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Nov 6th, 2020
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Minister’s zoning order requested to fast-track development and construction of GO train station on Line 6; Project could be home for up to 150,000 people if fully built out as envisioned By: Miriam King Barrie Today Innisfil councillors approved the revised draft of its request to the Minister...
Nov 6th, 2020
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Letter from AWARE Simcoe chair Don Morgan to MPPs Jill Dunlop, Doug Downey, Andrea Khanjin and others Many residents who live in the area of Lake Simcoe and are affected directly or indirectly with the health of the lake and the watershed are wondering what is going on with the Lake Simcoe Protection...
Nov 2nd, 2020
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Plan for retirement community at east end of Elmvale Medical Innovation Advanced Manufacturing Park in Oro-Medonte Township and Elmvale Active Seniors Residence both given the go-ahead from the province By: Jessica Owen Barrie Today Two more local development projects have been granted a minister’s z...
Nov 2nd, 2020
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Sample being collected from an area artesian well – AWARE Simcoe photo AWARE News Network A series of posts in the Friends of the Waverley Uplands Facebook group from September 19 to October 31 2020 details water issues being experienced by residents in the vicinity of the Teedon Pit in Waverle...
Oct 29th, 2020
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from  Just Recovery Simcoe Citizens around the world are calling for social justice, economic reform and preservation of nature, key strategies civilization needs to embrace in order to mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis we are already experiencing, while we plan our recovery from the p...
Oct 29th, 2020
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By Kate Harries Springwater News For the first time in 16 months, Springwater’s mayor has broken his silence and provided an account of what happened at the county warden’s charity golf tournament at Vespra Hills on June 26 2019 that led to his being charged with impaired and dangerous driving. The c...
Oct 28th, 2020
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Futuristic rendition of high density development around the GO Train station at the centre of the Orbit. From Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition Innisfil Council has endorsed the use of a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) to fast track the building of a GO train station, with 20,000 people in 22 – ...
Oct 27th, 2020
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Garifuna leader Miriam Miranda The Afro-descendant and Indigenous Garifuna community of Honduras continues to demand the safe return of the five members of their community abducted by armed men dressed in police and military uniforms in July From Peoples Dispatch October 26 marked the 100th day since...
Oct 19th, 2020
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AWARE News Network Today opponents of the County of Simcoe’s proposal to build a waste facility in the Freele County Forest filed a legal challenge in their fight against the County’s plan. The Friends of Simcoe Forests Inc. filed a Notice of Application for Judicial Review with Divisional Court chal...
Oct 15th, 2020
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By Janis Ramsay Simcoe.com After several months of red tape, the county is moving ahead with site plans for its composting facility. Plans for the Environmental Resource Recovery Centre, at 2976 Horseshoe Valley Road W., were on hold after the county requested a Minister’s Zoning Order to exped...