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Jun 5th, 2013
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New Tecumseth Free Press June 3, 2013 Great Canadian Gaming, which owns Georgian Downs, will be paid $31.5-million from the OLG as compensation for being cut out of the slots revenue-sharing program last year. ...
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Jun 5th, 2013
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By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press June 4, 2013 In what Mayor Gordon McKay describes as “a bold statement defining our town’s future,” Midland council has voted to buy the Unimin waterfront lands.In a 7-1 vote at a special meeting Friday, council passed a bylaw to enter into a purchase and sale agre...
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May 31st, 2013
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Several animals moved from the park earlier this week By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner May 30, 2013SPRINGWATER TWP. - Teenagers climbing the fence of the white fox’s den made the native women at Springwater Provincial Park fear for the animals’ plight. ...
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May 31st, 2013
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By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner May 29, 2013City-owned land in downtown Barrie could one day be on the block.Councillors gave initial approval this week to issue a request for proposals (RFP) to re-develop city-owned property there, and report back by this mid-October. ...
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May 30th, 2013
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New Tecumseth Free Press May 29, 2013Simcoe County's governance committee is recommending a four month trial run that would replace the three standing committee system of council with a committee of the whole structure whereby all 32 county councillors would meet collectively to deal with all matters...
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May 30th, 2013
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By Stephannie Johnson Cottage Country Now May 29 2013 Thirteen animals from Springwater Park Zoo, just north of Barrie, will now call Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary home.Today, nine of the 13 animals, ranging from an albino raccoon, lynx, and a black bear, have been moved from the park that closed i...
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May 24th, 2013
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By Meade Helman AWARE News Network May 24 2013At the May 21 council meeting, James Leduc, supported by Raj Sandhu , bought forward  a motion to have our BWG council write to Hon. Peter Van Loan and ask him to urge the Prime Minister to call in the RCMP to investigate the current scandal that started ...
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May 20th, 2013
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By Kate Harries AWARE News Network May 20 2013 A meeting last week has resulted in a political shift that may affect the future of 300 hectares of farmland in Springwater Township, presently due to be paved over. Under intense pressure at a three-hour public meeting on May 14, township officials agre...
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Apr 29th, 2013
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By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald April 29 2013The vote to adopt the Everett Secondary Plan into the township’s Official Plan will be put on hold possibly until June while the township seeks more information to justify its growth proposal.Adjala-Tosorontio director of planning Jacquie Tschekalin said...
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Apr 29th, 2013
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Link to April 8 2013 meeting of New Tecumseth council ...