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Jul 26th, 2016
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Simcoe County news release  Simcoe County residents are one step closer to receiving improved access to ultra-high speed broadband internet connectivity. County of Simcoe Warden Gerry Marshall attended a funding announcement in London, Ontario today where the governments of Canada and Ontario jointly...
Jul 20th, 2016
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Dozens of organizations and activists join residents calling for a ‘Bluebelt’ to protect water sources for the health and prosperity of the region News release from The Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition The Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition (SCGC) is calling on the province and county to expand the G...
Jul 20th, 2016
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Letter from Cindy Mercer, Springwater I am writing this letter in regards to the recent press release by the County of Simcoe on June 16, 2016. The article indicates there has been two recent incidents of hazardous waste dumped in the Hendrie Tract near Anten Mills. Our County Forests are very valuab...
Jul 19th, 2016
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By Patrick Bales Orillia Packet & Times The upcoming summer festivals at Burl’s Creek will be a fading memory by the time a justice of the peace determines the fate of a private prosecution against Republic Live. After a nearly five-and-a-half-hour-long pretrial motion hearing Tuesday in Or...
Jul 18th, 2016
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News release from Save Oro Mere days before the beginning of the WayHome concerts, Oro-Medonte resident Wendy McKay will be in court Tuesday July 19 to pursue her private prosecution of concert promoters Republic Live in connection with alleged bylaw violations at last year’s Burl’s Creek concerts. T...
Jul 17th, 2016
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AWARE News Network The Ontario Municipal Board hearing into an application by several Midhurst developers for extra population allocations starts Monday July 18 2016 at 10:30 am in the council chambers of the Simcoe County administration building (1110 Highway 26). Five days have been set aside to de...
Jul 14th, 2016
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From Environmental Defence Ontario’s award-winning Greenbelt protects farmland, forests, wetlands and abundant clean water supplies. It also supports a thriving rural economy including the $11 billion agriculture and food sector that provides 110,000 Ontario jobs. A bigger and strengthened Greenbelt ...
Jul 13th, 2016
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from change.org October 27, 2014 Municipal Elections 23,258 eligible voters in New Tecumseth 9,229 total ballots cast – 39.68% turnout # of eligible voters Ward 1    1,962 Ward 2    3,360 Ward 3    4,121 Ward 4    2,817 Ward 5    1,817 Ward 6    2,824 Ward 7    2,859 Ward 8   […]...
Jul 13th, 2016
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By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times The County of Simcoe’s decision to use one of its forests to create an organics processing facility could lead to another Site 41 fiasco. That’s a warning from an opponent to the plan passed by county council earlier this year to build a compost and materi...
Jul 6th, 2016
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By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times Oro-Medonte council has opted for the status quo when it comes to this summer’s music festivals at Burl’s Creek. During a boisterous meeting Wednesday, the township’s council voted unanimously to approve a special-events permit for 92 of ...