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In Barrie
Oct 4th, 2013
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By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance September 26 2013Barrie needs to get condo and apartment dwellers pitching into reducing their waste, Mayor Jeff Lehman said. The city is cutting back garbage collection to every second week in 2015 to prompt you to recycle and better use your green bins, which will stil...
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Oct 4th, 2013
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Letter to the Alliston Herald September 26 2013 I am writing to correct misinformation included within Mr. McInnes’s letter published in the Sept.19 issue of The Herald. ...
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In Essa
Oct 4th, 2013
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By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald Sep 23, 2013 ESSA - Essa Township will be benefiting from three County of Simcoe initiated road improvement projects over the next couple of years. ...
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In Barrie
Oct 2nd, 2013
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By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner September 24, 2013 Curbside garbage pickup could be cut to once every two weeks in Barrie.City councillors will consider the change Monday, although it would still allow two bags of waste to be collected within a two-week period. ...
In Barrie
Oct 1st, 2013
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By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner City curbs will only be cluttered with trash bags once every two weeks, beginning in 2015. Barrie council gave final approval this week to cutting garbage pick-up to once every two weeks, although two bags of waste will still be allowed bi-weekly for homes.
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Sep 30th, 2013
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By Marshall Green Barrie Advance Sep 23, 2013 Land use planning today is a very complicated exercise. One has to consider environmental impacts (everything from noise pollution to ground water), infrastructure (Will the pipes handle the new development? What will the traffic impact be?) to finances (...
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In Essa
Sep 29th, 2013
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By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald Sep 23, 2013  hESSA - Essa Township will be benefiting from three County of Simcoe initiated road improvement projects over the next couple of years. ...
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Sep 29th, 2013
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Developer want to close Barrie park, build townhomesBy Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Seot. 26 2013Mobile home parks can be part of a varied housing stock that offers affordable options, Simcoe County's social housing director says. ...
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Sep 28th, 2013
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Letter to Springwater Township September 26 3013A special Township Council meeting was held on Tuesday September 17, to answer some of the questions posed by residents at the Public Information meeting of May 14. These questions concerned the massive Midhurst Secondary Plan (MSP) proposed for Springw...
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Sep 28th, 2013
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Letter to the Springwater News September 26 2013For those of you who haven’t heard of the Midhusrt Secondary Plan (MSP), it’s time to sit up and take notice. At last night’s Springwater Township meeting, in a surprise motion, your Council (with the exception of two) voted to continue on with the MSP ...