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Oct 21st, 2011
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 Agnew to attend NVCA board meeting next Friday, urging rejection of requested refundClarification: the headline on the article has been changed By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 21 2011 Controversy is building about the proposed Memorandum of Understanding that would result in a reduction of $29,...
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Oct 21st, 2011
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Part 1 of 3: Garbage outstripping space By Don Campbell and Thana Dharmarajah Newmarket Era Banner Oct 20, 2011  Bob Beacock ignores the overpowering stench. He walks into a pile of sticky, torn garbage bags dumped on top of one of Ontario’s heaping landfill sites. Read more  Landfills filling up wit...
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Oct 21st, 2011
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By Rick Vanderlinde Barrie Advance Oct 20, 2011 ALCONA — Leslie Street will not be extended through the Leonard’s wetlands, council unanimously decided Wednesday night. Read more     ...
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Oct 21st, 2011
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New tecumseth Free Press Online October 20, 2011 Simcoe County councillors are expected to vote on a Notice of Motion that seeks to rescind a 1990 policy that prohibited the importing/exporting of residential waste as part of a “short term vision” to extend landfill capacities. Read more ...
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Oct 20th, 2011
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Hughes seeks annual levy reduction, Agnew questions huge increase to SSEA By Frank Matys Orillia Today Oct 20, 2011  ORO-MEDONTE – Public works dumped “multiple loads of fill” on a provincially significant wetland when Oro-Medonte was without a regulatory authority in its north end, a for...
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Oct 20th, 2011
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By Bob Bruton – Barrie Examiner October 20 2011 Single-family homes in a single-family neighbourhood. That’s what south-Barrie residents could now see built at the northwest corner of Big Bay Point Road and Hurst Drive. Read more...
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Oct 20th, 2011
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By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Oct 20, 2011 MIDHURST – Simcoe County has done Barrie residents – and future Georgian College and Royal Victoria Hospital employees – an incredible favour, says a Midhurst Landowners Group spokesman. The county has approved the Midhurst Secondary Plan, a move that ...
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Oct 19th, 2011
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Kimvar Enterprises president says resort site will likely carry his name, once it opens By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope October 19 2011 Earl Rumm may be leaving another permanent mark on the Big Bay Point area. The Kimvar Enterprises president has suggested the 235-hectare resort will be renamed either...
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Oct 19th, 2011
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While road has met criticism, underground infrastructure work could be passed By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope October 19 2011 The Leslie Drive extension could be going back to the drawing board. It appears the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority will not lend support to the project, in its curren...
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Oct 19th, 2011
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Barrier needed to protect Beeton neighbours from noise from new roads depot Posted October 18, 2011 New Tecumseth councillors reaffirmed last night they expect Simcoe County to live up to site plan obligations and erect the noise attenuation wall before an occupancy permit is issued for its new roads...