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Jun 23rd, 2010
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By RAYMOND BOWE Barrie Examiner June 23 2010How much could a partially developed garbage dump fetch on the open market? ...
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Jun 23rd, 2010
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SDS41 -- June 22 2010 -- Slowly, Simcoe County is moving to sell Site 41. ...
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Jun 22nd, 2010
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County council retained the Berkely Consulting Group to look at such questions as – do county councillors get paid enough? should there be changes to the composition and form of election of county councillors? what to do about engaging the public? and how about following the regional model of g...
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Jun 21st, 2010
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Letter to Bradford Times June 10 2010To the editor: I was disappointed that Doug White did not vote with the majority of Simcoe County Councillors to revoke the Certificate of Approval for dumpsite 41. Mr. White likes to point out that the residents from Tiny, Tay, Midland and Penetang have been fill...
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Jun 21st, 2010
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Comment on SDS41 website by Stephen Ogden in response to Bradford Times article – May 9 2010What an interesting perspective by Deputy Mayor Roughley and Mayor White.  I have a different view.  Please allow me to fill in the blanks.  Deputy Mayor Roughley is correct in pointing out that Site 41 ...
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Jun 21st, 2010
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The following news release has been issued by Zero Waste Simcoe in response to a Bradford Times editorial. May 31 2010Use the words Zero Waste in Simcoe County and get ready for strong reactions.  Zero Waste advocates hold it out as the solution to all our waste problems, while the unconvinced regard...
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Jun 21st, 2010
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By Miriam King Bradford Times May 27 2010On May 25, the County of Simcoe finally laid to rest the controversial North Simcoe Landfill site, better known as Site 41. Following the vote in September 2009 to halt construction of the new landfill, County Council has now voted to ask the province to revok...
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Jun 21st, 2010
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By Miriam King Bradford Times April 15 2010The Town must review its Official Plan every 5 years, to ensure it complies with Provincial Policy, and the Official Plan of the upper tier government – in this case the County of Simcoe. But the last time the OP came up for review in 2005, things were...
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Jun 21st, 2010
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Braford Times – May 27 2010 — The Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury and the Town of Innisfil are partners in water. BWG up-fronted both the cost of the water pipeline from Innisfil’s Lakeshore water treatment plant to the Fennell Reservoir, and the cost of the Phase 2 expansion at t...
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Jun 15th, 2010
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City politicians asked to rescind plastic bag bylaw By NATHAN TAYLOR THE PACKET & TIMESA motion to rescind the city’s plastic-bag bylaw was barely defeated Monday night. Representatives with the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) and local industry asked that the bylaw be rescin...