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Sep 25th, 2014
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Gary Christie, president of the Nottawasaga Steelheaders, sent the following letter to Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Chair and Wasaga Beach Councillor Nina Bifolchi regarding her response to Gary Cerantola on her website. Both Bifolchi and Cerantola are running for deputy mayor of Wasaga ...
Sep 9th, 2014
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Was their work unnecessary, inappropriate or just inconvenient? Letter from David Strachan, Midhurst It would be hard to find a better example of blatant disregard for public funds and the mandate of the NVCA, than recent actions by the board of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority. CAO Wayn...
Sep 8th, 2014
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NVCA news release  Utopia, Ontario, September 8, 2014 – The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) board of directors is pleased to announce that Gayle Wood will join the authority as interim Chief Administrative Officer starting in October. “We are excited that someone of Gayle’s calibre h...
Sep 4th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online The Service Delivery and Operational Review of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) cost CAO Wayne Wilson his job following an Aug 22nd board meeting, and lays out 15 recommendations including “organization realignment” to “maximize th...
Aug 28th, 2014
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But closed session vote results in departure of CAO Wayne Wilson UPDATE – At an in-camera meeting September 5, the NVCA board appointed Gayle Wood interim CAO, effective October 6. Wood is retiring as CAO of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority. By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The d...
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...