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Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority

Aug 28th, 2014
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NVCA Organization and Staffing 1: Implement the organization realignment covering full-time permanent management/supervisory and professional technical positions; allocate balance of full-time positions in the administrative and operating support category while not exceeding 31 headcount; with perman...
Aug 26th, 2014
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By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin  WASAGA BEACH — Poor water quality and upstream development could have dire consequences for the recreational fishery in the lower end of the Nottawasaga River. That’s according to Gary Christie, president of the Nottawasaga Steelheaders, one of thr...
Aug 22nd, 2014
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By Roger Klein CTV News Barrie There was boisterous protest outside the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority’s board of directors meeting in Essa Township. Protestors say the public isn’t getting important information about how big environmental decisions are made. At issue, a consultants audit ...
Aug 22nd, 2014
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Next phase to focus on human resources and performance management From NVCA communications The NVCA Board of Directors received 26 recommendations coming from Phase I of the authority’s efficiency audit, conducted by Gazda Houlne and Associates over the spring and summer of this year. These recommend...
Aug 18th, 2014
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BeachBOOSTER Radio is an interesting demonstration of our changing media landscape. It’s not on the dial, you access it through the internet, which in my ignorance made me wonder, just how accessible would that be? But as owner Joe Bickerstaff explains, there’s an app for that, and BeachBOOSTER is wo...
Aug 16th, 2014
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News release from AWARE Simcoe WASAGA BEACH – Water quality in the Nottawasaga River is deteriorating, and the functionality of the Minesing Wetlands as a buffer against flooding and erosion is being reduced. These are some of the indicators and threats: *Walleye have all but disappeared from the riv...
Jul 26th, 2014
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My view – I attended the OMB prehearing for the rezoning of the lands in the Midhurst Mega development on July 3rd. As expected it was a lovefest with the developers, lawyers and planners singing the praises of the new proposed City of Midhurst and its potential 30,000 residents. I estimate the...
Jul 25th, 2014
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For how much longer will we be able to catch the magnificent fish that made the Nottawasaga River an angler’s mecca? Unfortunately the pressures on the watershed are increasing and the Nottawasaga needs our help.  Consider: * Walleye have all but disappeared from the river * Steelhead (rainbow ...
Jul 19th, 2014
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  By STEVE CONNOR The Independent July 19 2014 Superbugs resistant to some of the most powerful antibiotics in the medical arsenal have been found for the first time in a British river – with scientists pinpointing a local sewage-treatment plant as the most likely source. Scientists discovered t...
Jul 18th, 2014
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Significant deficiencies in Highland’s studies point to gaping flaw in province’s developer-driven process From NDACT website AWARE News Network Recently, a peer review study of the Melancthon mega-quarry was released. Commissioned by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority in response to...