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Jun 1st, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth councillors are under pressure from a group of Beeton residents to launch a court action appeal of Simcoe County council’s May 12 verdict that lifted a stop work order and reinstated the terms of a special permit issued to Tecumseth Estates in Janua...
Jun 1st, 2015
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AWARE News Network Here in Simcoe County, the fight to stop Dump Site 41 marked a major move forward in relations between first peoples and non-indigenous residents, after women from Chimnissing (Beausoleil First Nation) took the lead in protecting the water and the land. Members of other nations als...
May 31st, 2015
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By Sara Carson Innisfil Journal The County of Simcoe is closer to determining where it will construct two new waste facilities. A request for expression of interest process (REOI ) has just wrapped up to build a list of potential sites. Private and county-owned sites were under consideration. “A high...
May 29th, 2015
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By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times Developers would be wise to ensure the creation of stormwater ponds follows a more natural approach. That’s according to Alexandra Service, a conservation programs specialist with Ducks Unlimited Canada. Following an overview of the organization̵...
May 28th, 2015
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–Jennifer Howard photo Stand With Us  from Save the Beeton Woods Most problems in life can be attributed to 2 things – acting without thinking and thinking without acting. We need to be wise enough to stand together and act when the time comes. The time has come! As a member of Save the B...
May 27th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press  A semi-annual update related to the allocation of the additional 20,000 population available to development proposals across Simcoe County, shows a queue of 3,789 already in the approvals process, including the 1,952 provided to Barzo development in Everett – ratified ...
May 27th, 2015
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AWARE News Network From AWARE Simcoe’s submission on the 2015 Coordinated Planning Review “While well intentioned, the Growth Plan, Greenbelt Plan, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and Niagara Escarpment Plan have not served to adequately protect water, food land and ecological health...
May 26th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Requests for Expressions of Interest (REOI) for private landowners to have their properties considered as a possible site for Simcoe County’s proposed organics sorting facility, closed on Friday.The next step involves the County’s Procurement Department in ...
May 21st, 2015
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County set to approve Honda OPA for next phase of current, future expansion New Tecumseth Free Press Online Honda of Canada Manufacturing (HCM)’s application to amend New Tecumseth’s Official Plan (OPA 50) and Zoning bylaw is scheduled for a May 26th Simcoe County council vote. The County...
May 19th, 2015
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Orillia Packet & Times The County of Simcoe is hosting an open house May 26 and a statutory public meeting June 9 to consider a proposed amendment to its official plan. The purpose of the amendment is to implement source-protection policies in the county’s official plan to conform with the approv...