Letter to the Springwater News I am reluctant to send a letter to the paper as I have always believed that information and discussion on complicated concerns like the Midhurst Secondary Plan (MSP) should be done in Council or one -on -one with individuals. I have had many verbal discussions with rate...
News release from Gravel Watch Ontario Gravel Watch Ontario, a coalition of Ontario community and environmental groups, is alarmed by provisions in the 2014 Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) that promote reprocessing of toxic industrial waste in aggregate sites. “These proposed changes, inserted at t...
By Michael McClymont Orillia Packet & Times Orillia – A throng of supporters filled the lobby at Orillia city hall as Steve Clarke made official his intention to run for mayor of the city. The local businessman filed his election papers Wednesday morning at city hall and became the city’s ...
Marshall explains possible school closure emotional issue for many By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror PENETANGUISHENE – A petition calling for the Penetanguishene and Midland secondary schools to stay open has angered school board trustees and is being called a “futile exercise in social media that bomb...
From Transition Collingwood Earth Day Watershed Clean-up Join Transition Collingwood, Blue Mountain Watershed Trust, Nature League, Women for the Water, and CCI for a community clean-up of Collingwood’s public spaces and waterways. Tuesday April the 22th (Earth Day!) we will gather at 1pm at th...
The April 22 meeting of Springwater Council is going to be very important – and not just for Midhurst. – Anyone who cares about the Minesing Wetlands and the Nottawasaga watershed should attend. – Anyone who lives downstream of the proposed Midhurst Secondary Plan (Wasaga Beach resi...
By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance The Ministry of Natural Resources is talking with the Beausoleil First Nation about reopening Springwater Provincial Park as a pair of warring citizens’ groups wait to hear if they’ll be included. But while the ministry is “pleased to be working with” Beausoleil, the mi...
My View – As I observe the jockeying of all the parties that will prosper from the Mega Development plans for Midhurst, it appears that the final decisions are being based on greed not need. The open house by the Midhurst Landowners Group at the County Museum recently was quite impressive, if y...
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