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Jan 18th, 2016
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New Tecumseth Free Press January 18, 2016 Tecumseth Estates (Rizzardo) will preserve 12 acres (five hectares), or 40 per cent of its originally planned, Simcoe County approved, clear-cut of approximately 30 acres of woodlot at 6386 and 6416 9th Line in Beeton. The subject site is 241 acres in area of...
Jan 17th, 2016
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Happy New Year! 2016 will be an interesting and most likely an eventful year for the Township of Springwater. Strategic Plan Springwater Council, Senior Staff and some key stakeholders participated in a number of sessions in the last half of 2015 to develop a strategic plan for the township. It will ...
Jan 17th, 2016
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AWARE Simcoe /Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition news release A free public event to discuss issues surrounding Simcoe’s water, farmland and natural heritage systems, and how we can protect these important resources through expanding the Greenbelt in Simcoe County. Saturday, January 30, 2016, 9:30-11:...
Jan 15th, 2016
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By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times Sixteen recommendations have been presented to Ramara Township council and staff as ways to eliminate the “toxic” culture within the municipal offices. The organization and service-delivery review, prepared by John Whitesell, of Whitesell a...
Jan 13th, 2016
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By Janis Ramsay Barrie Advance Ian Taylor didn’t have much to say after losing a civil lawsuit Tuesday over Springwater Provincial Park fundraising dollars. Taylor had been president of the People for Parks Environment Initiative group — one of three citizens’ groups founded after the park was closed...
Jan 12th, 2016
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AWARE News Network A free public event to discuss issues surrounding Simcoe’s water, farmland and natural heritage systems ,and how we can protect these important resources through expanding the Greenbelt in Simcoe County. Saturday, January 30, 2016, 9:30-11:30 am Liberty North, 100 Caplan Avenue, Ba...
Jan 8th, 2016
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278 Letters Of Opposition Submitted To Simcoe County OurMidland.ca This afternoon, 278 signed letters expressing concern and opposition to the County approval of Midland’s Official Plan Amendment #8 were turned over to the clerks for County Council’s consideration in their upcoming vote. ...
Jan 6th, 2016
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Text of January 4 2016 letter to Town of Collingwood from Collingwood Aviation Business Park president Remo Niceforo: Deputy Mayor Brian Saunderson and Councillor Mike Edwards I am responding to your media release issued December 29, 2015, titled ‘Collingwood’s Support for Regional Airport’. Having s...
Jan 6th, 2016
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By Ian Adams Collingwood Connection Secrecy over the future of the Collingwood Regional Airport is troubling to at least one municipal councillor. Collingwood council discussed the airport behind closed doors at its Jan. 4 meeting, which marks the third time in three months the future of the facility...
Jan 6th, 2016
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By Travis Mealing Midland Mirror PENETANGUISHENE – Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall sent an open letter to the media Tuesday to “calm the waters” amidst what he described as unwarranted speculation about amalgamation. The mayor acknowledged the chatter has been fuelled by his town’s joint transit...