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In Tiny
Oct 18th, 2011
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Tiny Township Septage Meeting October 15, 2011 ReportBy Vickie Kee AWARE TinyThe Township Of Tiny is undertaking a Class Environmental Assessment Study to establish the preferred approach for providing septage and holding tank waste disposal services for the residents of the Township. ...
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Oct 18th, 2011
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County, Springwater approve huge development in Midhurst  Barrie Examiner editorial October 19 2011 Why would Simcoe County and Springwater Township councils approve a proposed Midhurst development which runs contrary to provincial planning policy? Read more ...
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Oct 17th, 2011
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New date is October 27 AWARE Simcoe October 17 2011 The Nottawasaga Conservation Authority has changed the deadline for comment on the Oro-Medonte memorandum of understanding. It is now October 27, 2011. More details ...
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Oct 12th, 2011
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Tiny Township Council Meeting October 11 2011By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny October 12 2011John Challinor, representing Nestle Waters Of Canada, gave his presentation to Tiny Council on Tuesday.The corporation is protesting the decision of Tiny Council in making the Township the First Blue Community in Ont...
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Oct 9th, 2011
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Memorandum of Understanding for Environmental Services drafted for Township of Oro-MedonteUPDATE: NVCA issued a correction to the deadline for comment, which is now October 27. The text below has been changed accordinglyNVCA news release OCTOBER 7 2011 UTOPIA – Members of the public are invited to su...
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In Barrie
Oct 4th, 2011
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Incentives to developers for cleaning up contaminated sites By BOB BRUTON Barrie Examiner October 4 2011 The city could take steps to turn brownfields into greenfields in its downtown and Allandale areas. A public meeting Monday concerned amendments to the city’s Official Plan and the the Downt...
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Oct 4th, 2011
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Council stops short of opening chequebook for research partnership By SARA ROSS Orillia Packet & Times October 4 2011 Orillia councillors would like to see funding partners come forward to support a city partnership with Lakehead University to look at cleaning up the city’s brownfield site...
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Oct 1st, 2011
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By DOUGLAS GLYNN Barrie Examiner October 1 2011 MIDHURST — Zero Waste Simcoe has criticized the county’s new plan to keep trash off curbs by only increasing the price of extra bags by a buck. Sandy Agnew, a director of Zero Waste, said council lacked the resolve to deal with the issue of waste ...
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Oct 1st, 2011
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Not if councillors have learned that change at Simcoe County is not going to be easy By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 1 2011There are those who will say that Simcoe County Council has wasted a year in tackling its waste problems by dithering on changes to curbside pickupI would disagee...
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Oct 1st, 2011
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Canada Post hasn't stuck to agreement with township - MillarTiny Township Council Meeting of September 26, 2011 ReportBy Vickie Kee September 30 2011A company,Nestle Waters Canada, is going to challenge the councils latest decision of banning water bottles from being sold at the township's facilities...