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Oct 15th, 2015
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Springwater News October 8 2015 As always, there are many matters to deal with at the Township of Springwater and County of Simcoe. After some summer solace it is full steam ahead with business as usual at both levels of government. NVCA The board has approved a pilot program to review the operation ...
Oct 14th, 2015
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CORRECTION – An earlier version of this report stated New Tecumseth Deputy Mayor James Smith supported the motion not to seek costs from AWARE Simcoe. As is shown in How They Voted he did not. AWARE Simcoe regrets the error. UPDATED – See below AWARE News Network Despite an appeal from Ne...
Oct 12th, 2015
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Please attend tomorrow’s council meeting! 9 am, Midhurst AWARE News Network Tomorrow, Simcoe County Councillors will decide whether to continue with a bid to recover legal costs from AWARE Simcoe, relating to the citizens’ group’s application for a judicial review of the county’s decision to li...
Oct 7th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online As reported here first on Monday, Simcoe County met a court imposed deadline of October 5 to submit its reasons for seeking recovery of all or part of its approximate $23,485 legal bill defending against Aware-Simcoe’s motion for a temporary injunction of a speci...
Oct 4th, 2015
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Green your Halloween From Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority Saturday October 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Locations: Barrie, Bradford (Scanlon Creek), and Keswick Join LSRCA in your community. Come out in your costume, plant some trees and have a spooktacular time. Registration appreciated by Oct. 29...
Sep 14th, 2015
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From Jack Gibbons, North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance DG Group’s bid to cut down close to 32,000 trees and destroy more than 100 acres of wetland and woodlands on its Maple Lake Estates property to build a mobile home park clearly cannot pass any reasonable test of ecological stewardship. The La...
Sep 10th, 2015
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By Rick Vanderlinde Innisfil Journal A new shoreline development policy would allow Innisfil to help make sure Lake Simcoe isn’t impacted by the construction of individual homes. The policy, which requires an amendment to the official plan, would give the town “site plan control” on new single-detach...
Sep 7th, 2015
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From Gary Christie, Nottawasaga Steelheaders Attention All NS Members, Friends and Partners: ** Important Special Meeting of the Nottawasaga Steelheaders** Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 at 7:30 PM at  Don Cherry’s Grill, Bradford Dave Gonder, Interim Manager of the Upper Great Lakes Management Unit ...
Sep 3rd, 2015
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Letter from Barbara Huson, Beeton I have read comments about the issue of the Beeton Forest, that it is “private property” and that the Beeton residents’ fight to save the forest is just “emotional”. In many respects the reaction that this is “private property” is also an emotional response. Most of ...
Sep 2nd, 2015
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From Food & Water First On Thursday, September 3rd, voters in the provincial riding of Simcoe North will choose a new MPP in a by-election. Over the past few weeks, the Green Party has challenged the three rival party candidates to show their support for protecting Ontario’s Class 1 farmlan...