• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

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Feb 13th, 2020
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Freda Huson (Howilhkat), director of the Unist’ot’en Healing Centre, is arrested Monday -Amanda Follett Hosgood photo / The Tyee By Nora Loreto National Observer It took longer than it should have, but Canadians are finally paying attention to the stru...
Feb 6th, 2020
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Wasaga Beach by Ian Adams Wasaga Sun Wasaga Beach’s beachfront commercial tenants owe the municipality more than $254,000 in unpaid rent and utility charges. That includes more than $150,000 owed by Enzo Grossi, the leasee of Bananas Beach Club, accord...
Feb 4th, 2020
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It starts at the table From the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition An hour and a half north of Toronto there is a constant stream of cars pulling over to the side of the road. People get out, walk to the back of their vehicle, open the trunk and lift ou...
Feb 4th, 2020
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Lake Huron – Kevin M Klerks photo It cannot have been easy for a small First Nation to reject $150 million – Let’s find ways (including financial) to show our gratitude by JOYCE NELSON Counterpunch A major victory for Canada’s First Nations...
Jan 31st, 2020
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More than 40 recommendations for urban forest By: Erika Engel Collingwood Today Though money doesn’t grow on trees, the town’s towering trunks are working hard to supply more than $1 million in services to the municipality every year. According to the ...
Jan 30th, 2020
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The following is an Objector’s Response to a January 3 2020 letter from CRH Canada Group Inc. Objectors (there are 178) are those who registered in a process under the Aggregate Resources Act. Those who did not register can’t respond under this process...
Jan 29th, 2020
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Canada recycles just 9 per cent of its plastics with the rest dumped in landfill and incinerators or tossed away as litter. Could Sweden, with less than 1% of household garbage sent to landfill, have the answer? From BBC World Service  With countries s...
Jan 28th, 2020
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Waste Transfer Station New Tecumseth Free Press Online Simcoe County councillors approved in committee this morning pushing forward with designing three transfer stations at sites in Bradford, Midland, and Stayner at a cost of $185,000 to coincide with...
Jan 28th, 2020
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Tiny Township Council in session yesterday  Updated January 29 2020 with council motion/ staff report PD 004-20 and the township response letter. Scroll down.  Note, the staff report, as approved, calls for staff to work with township lawyer Barriston ...
Jan 27th, 2020
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Scene from NVCA video  News release from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) held its 60th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on January 24, 2020. Keith White, Councillor for the Town of Essa, wa...