By GISELE WINTON SARVIS Orillia Packet & Times March 5 2012 Planners and economic development officials in Oro-Medonte Township have visions of Horseshoe Valley being transformed into a Whistler Village-style development. “We are hoping to make us the Whistler or Mount Tremblant of our area,” sa...
Growth that has become uneconomic in the sense of increasing illth faster than wealthBy Herman Daly The Daly News March 5 2012The US and Western Europe are in a recession threatening to become a depression as bad as that of the 1930s. Therefore we look to Keynesian policies as the cure, namely stimul...
We also need answers on county's plans for Site 42By Stephen Ogden AWARE Simcoe March 4 2012Many years ago, councils in Simcoe County moved to open many dumps to provide a place to bury our garbage. It has been said many times and by many people, including Simcoe County environmental services directo...
But first: D is for Diapers and Dithering on DiversionBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe March 3 2012Switching to bi-weekly garbage pickup is one of the most useful things a municipality can do if it wants to encourage diversion.That’s because it’s only the rubbish destined for the dump that gets held in-h...
UPDATED with recorded vote Councillors vote down motion to invite Ombudsman to address allegations in clerks and treasurers letter By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe March 3 2012A letter from the Simcoe County Clerks and Treasurers Association to Simcoe County Council opposing appointment of the Ontario Om...
...before the village is drawn and quarteredBy Bill Nieuwland Springwater News March 1, 2012When I moved to Vespra Township more than forty years ago, it was an area of beautiful natural and agricultural landscape. Midhurst was a small village of mostly modest homes scattered along a few quiet street...
Study regional police force, council urges county By Nicole Million|Mar 02, 2012 PENETANGUISHENE – It’s taken more than a year, but a motion asking Simcoe County to study the effectiveness of a regional police force made its way back to Penetanguishene council on Feb. 29. Read more ...
County workers have been without a contract since 2009; take their message to councillors By CHERYL BROWNE – Barrie Examiner March 2 2012 Simcoe County paramedics have been without a contract since Dec. 31, 2009. Read more ...
…at a Springwater township Planning Committee meeting? by Les Stewart ILoveMidhurst March 2 2012 I did last night. And all the residents of Springwater (+12) and the local prominent custom developer did. Read more ...
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