Nov 27th, 2014
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From Utopia Hall, 8396 6th Line, Utopia, ON SHOP UTOPIA — Saturday November 29 (11am – 2pm). Come out for some shopping with local entrepreneurs and businesses and support the Angus Food Bank fundraiser (please bring canned goods for the fo...
Nov 26th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) proposed 2015 operating budget projects a tax levy increase of 3.05 per cent or $61,702 more than 2013, which would raise $2.08 million to finance a projected $4.87 mi...
Nov 25th, 2014
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Sierra Club Canada Foundation news release TORONTO – The global campaign to ban neonicotinoid pesticides took a big step forward in Ontario today. The provincial government — using its own pesticide control legislation — will reduce t...
Nov 21st, 2014
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From the North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce Two years ago today November 21, the proposed Highland Mega Quarry was defeated and the Food & Water First movement was born. Let’s celebrate by urging the Liberal government to mov...
In Energy
Nov 19th, 2014
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by JOHN LAFORGE Counterpunch Maybe vampire fables are just metaphors for bad ideas that are hard to kill. The proposed Deep Geological Repository for radioactive waste being considered by Canada’s Joint Review Panel is such a bad idea that even pro-nuc...
Nov 19th, 2014
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By  Ian Adams Collingwood Connection QUEEN’S PARK — Simcoe-Grey’s Member of Provincial Parliament is not just tilting at windmills, he’s cursing them. In the Ontario Legislature on Tuesday, Jim Wilson continued to press the Liberal government for answe...