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Dec 16th, 2014
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By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald NEW TECUMSETH – A rural New Tecumseth landowner’s proposal to truck thousands of loads of fill to rehabilitate a property for a fruit farm is raising red flags with his neighbours. A planning consultant representing Stan Sneig, owner of the property located at ...
Dec 9th, 2014
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Public will be able to flle complaints about municipalities, universities, school boards (but not Conservation Authorities!) Ontario Ombudsman news release Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today welcomed the historic passage of a new law that will allow his office to investigate complaints about municip...
Dec 9th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth’s new councillors wasted little time putting their own stamp on their four year term, voting unanimously last night to move committee of council meetings to Monday mornings starting at 10 am, replacing the traditional 7 pm starts. While it remains t...
Dec 1st, 2014
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By Sandy Agnew AWARE News Network Following a deputation by Paul Bonwick (president and CEO of Compenso Communications, representing the Collingwood Airport Industrial Development) complaining about their high plan review fees, the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) board has thrown out...
Dec 1st, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth’s deal to settle an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) appeal of its Development Charges (DCs) will reduce the rates across all categories, according to the Order issued on November 27. The agreement requires New Tecumseth to reduce its per unit DCs on s...
Nov 19th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth Mayor-elect Rick Milne and re-elected Essa Mayor Terry Dowdall, intend to run for Deputy Warden at the Inaugural meeting next month of the incoming Simcoe County council. Mr. Milne will become the longest serving member (combined years – absent two ...
Nov 17th, 2014
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I attended more than my fair share of all-candidates’ meetings during the recent municipal election. Here are a few good ideas gleaned from the campaign trail around the county. -Recorded votes: Make every council vote a recorded vote. This is an example of how electronic voting can serve democ...
Nov 12th, 2014
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Notes from final meeting of current term By Noelle Rancourt AWARE News Network Collins/Hough Item 15.  CCW 14-397 Annual Report Summaries for Various Closed landfill Sites  Midland Deputy Mayor Stephan Kramp raised concerns at the November 10 meeting of Simcoe County Council about a closed landfill s...
Nov 12th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online  Simcoe County council on Monday approved a bigger draw from development charges and reserve account to fund the estimated $794,000 additional costs to build new paramedic stations in Alliston and Beeton as scheduled in 2015. However, because the recommendation is rela...
Nov 6th, 2014
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By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press  Honda is investing $857 million in its car plant in Alliston, Ont., over the next three years, with provincial taxpayers kicking in 10 per cent of the total cost. Premier Kathleen Wynne announced Thursday that the province will give Honda a conditional grant of u...