AWARE News Network The following is the text of the AWARE Simcoe presentation to Simcoe County Council at the hearing into whether the stop-work order of the Beeton Woods clear cutting should be lifted. (The hearing is open to the public and all are urged to attend. This is the link to the agenda, wi...
Questions for Simcoe County Official Plan OMB Public Info Sessions, to be held in Midhurst April 20 Submitted by AWARE Simcoe March 31, 2015 Preamble AWARE Simcoe appreciates County Council holding the Public Information Sessions on April 20, 2015. We are submitting these questions in advance so th...
One of my key points during last Fall’s election campaign was Agriculture. As soon as I was elected I requested to be the Simcoe County representative on the Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture and I am also an alternate on the County Agricultural Liaison Committee. Farming is the key economic dr...
News release from Nicole Cox and Brittney Francis Residents of Beeton, Ontario have been intensely campaigning against a County decision allowing for the removal of a mature local forest containing endangered butternut trees. Through the investigations carried out by Beeton residents themselves, susp...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth solicitor Jay Feehely will represent the Town next Tuesday morning at a hearing concerning an appeal of Simcoe County’s stop work order that suspended a special permit issued to clear approximately 30 acres of woodlot from the 241 acre agricultural ...
By Simcoe County Warden Gerry Marshall Barrie Examiner Spring is here and I look forward to another successful green season of events, festivals, tourism and outdoor activities across our county. As warmer weather arrives, projects heat up at the County of Simcoe. Our planning department is responsi...
New release from Springwater Township The Township of Springwater is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Mark Archer as the Director of Public Works, effective as of March 23. Raised in Elmvale, Mr. Archer joined the Township of Springwater as the Deputy Director of Public Works in 2005. He br...
By Brea Bartholet Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic With deliberations surrounding the South Simcoe Police Services Board budget out of the way, it’s time to take a look at the bigger picture. According to Mayor Rob Keffer, this year’s tax increase will be the second lowest Bradford West Gwillimbury ha...
Responsibility to protect crucial part of our community From: Steve de la Bastide As residents of Beeton know, if you take a short walk north of town you can find a lovely trail which was once an old railway line and is now a proposed Trans-Canada trail route. This trail leads to unique and stunning ...
By Roberta Bell, Orillia Packet & Times Burl’s Creek has put a construction project on hold after it was warned and fined by the local conservation authority, but the newly expanded park will still reopen this summer as planned, says a vice-president. “I can 100% guarantee that the work stoppage ...
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