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Jun 14th, 2011
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Warnock: Against move that closes door on Shotyk’s water research project By DOUGLAS GLYNN Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin June 14 2011 Simcoe County council appears set to declare “surplus” a portion of the former Site 41 property so it can be sold. The county clerk has issued a no...
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Jun 13th, 2011
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Will councillors debate this in the open? Or are they slipping back into Guergis-style politics?By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe June 13 2011Hot on the heels of growing enthusiasm for Dr. William Shotyk’s proposal for a water innovation research facility at Site 41 comes news that the County of Simcoe in...
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Jun 7th, 2011
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A North American first: Entropex recovers clam shells, bakery trays By PAUL MORDEN, The Observer June 6 2011 Ontario is giving a Sarnia company $4 million to further develop a method of recycling plastic packaging that currently ends up in landfill sites. The money for Entropex, from Ontario’s ...
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Jun 7th, 2011
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By anis Ramsay simcoe.com Jun 07, 2011 BARRIE  – Ready with architectural drawings and tenants, a developer who has invested time and money into the Allandale station land is shocked to hear council may sell it off. “For reasons that are not clear, the recent motion before council proposes sign...
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Jun 6th, 2011
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AWARE Simcoe June 06 2011 Simcoe County’s new mobile education unit is featured in a video interview by Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. ...
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Jun 6th, 2011
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Company looking to re-develop Allandale station property unhappy with plan By Bob Bruton – Barrie Examiner June 6 2011 The company that wants to re-develop Barrie’s Allandale station land is whistling down a city plan to change course. The Correct Group Inc. (CGI) says it doesn’t support ...
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Jun 6th, 2011
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Snow Valley water issue points to need for tougher standards for developer-built infrastructureLocal Politics – My View – By Bill French June 5 2011I mentioned in a recent article about a suggestion from Springwater Councillor Rick Webster inquiring about possibly rethinking the way we did our snowpl...
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Jun 5th, 2011
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Locals have always know their water is clean – but they’re only beginning to understand how clean  AWARE Simcoe June 5 2011 The June issue of Canadian Geographic features an article on the Elmvale Groundwater Observatory (EGO) and Dr. William Shotyk’s research into the purest water ...
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Jun 3rd, 2011
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Report of Tiny Township Council Meeting, May 30, 2011By Elsie  MacLaren AWARE Tiny June 3 2010Many members of the public were at this meeting. There were two presentations. The first was by Bill French on “Sustainable solutions,” and how his company could help the township with solutions to benefit t...
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Jun 3rd, 2011
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Forest fires sometimes needed to maintain balance By CHERYL BROWNE Midland Free Press June 2 2011 In big red letters across the top of Mother Nature’s clipboard are the words forest fires with a red check mark beside them. After talking to forest and forest fire experts, it becomes clear that f...