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Jun 24th, 2021
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Brian Saunderson, who is in his first term as Collingwood mayor From Simcoe.com June 9 2021 By Ted Rowe Re: “Saunderson named PC candidate for Simcoe-Grey,” The Connection, June 10. After living a year and a half with COVID in our presence, we have been asked to make many sacrifices. But ...
Jun 22nd, 2021
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Decision to walk back support for pristine water sparks anger, disappointment By Kate Harries AWARE News Network  You may not have heard about this, because the decision was taken behind closed doors, but on May 21 2021, three Tiny Township councillors voted to walk back the municipality’s stance of ...
Jun 16th, 2021
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Dr. Charles Gardner, medical officer of health for Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, enjoys cycling and hiking and believes climate change needs to be tackled like the world tackled the pandemic. From OrilliaMatters June 15, 2021 By OrilliaMatters Staff ‘Climate change will have a much bigge...
Jun 15th, 2021
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David Hawke has won the Richards Education Award from Ontario Nature From Orillia Matters June 15 2021 By Nathan Taylor ‘My way is to let everyone know why these protesters are protesting. If they are not aware, they don’t get it and they won’t care,’ says David Hawke A longtime outdoors ...
Jun 14th, 2021
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May 25, 2021 Letter by Elisa Martelli, Licensed Paralegal, B.A. Hons. Dear Sir/Madame: Re: Proposed Rezoning Application from Agricultural to Small Scale Industrial/Commercial Uses 5520 2nd Line, New Tecumseth (2nd Line West of 15th Sideroad) File No. DEV 395 I am writing to you regarding the current...
Jun 13th, 2021
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The Durham-York Energy Centre opened in Courtice, Ont. in 2015, opening to further commercial operations in 2016. The energy-from-waste facility converts garbage into energy to be sold back to the provincial grid. From Orillia Matters May 30 2021 By Jessica Owen With landfills nearly full, the county...
Jun 12th, 2021
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Oro-Medonte council members are shown during a meeting Wednesday. From Orillia Matters June 11 2021 By Nathan Taylor At tumultuous meeting, councillor accused his colleagues of ‘writing policy on the fly, which is not only reckless, but it’s irresponsible governance’ An Oro-Medonte counci...
Jun 10th, 2021
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By Friends of Simcoe Forests Inc. It is with great pride that we deliver some well-deserved, positive news. On Monday April 26th and Tuesday April 27th we were in Divisional Court arguing the law passed by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing exempting the proposed site location (Freele Fore...
Jun 5th, 2021
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Please sign and share the petition using this link: https://www.change.org/p/clearview-township-stop-the-closure-of-county-road-91 Clearview Township is selling County Road 91, one of the region’s busiest east-west thoroughfares, to a quarry for their private use. It is estimated that the sale value ...
In Barrie
Jun 2nd, 2021
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Protecting Lake Simcoe, process at the core of concerns expressed Simcoe County, ON – On May 31st Barrie Council declined to support the proposed Bradford Bypass, and instead passed a resolution asking the province to do a comprehensive impact assessment on Lake Simcoe and those vulnerable wate...