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Dec 27th, 2019
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Margaret Atwood, MRA’s biggest sponsor  From the Midhurst Ratepayers Association December 12 2019 As some of you may remember, the MRA submitted an appeal (Part II Order/Bump Up) of the Environmental Assessment that was conducted to determine potential environmental impacts caused by the Midhur...
Dec 20th, 2019
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Council approves appointments despite concerns from some residents who wanted a byelection By Nathan Taylor Orillia Matters Oro-Medonte’s council is about to become whole again. At a special meeting this week, council approved the appointments of Ralph Hough as deputy mayor and Tammy DeSousa as Ward ...
Dec 20th, 2019
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Ramara operations are not addressed in this plan News release from SOS Beaverton  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We want to acknowledge the fantastic support we have received with over 12,000 signatories to our petition to stop the agricultural pollution into Lake Simcoe from the Goodyear Farm o...
Dec 17th, 2019
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Springwater Mayor Don Allen The charges against the mayor are related to a June, 2019, incident By Erika Engel Collingwood Today Springwater’s mayor will be in court next fall for a two-day trial surrounding charges of impaired and dangerous driving stemming from a June incident. Don Allen’s case wil...
Dec 13th, 2019
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The late John Pitts by Frank Matys Orillia Today Momentum is building as the Couchiching Conservancy forges ahead with efforts to safeguard ecologically important lands for generations to come. The charitable land trust announced that a 185-acre tract of forest, grassland and wetland inside the Black...
Dec 11th, 2019
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From left, Ward 1 Councillor Ian Veitch, Ward 5 Councillor Randy Greenlaw, Mayor Harry Hughes, Ward 3 Councillor Cathy Keane and Ward 4 Councillor Shawn Scott. The electorate is weary, says Hughes AWARE News Network Citing fiscal responsibility, three of Oro-Medonte’s five members of council voted to...
Dec 11th, 2019
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News release from Simcoe County Starting February 3, 2020, households will receive garbage and recycling collection on alternating weeks, while green bin collection will continue every week. Your curbside waste collection is changing To bring consistency and predictability back to your weekly waste c...
Dec 9th, 2019
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Oro-Medonte near Mount St. Louis – Wikipedia Creative Commons AWARE Simcoe The following statement has been released by the AWARE Simcoe board of directors: Having transparency and accountability in government as the first item in its mission statement, AWARE Simcoe shares the growing concern o...
Dec 9th, 2019
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Growth never pays for itself and the cost is even worse in rural areas like Springwater, as everything starts from scratch By Bill French I attended the Public Statutory Meeting on the new Official Plan being developed by the Township of Springwater to gather further information as the Township moves...
Dec 8th, 2019
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By Donovan Vincent Toronto Star Innisfil, a rural town north of Toronto with seemingly endless country roads, vast open fields, no public bus service and onions as its best known commodity, wants to change its narrative and become a city of the future. Through a project known as the Orbit, the small ...