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Jun 20th, 2013
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By Emily Innes, Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin WASAGA BEACH – There are now fewer barriers to building on the floodplains. Council unanimously voted in favour of eliminating the requirement for the Holding Symbol for building on the floodplains along the Nottawasaga River. Residents on the floodplai...
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Jun 20th, 2013
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By Emily Innes, Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin June 11, 2013CLEARVIEW TWP – The township has declared it’s unwilling to host two wind farm projects.Clearview Township council voted 8-1 to support a motion that states the township is not supportive of WPD Canada Corp’s Fairview Wind Project and Skywa...
Jun 20th, 2013
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By Emily Innes Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin WASAGA BEACH – There are now fewer barriers to building on the floodplains. Council unanimously voted in favour of eliminating the requirement for the Holding Symbol for building on the floodplains along the Nottawasaga River. Residents on the floodplain...
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Jun 19th, 2013
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Letter to AWARE Simcoe June 19 2013I am following the continual disregard that Mayor Collins and her Council displays to her electorate with regard to the  unbridled expansionary plans they have for us in Midhurst and Centre Vespra. ...
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Jun 19th, 2013
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By Meade Helman AWARE News Network  June 19 2013BROKEN DIKES: Frank Junkman presented Bradford West Gwillimbury Council with an overview of the two consecutive dike failures and the process to get the funds to put the farmland into production. EDITORIAL COMMENT: One has to ask where MPP Julia Munro a...
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Jun 19th, 2013
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AWARE Simcoe  also rejects companies’ claim that ratepayers' appeal is 'frivolous and vexatious' AWARE Simcoe news release June 19 2013 MIDLAND – AWARE Simcoe deplores the County of Simcoe's attempt to exclude the Midhurst Ratepayers Association (MRA) from the Ontario Municipal Board process involvin...
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Jun 19th, 2013
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By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner June 18, 2013SPRINGWATER TWP. - The Midhurst Ratepayers’ Association is gearing up for a fight to defend their right to participate at a Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing to quash plans for a new subdivision in Midhurst. ...
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Jun 18th, 2013
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By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner June 17, 2013 Barrie’s waterfront is a family-friendly kind of place.Now a different kind of family has taken an interest in the area: snapping turtles.Over the weekend, a female laid her eggs in a parking lot beside Lakeshore Drive across from Kempenfelt Bay. ...
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Jun 18th, 2013
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Valuable farmland in Holland Marsh area submerged for the second time after a dike broke and flooded the area Sunday morningBy: Sahar Fatima Toronto Star Jun 17 2013 Farmers in the Holland Marsh area have started cleaning up after their fields were submerged for the second time when a dike broke and ...
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Jun 18th, 2013
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New Tecumseth Free Press June 17, 2013Mayors of the seven municipalities in Simcoe County who meet as the Primary Settlement Areas (PUSA) Working Group have updated their Statement of Common Principles whose application with provincial support could include the regionalization of services such as wat...