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Jan 23rd, 2020
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from Ray Nason, Tiny Township I have several comments and have decided to send this email response to all the parties I originally included in my first two emails on March 22 and May 2 for continuity as I believe this “Notice”, while directed by the Provincial Government apparently as a prerequisite ...
Jan 23rd, 2020
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The following is an Objector’s Response to a January 3 2020 letter from CRH Canada Group Inc. Objectors (there are 178) are those who registered in a process under the Aggregate Resources Act. Those who did not register can’t respond under this process but can continue to fight to protect...
Jan 23rd, 2020
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The following is the text of a  letter from CRH Canada Group Inc. to objectors who registered under the Aggregate Resources Act. Those who did not register can’t file objections under this process but can continue to fight to protect the water in the political arena – local, provincial an...
Jan 23rd, 2020
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The 15 artesian flows that have been sampled since 1999 Open Letter to the General Public, regarding chemical analyses of artesian flows in the Elmvale area by William Shotyk and colleagues Springwater News At a public meeting early last year, the representative of an aggregate mining company (Duffer...
Jan 17th, 2020
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Staff reports on options to come back before Governance Committee likely by the end of January; change would see council reduced from 32 to either 21 or 23 members See below for warden’s top five priorities By: Jessica Owen Barrie Today The size of Simcoe County council could be changing by the...
Jan 15th, 2020
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Nina Bifolchi Staff will look into storm-water management, legal services, transit, water and wastewater to find efficiencies as part of regional governance review By: Jessica Owen Orillia Matters While the province’s regional governance review fizzled out, the County of Simcoe is still looking at wa...
Dec 27th, 2019
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By Bill French Springwater News Mayor Allen in the last SN edition noted the feedback from the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) in regard to the Part II bump up orders requested by a number of parties that were concerned about the negative impact of the Midhurst Secondary Pl...
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 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 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...