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Oct 7th, 2014
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Blatant attempt to influence local electors in small rural township AWARE Simcoe news release Premier Kathleen Wynne should not be intervening in a local municipal election, says AWARE Simcoe chair Don Morgan. Her announcement yesterday that she does not plan to review the Midhurst Secondary Plan or ...
Oct 6th, 2014
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By Brad PritchardAlliston Herald ADJALA-TOSORONTIO – The Everett Secondary Plan dominated the discussion at the first all-candidates meeting for the Adjala-Tosorontio municipal election. Tuesday night’s two-hour meeting at the Everett Legion organized by the Adjala-Tosorontio Residents’ Associa...
Oct 6th, 2014
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AWARE Simcoe note: Wynne’s letter states she does not plan to review the MSP. As mayoral candidate Bill French points out, No elected official from Springwater has asked for a review of the MSP or the Special Rule so of course the province has no plans to do so… (the letter) suggests the door i...
Oct 6th, 2014
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Dumping waste on fields won’t work anymore, council hopefuls tell meeting By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror TINY TOWNSHIP – Tiny Township must stop dumping its sewage onto fields and finally come up with a septage solution. That was the message from municipal election candidates during a Tuesday night ...
Oct 5th, 2014
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OPP investigation, casino, debt, recreational facilities top of mind at Collingwood meeting By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The yet-to-be completed Ontario Provincial Police investigation into allegations of corruption at town hall has, in the words of one of the mayoral candidates, left “a stain ...
Oct 5th, 2014
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By Kate Harries AWARE News Network A group of Clearview citizens has collected data on the township’s finances and organized it in a get-it-at-a-glance graphic style. Much of the data is taken from the Financial Information Returns, publicly available audited reports that municipalities are obliged t...
Oct 2nd, 2014
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From the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority – Highlights of the Board of Directors Meeting, Sept. 26, 2014 Alexandra Service of Ducks Unlimited Canada presented to the board on the recently established Lake Simcoe Georgian Bay Wetland Collaborative. Ducks Unlimited, NVCA, Lake Simcoe Reg...
Oct 2nd, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online The Schedule C Class Environmental Assessment of the proposed wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Everett has identified the preferred option to be a new membrane bioreactor located in the north east area of Everett with surface water outfall to the Pine River west of...
Oct 2nd, 2014
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By Miriam King Bradford Times It was standing room only for the first “All Candidates” Meeting, organized by the Bradford Board of Trade and Holland Marsh Growers’ Association, and held upstairs at the old Bradford Arena, September 29. The meeting was for Mayoral and Deputy Mayoral candidates only, w...
Oct 2nd, 2014
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By Dominik Kurek Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic The Bradford West Gwillimbury mayoral candidates debated local issues such as job creation, taxes and seniors housing at an all-candidates meeting Monday at the Bradford & District Memorial Community Centre. The meeting was hosted by the Bradford B...