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Nov 20th, 2017
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Councillor Marc Biss The following is a letter from AWARE Simcoe chair Don Morgan to Mayor Rick Milne and members of New Tecumseth Council The procedure adopted by council on October 30, 2017 and set out by your clerk in notices posted on the township website quite properly provides for openness and ...
Nov 20th, 2017
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  My name is Stephanie MacLellan I am a mother of 4 beautiful girls, I am a lifelong resident of New Tecumseth, I reside in Ward 5 and I would like to become the new in-term Ward 5 Councillor. In March 2015 I joined a movement to save an inconvenient forest. Through this I discovered […]...
Nov 17th, 2017
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  In September of 2000 I relocated to Alliston to take the position of Grain Division Manager with Simcoe District Co-operative Services and was located at the Grain elevator in Beeton. Over the past seventeen years there have been numerous changes and amalgamations in ownership which presently ...
Nov 16th, 2017
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  Allow me to introduce myself. I have lived in The Town of New Tecumseth, along with my wife of 41 years, since June, 1981. Both of our children were born at Stevenson Memorial Hospital and attended Banting Memorial High School. I retired in April of this year. In June, I started attending the ...
Nov 16th, 2017
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AWARE News Network Fourteen people have submitted applications to fill the Ward 5 seat left vacant when Donna Jebb was appointed to the position of Deputy Mayor. The only voters are the nine members of New Tecumseth council*, who will hold a special meeting on Monday November 20, beginning at 6 pm (n...
Nov 15th, 2017
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AWARE Simcoe board member Stephanie MacLellan is among those who have applied to represent Ward 5 New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth council will hold a special meeting on Mon., Nov. 20, beginning at 7 pm to fill the Ward 5 seat left vacant following the elevation of Donna Jebb to Deputy M...
Nov 11th, 2017
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The OTSP closure is a game changer – with the potential to be a game ender By Barb Boysen and Melissa Spearing Forest Gene Conservation Association Tree seeds are of course critical to future forests. Management of high quality seed of known origin is crucial if our future forests are to withst...
Nov 10th, 2017
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From Environmental Defence Environmental Defence is hosting a workshop and free dinnner: When: Tuesday December 5 20017 5:30-8:30 pm Where: Oro Station Community Hall, 31 Ridge Road East, Oro Station, ON We will: -Share information about Cornerstone Standards Council Responsible Aggregate Standard, a...
Nov 10th, 2017
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Mark Calzavera of the Council of Canadians addresses the crowd at the Wyebridge Community Centre – Melanie Robitaille photo By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Simcoe County Warden Gerry Marshall did not reply to a request from Council of Canadians representative Mark Calzavera that he step back...
Nov 9th, 2017
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Flashback to August 2009: Durham dairy farmer Michael Schmidt is led away from Dump Site 41 after he had chained himself to Gate 1. He spent five days in jail refusing food and water. “The laws of the land are not always right,” he said upon release. “If someone is going to contamin...