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Jul 26th, 2015
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   Mayor Bill French, Dan McLean and Colin McLarty By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Springwater Mayor Bill French’s election campaign expenses will be audited following an application filed by former deputy mayor Dan McLean. The stakes could be high. The penalties under the Municipal Elections Act ...
Jul 26th, 2015
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35,000 people attended the 3-day event in Oro Medonte, which featured Neil Young, Kendrick Lamar and Sam Smith By: Tamara Khandaker Toronto Star Oro Medonte resident Nicole Laframboise got to listen to the sounds of the WayHome Music and Arts Festival from the comfort of her own bed, but she wasn’t t...
Jul 24th, 2015
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By BRAD WHEELER Globe and Mail It will get loud. In fact, the noise has already begun. Preceded by a small but determined racket of protest from some residents of Oro-Medonte, Ont., the three-day WayHome Music and Arts festival is going ahead as planned this weekend at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds in t...
Jul 23rd, 2015
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News release from Springwater Township Protection of Agricultural Land is a top priority in Springwater Township. In an effort to safeguard Agricultural Land for future generations, Deputy Mayor Don Allen introduced a motion on June 22 which reiterates the importance of Agricultural Land in the commu...
Jul 22nd, 2015
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Township of Tiny Strategic Plan Community Workshop Saturday July 11, 2015 By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny All of Tiny Council and staff were present. Jamie Robinson, representing MHBC, Planning, Urban Design & Landscape Architecture, instructed about 30 of us to form working groups so that we could shar...
Jul 22nd, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online A Free Press Online query as to why the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) invokes the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to shield its summary of permit approvals/refusals, from the public agenda, has sparked a review of the p...
Jul 17th, 2015
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from Beeton residents . Receive the latest updates regarding a grassroots effort by residents to “Save the Beeton woods” . Bring the family! There’s a treasure basket for the kids to choose a toy, T-shirts for sale, Prizes for the first 10 donations received. A family fun and inform...
Jul 17th, 2015
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By Barbara Kay National Post In my formative years, summer meant Lake Simcoe and long, halcyon summers. But today, if nobody stops them, the usual suspects are going to — as the song warns — pave paradise and put up a parking lot. Oro-Medonte Township is a rural Ontario enclave of about 20,000 souls ...
Jul 16th, 2015
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News release from Springwater Township Residents now have the opportunity to keep up with what’s happening at Springwater Council from the comfort of their own home. Springwater will begin live web streaming Council meetings from the Township website beginning with the July 20 meeting at 6:30 p.m. Th...
Jul 15th, 2015
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By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times WayHome Music and Arts Festival is a go, but only on the 92 acres currently zoned for special events at Burl’s Creek. Oro-Medonte Township council voted Tuesday to deny a special-events permit to Republic Live for any portion of the property that does ...