Responsibility to protect crucial part of our community From: Steve de la Bastide As residents of Beeton know, if you take a short walk north of town you can find a lovely trail which was once an old railway line and is now a proposed Trans-Canada trail route. This trail leads to unique and stunning ...
By Roberta Bell and Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times The five-year program the County of Simcoe helped develop to deliver high-speed Internet to its rural residents missed the mark, says the warden. “It did satisfy some needs, but it didn’t satisfy, you know, 85% of what we hoped we could ge...
By Sara Carson Innisfil Journal There are 93 settlement areas listed in the County of Simcoe’s proposed official plan and they range from rural hamlets to villages and towns. “The hamlets and villages, in all likelihood, at most you may see a lot, here or there developed. It’s not going to bring on v...
AWARE News Network Just as soon as the NDP brought forward a bill to ban hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in Ontario, Liberal Natural Resources Minister Bill Mauro dismissed fears of the controversial industry coming to the province as “hypothetical,” and ruled out the poss...
By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Simcoe County staff have found an error in a $380,000 study on the labour force — a study that said the county is a net importer of workers. Two weeks ago, the county released the final labour market study report by Miller Dickinson Blais that examined commuting patterns...
From Earthroots, EcoSpark, Ontario Nature and STORM The Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, Greenbelt Plan, Niagara Escarpment Plan and Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe play a key role in protecting over 720,000 hectares of land extending around the province’s most populated region from...
Considerations for the 10-year review From the Neptis Foundation In order to contribute to the 10-year review of the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, Neptis has prepared a discussion paper explaining key features of the Plan, highlighting questions surrounding its implementation, and pre...
Report to Council and Senior Staff – prepared by Bill French – March 23 2015 This is a summary of the meeting between Mayor French and Deputy Mayor Allen with the Honourable Ted McMeekin, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and senior staff on Thursday March 19, 2015. The Minister ...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online The chair of the 2014 International Plowing Match (IPM) held last September in Ivy, is requesting Simcoe County forgive a $100,000 loan “provided to the IPM to support various activities” and instead redistribute the estimated $75,000 net proceeds generated...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online The next and final phase of the multi-million dollar County Road 50 reconstruction will focus on a 3.3 km stretch ringing the intersections at 10 Sideroad and Cty Rd 14, and cost an estimated $9.6 million. Work includes widening of the roadway, replacement of large dee...
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