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Apr 17th, 2014
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Councillor defends owners’ rights By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Barrie council is simply refusing to help a group of vulnerable residents, Burton Avenue Mobile Home Owners Association spokesperson Frank Fanuzzi says. Monday night, councillors gave initial approval to a rezoning and a subdivision plan...
Apr 15th, 2014
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By Dominik Kurek Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic York Region and area farmers and grassroots initiatives are big winners today after the federal government announced another $8.6 million to clean up Lake Simcoe and its watershed. This funding is part of a 10-year commitment that puts Ottawa more than...
Apr 15th, 2014
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CORRECTION: In an earlier version of this post, MRA president Sandy Buxton was incorrectly quoted as saying that Springwater is being “sued” by developers.  The wording she used in her letter (full text below) is that the MSP developers have taken Springwater to the OMB. The introduction ...
Apr 15th, 2014
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From Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition  Scientists suggest that 40% of the watershed be permanently in “high quality natural cover”. But now only about 35% of the watershed is in natural cover (high quality or not) and very little of that is truly protected. Oro-Medonte’s Official Plan is currently being ...
Apr 13th, 2014
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Ever have to listen to someone, that doesn’t even vote, complain about political issues? Meade Helman may have the solution, listen to his video blog....
Apr 12th, 2014
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The AWARE Simcoe Annual General Meeting is coming up! It will be held on Saturday May 3, 2014 at the Midhurst Community Centre, 74 Doran Road in Midhurst, starting at 10:00 a.m. Business will include:  1. Update on the Simcoe County Official Plan (SCOP) OMB hearing. 2. Election of officers. If any AW...
Apr 11th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press  New Tecumseth’s annual debt service obligations grew to $5.4 million (P&I) in 2013, an increase of $1.58 million, reducing the municipality’s Annual Repayment Limit to $3.3 million in 2014, according to the Annual Repayment Limit (ARL) schedule posted by Onta...
Apr 10th, 2014
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By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance A year of uncertainty about Springwater Park’s future has sown the seeds — and cash — for meaningful talks on a partnership to reopen the facility. The Springwater Park Foundation has so far raised $103,000 and it’s putting its cash where its mouth is as it plans talks w...
Apr 10th, 2014
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OMB told Barrie wants traffic study, water budget; NVCA considers summer hearing ‘premature’ By Kate Harries The importance of the “Special Rule” that then Infrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli brought in to make the Midhurst Secondary Plan legal was spelled out by a lawyer at an Ontario Municipal Bo...
Apr 10th, 2014
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Webster finds province’s approval ‘inconceivable’ Letter to the Springwater News As time advances and my municipal term comes to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to offer my position, as Springwater’s Ward 3 Councillor, on the Midhurst Secondary Plan (MSP). This Counci...