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Nov 12th, 2014
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Notes from final meeting of current term By Noelle Rancourt AWARE News Network Collins/Hough Item 15.  CCW 14-397 Annual Report Summaries for Various Closed landfill Sites  Midland Deputy Mayor Stephan Kramp raised concerns at the November 10 meeting of Simcoe County Council about a closed landfill s...
Nov 12th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online  Simcoe County council on Monday approved a bigger draw from development charges and reserve account to fund the estimated $794,000 additional costs to build new paramedic stations in Alliston and Beeton as scheduled in 2015. However, because the recommendation is rela...
Nov 9th, 2014
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from Springwater Park Citizens Coalition Join us this Remembrance Day – Tuesday November 11, 2014 – assembling at 10 am at Springwater Provincial Park’s Cenotaph In Honour of the Vespra Boys And all who fought so we may be free Lest We Forget Stay and enjoy our outdoor theatre with a repl...
Nov 8th, 2014
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The Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury is staging an information centre on the  proposed new interchange at Line 5 and Highway 400. This is an opportunity for the public to review the detailed design for the project undertaken by consltants URS Canada Inc and the Ainley Group. A notice posted by the t...
Nov 6th, 2014
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By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press  Honda is investing $857 million in its car plant in Alliston, Ont., over the next three years, with provincial taxpayers kicking in 10 per cent of the total cost. Premier Kathleen Wynne announced Thursday that the province will give Honda a conditional grant of u...
Nov 6th, 2014
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By  Laurie Watt Barrie Advance The Ontario Municipal Board has given the green light to a series of Midhurst subdivisions, which could mean road upgrades for major arteries linking to Barrie. In a Oct. 29 decision, hearing chairperson M.C. Denhez approved plans for 4,861 combined units, which would b...
Nov 5th, 2014
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By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner Small home-grown organizations that have sprung up in response to town councils’ development decisions are organizing their efforts to affect the winds of change in municipal politics. “We’re not against development, we’re just for better planning,”...
Nov 5th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Simcoe County is discovering its new property on Industrial Parkway was more amenable to farming than construction of a new paramedic station, whose costs are the only thing currently growing on site. In his update report to County councillors included on the Nov. 10th...
Nov 4th, 2014
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Town committed to development and growth, says Coun. Debbie Levy By  Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror PENETANGUISHENE – Penetanguishene council rejected a staff request last week to halt development on Rolling Sands lands until a second environmental study could be completed. “I don’t support this motion...
Nov 3rd, 2014
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By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner ORO-MEDONTE TWP. — A group of Horseshoe Valley residents continue to fight a proposal by Simcoe County to make changes to a stretch of County Road 22 (Horseshoe Valley Road) between Line 3 and Line 4. The county is proposing to improve intersections along the stretch, ...