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Jul 19th, 2013
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New Tecumseth Free Press July 18, 2013The proponent of a proposed four-storey, 48-unit condominium building at 67 and 75 Boyne Street currently working through the zoning bylaw amendment process that would permit its construction, has been cleared by council to erect a sales trailer on site, despite ...
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Jul 19th, 2013
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By Bill French AWARE News Network July 18 2013I believe the conduct at the Springwater Township is moving to a new-time low. We hear the criticism all the time on tightly controlled members of the Harper government. People don’t necessarily agree with me, but I have no problem as it is a party system...
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Jul 18th, 2013
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Letter to the Springwater News July 18 2013I attended the Springwater Council meeting on Monday July 15, 2013. I was very saddened by a situation that transpired. Dan McLean, the deputy mayor, read a 2 page letter concerning Councillor Sandy McConkey.  He accused her of breach of procedural decorum a...
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Jul 12th, 2013
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By Kate Harries AWARE News Network July 12 2013Springwater Council improperly met behind closed doors without providing public notice, an investigator has found.In a June 26 decision, John Maddox contradicts the township’s contention that the Jan. 21 2013 gathering was not a meeting as defined by the...
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Jul 12th, 2013
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New Tecumseth Free Press July 8, 2013The 2012 audited financial statements for New Tecumseth shows $4.1 million owing in future benefits to municipal employees, an increase of $1.7 million including "another WSIB claim for a fire fighter under the presumption legislation." ...
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Jul 11th, 2013
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From Clearview Community Coaltion July 11 2013The Superior Court released their decision yesterday. It is not the result that we had hoped for and, in our view, it is not the correct decision. The court deferred to the June 2012 decision of the two OMB members who approved Walkers’ new quarry, rather...
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Jul 11th, 2013
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By Michael Gennings Stayner Sun July 9 2013Clearview Township council decided Monday night it will go ahead with an electoral review.Council unanimously approved proceeding with the review after receiving a report from clerk Pamela Fettes, outlining the type of work that will be involved. ...
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Jul 11th, 2013
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The key components of a re-built Clearview Posted by AWARE Simcoe July 11 2013Copyright 2013 - Peter Lomath and Dave Huskinson.First presented to a seminar about the MPAC property assessment system on January 24, 2013Putting the management of Clearview firmly BACK in the hands of a smaller revitalize...
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Jul 9th, 2013
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By Janis Ramsay Barrie Advance July 9 2013 Brown shades of soot are starting to tarnish a white tarp hanging on a 60-foot traditional teaching lodge at Springwater Provincial Park.The lodge — one of three constructed in the last decade in the Simcoe County area — was the gathering place for 74 aborig...
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Jul 5th, 2013
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By Kate Harries AWARE News Network July 4 2013Springwater councillors Jack Hanna and Sandy McConkey are back as members of the residents liaison group on an environmental assessment for the Midhurst Secondary Plan. ...