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Apr 12th, 2012
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By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe April 11 2012Simcoe County’s corporate services committee voted today to accept a staff report recommending that BFI  Canada be awarded the waste collections contract, for $10.7 million in the first year.  The bid is $2.6 million less than is budgeted for 2012. The decisi...
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Apr 10th, 2012
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By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe April 10 2012Today, members of Simcoe County’s governance committee met to consider how to proceed on changes that would completely remake the county system of government. ...
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Apr 7th, 2012
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$10.7 million bid provides 21 per cent savings for first year By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe April 6 2012Simcoe County’s corporate services committee will decide next Wednesday whether to go along with a staff recommendation that the waste collection contract be awarded to BFI Canada for $10,659,388.84...
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In Ramara
Apr 6th, 2012
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By MIRANDA MINASSIAN, The Packet & Times April 6Bill Duffy believes the dead and ailing elk he is charged with failing to care for are the result of a neighbour’s sabotage.Read more...
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Apr 6th, 2012
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News release from Simcoe County April 5, 2012Being green is easier now that blue grew. The blue box program has expanded in Simcoe County to add a number of new plastic materials to the list of recyclable items, and to make room, the blue boxes themselves are growing by 30 per cent.REad more...
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In Orillia
Apr 6th, 2012
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By SARA ROSS Orillia Packet and Times April 5 2012Mayor Angelo Orsi has not charged Orillia for his 2011 mileage and other expenses.Read more...
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Apr 6th, 2012
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By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press April 5 2012Midland Council met Monday in a bid to improve its meeting procedures and correct the perception that it is divided.Read more...
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Apr 6th, 2012
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By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press April 5 2012Kathy Willis, a provincial appointee to the Midland Police Services Board, has questioned proposed amendments to the board’s procedural bylaw.Read more...
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Apr 6th, 2012
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By GORDON MCKAY Midland Free Press April 5 2012Six months ago Midland Council drew up a list of what it wanted to accomplish during its mandate. The list crystalized Council’s priorities and set the wheels in motion to start working on them.Read more...
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Apr 6th, 2012
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New Tec to borrow funding until DCs roll inNew Tecumseth Free Press April 3, 2012The largest water infrastructure project in New Tecumseth since the Georgian Bay pipeline construction has been awarded to H20ntario Inc for $6.33 million (not including HST).Read more...