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Jan 17th, 2012
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Letter to Orillia Packet and Times January 17 2012 Re: Oro-Medonte MOU a mediation success story (Letter to the editor, Jan. 4) I read with interest and concern Mr. John Connor’s explanation of the bureaucratic process and legalities around media...
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In Barrie
Jan 17th, 2012
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‘The issue in our area is a shortage of land’ By Ian McInroy – Barrie Examiner – January 17 201w A land shortage in Barrie is putting the squeeze on house builders. While home starts across the province grew to nearly 68,000 units in 2011, ...
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Jan 16th, 2012
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Email from Ontario Nature January 16 2012Ontario Nature is holding a one-day conference exploring the important role Ontario’s wetlands play in our ecosystems and how we can better protect these significant habitats....
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In Water
Jan 16th, 2012
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Exemptions pile up under new minister of natural resourcesNews release from Peaceful Parks Coalition January 16 2012Liberal MPP Michael Gravelle has either issued or proposed fifteen (15) exemptions to the ‘Endangered Species Act 2007’ since he was cro...
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Jan 16th, 2012
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Briefs from NVCA newsletter January 16 2012The NVCA will hold its Annual General Meeting on Friday, January 27th beginning at 9 a.m. in the John L. Jose Building at the Tiffin Centre for Conservation. NVCA Board meetings are generally held the fourth F...
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Jan 16th, 2012
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Not even on five-year plan By Maija Hoggett Barrie Advance Jan 13, 2012 NEW TECUMSETH – While traffic lights at the Nottawasaga Inn’s Highway 89 entrance were put on a provincial priority list last year, new information shows the intersecti...
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In Water
Jan 16th, 2012
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 How and why to sample and test the “pure” spring water from Elmvale Groundwater Observatory Notice of seminar (in Alberta( January 13 2012 William Shotyk, Bocock Chair in Agriculture and the Environment, Department of Renewable Resources, ...
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Jan 13th, 2012
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Midhurst plan a warning shot across the province’s bow  Barrie Examiner editorial January 13 2012 It is pretty late to be changing how Barrie will grow according to provincial planning policies. This city has already been identified as the primar...
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In Water
Jan 13th, 2012
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Lake Simcoe at end of line with feds By Sean Pearce YorkRegion.com Jan 13, 2012  A little over four years and 160 projects later, the funds allocated for the federal government’s Lake Simcoe Clean-up Fund have pretty much dried up. Read more ...
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Jan 13th, 2012
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By MIRANDA MINASSIAN, The Packet & Times January 13 2012 Two years ago, Denis and Carolyn Paccagnella and Gord Roehner filed appeals against the Township of Oro-Medonte, expressing concerns about planned zoning amendments that would allow a recycl...