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Mar 26th, 2014
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Final push joined by Atwood in Twitter feed Today, the 5,000th  person signed the petition to save the village of Midhurst (population 3,500), preserve the 756 hectares of surrounding farmland and stop the proposed effluent discharge into the Willow Creek and the internationally treasured Minesing We...
Mar 26th, 2014
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By Richard Blanchard  New Tecumseth Times   Leo Losereit will be running for mayor of Adjala-Tosorontio in this fall’s elections. Loseriet  announced his decision to run at  a meeting on Sunday organized by the Everett Ratepayers Association to discuss the next moves to stop a bylaw which would ...
Mar 25th, 2014
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 From AWARE Oro Medonte AWARE Oro-Medonte is holding its Annual General Meeting on  Thursday April 24, 2014 from 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at the Edgar Community Hall Guest speakers are Tim Crooks & Claire Malcolmson of Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition TOPIC:  ‘Saving Lake Simcoe’ Learn about the Lake S...
Mar 24th, 2014
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by Sandy Buxton That hoary cliche “and the plot thickens” is taking on new life in dear old Springwater.  Yes, we have a real mystery on our hands.  Not a murder mystery, mind you, but a good old head-scratcher nonetheless. Here’s the plot so far. In February, when budget deliberations were underway,...
Mar 22nd, 2014
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MIRIAM KING, QMI AGENCY INNISFIL — As the South Innisfil Creek Drain improvement project — pegged so far at $6.7 million — continues to stir controversy, some landowners face looming five-figure, or higher, assessments. They will be looking for answers if a meeting with a new drainage referee, possib...
Mar 21st, 2014
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By Maija Hoggett  Alliston Herald NEW TECUMSETH – Another Alliston councillor is gunning for a promotion in the fall municipal election. Current Ward 1 Coun. Bob Marrs is running for the New Tecumseth mayor’s seat. He said a number of people have been asking him to run for mayor, but it was a r...
Mar 20th, 2014
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Global News Plans are in the works to turn the Ontario farming community into a bustling suburban city. But some in the community are calling the development a step backwards. Christina Stevens explains. ...
Mar 19th, 2014
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By Andrew Schell Orillia Packet & Times  Clean water is critical to both human and ecological sustainability. The City of Orillia is fortunate to be surrounded by two of Ontario’s most beautiful lakes — Simcoe and Couchiching. Environmental problems, including degraded water quality, have histori...
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Mar 18th, 2014
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By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner  Gillespie-Rogers wants to trade his spade for the Barrie mayor’s chair next October. The 19-year-old trades worker filed his nomination papers last week to challenge incumbent Jeff Lehman and political newcomer Ram Faerber in the race to become the next mayor. “I...
Mar 14th, 2014
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By Meade Helman We as a species have a problem and we call it growth or over-development. WE don’t really have any predators so the only way the population will be reduced is pestilence, war or invasion by aliens that think humans taste like chicken. By the way, overpopulation leads to pestilence and...