By Sara Carson Barrie Advance This fall, trained volunteers will hit the streets in search of Simcoe County’s most vulnerable homeless residents. The goal is to connect all of them with housing and community support services by July 1, 2018. “There are a lot of folks experiencing homelessness in Sim...
Letter from Barbara Huson, Beeton I have read comments about the issue of the Beeton Forest, that it is “private property” and that the Beeton residents’ fight to save the forest is just “emotional”. In many respects the reaction that this is “private property” is also an emotional response. Most of ...
Should Simcoe County planning staff take over local development applications? Letter from Pamela Fulford To Ramara Mayor, Council, Clerk, Manager of Planning and County of Simcoe: Please include this letter on Ramara’s next Council agenda. I am requesting an answer from the Manager of Planning to my ...
By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner The process to determine where the county’s proposed organics processing and materials management facilities will be located was recently approved by Simcoe County councillors – evaluating a shortlist of 7 sites, considering whether to co-locate an Organics...
Announce public consultation dates and locations News release from Simcoe County During its meeting on August 25, 2015, County Council approved a recommendation to move forward with the siting process for both the Organics Processing Facility (OPF) and Materials Management Facility (MMF), as well as ...
AWARE News Network Mel Howell, one of the leaders in the fight to stop Dump Site 41, passed away peacefully at his Horseshoe Valley home on Wednesday, August 26, 2015. He was 76. He is survived by his wife Ruth Ann and children Tracie, Lisa, Steven and Angela. Mel and Ruth Ann were stalwarts at [&hel...
By Tom Villemaire Barrie Examiner Power struggles are nothing new in Simcoe County. Last month Ramara Township council voted to support Innergex Renewable Energy’s 600-acre solar project that is predicted to produce 60 megawatts (mW) of power. As with any power project, there is a power struggl...
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...
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...
Revised plan meets township’s requirements By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald ADJALA-TOSORONTIO – A public meeting held Thursday to address Nelson Aggregates’ proposal to build a large gravel pit south of Everett left many residents unsatisfied. One of the attendees, Adjala resident Marvin Breen...
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