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Aug 28th, 2015
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AWARE Simcoe News Release A judge has ruled against an application by AWARE Simcoe for an injunction against any cutting of the Beeton Woods until October, when a date was set for a judicial review of Simcoe County’s decision to lift a stop-work order. Tecumseth Estates has the right to start clear-c...
Aug 26th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Ontario Justice Margaret Eberhard released her decision this afternoon that rejects AWARE Simcoe’s application for a temporary injunction to permit a judicial review of the approvals process that permits Tecumseth Estates to clear 30 acres of woodlot from its 9th...
Aug 19th, 2015
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New Tecumseh Free Press Online  A hearing seeking a temporary injunction to prevent the clearing of 30 acres of woodlot on the Tecumseth Estates’ property on the 9th Line in Beeton ended today without a decision. Instead, the three parties – AWARE Simcoe, the applicant; and the respondant...
Jul 22nd, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online A Free Press Online query as to why the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) invokes the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to shield its summary of permit approvals/refusals, from the public agenda, has sparked a review of the p...
Jul 17th, 2015
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from Beeton residents . Receive the latest updates regarding a grassroots effort by residents to “Save the Beeton woods” . Bring the family! There’s a treasure basket for the kids to choose a toy, T-shirts for sale, Prizes for the first 10 donations received. A family fun and inform...
Jul 12th, 2015
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AWARE Simcoe news release AWARE Simcoe is seeking a Judicial Review of Simcoe County’s hearing and decision regarding Beeton Woods. County Councillors voted May 12, 2015 to unconditionally lift a stop-work order that had been issued March 3 to Tecumseth Estates. The hearing was held April 14. Lawyer ...
Jun 23rd, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online A week removed from a unanimous decision to issue the Tottenham airport property owner an ultimatum to conduct bore hole tests for contaminated soil at the fill import operation underway as part of its runway expansion, councillors last night agreed to wait for a Town ...
Jun 23rd, 2015
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AWARE News Network A crowd-funding campaign has been launched to save the Beeton Woods.  The appeal on the gofundme website states that the funds will be used to retain legal representation to address problems in the permits application and approval process, and to obtain expert assessments of the va...
Jun 22nd, 2015
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       AWARE News Network A yearling bear was photographed wandering through Beeton June 13 2015. Recently, after a young bear was shot in Newmarket, naturalist Bob Bowles had the following comment in his Orillia Packet & Times column. ‘Young black bears that were born in winter dens in Jan...
Jun 10th, 2015
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By Sara Carson Orillia Today Ontario’s ombudsman will soon oversee all of Simcoe County’s councils and their hired integrity commissioners. On May 21, Ontario ombudsman André Marin announced when this oversight, under the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, will come into force...