by Ken Hashizume Bayshore Broadcasting Building relationships is just one purpose of a meeting with the leaders of four Simcoe County municipalities and Rama First Nation. The meeting was held Thursday inside the office of Orillia Mayor Steve Clarke at City Hall. It saw Harry Hughes of Oro-Medonte, ...
From the Sharing Place Food Bank A free day of education, discussion and action planning to grow the Orillia Food Council and progress local food security. Hear inspiring keynotes from experts in the field. Thursday February 19, 2015 Time: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm (registration opens 8:00 am) Locally...
Single-use packaging an increasing contributor to ocean pollution – only 14 per cent is recycled From As You Sow SAN FRANCISCO, CA – While plastic packaging is the fastest growing form of packaging in the U.S. in large part due to the popularity of fast food and consumer beverages, only ...
By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror PENETANGUISHENE – Road maintenance is the winner in the 2015 budget for the Town of Penetanguishene, while parks took the biggest hit. The largest increase went to the public works department and roads with $2,308,059. That is a boost of $157,222 from last year’s alloc...
Report of Tiny Township Council Meeting, Monday January 26, 2015 By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny Burnside and Associates made a presentation regarding the staatus and next steps of the septage issue. Burnside confirms that this issue is on Phase 2 and on hold. The preferred alternative is to find a sight to...
By Roberta Bell Orillia Packet & Times The mayor of Oro-Medonte won’t be involved in making decisions when it comes to the newly expanded Burl’s Creek Event Grounds. Harry Hughes, whose grandson began working in the fall for the former owner of the Line 8 South park, declared a conflict of intere...
Collingwood Connection The election signs may have been put away three months ago, but the actions of Collingwood’s councillors haven’t shown they’re willing to work as a team – as they’ve been elected to do. For a group of people who spoke about vision, plans, roadmaps and strategies leading up to t...
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