AWARE News Network The Special Rule was enacted January 19, 2012 as part of Ontario Regulation 311/06 and was supposed to permit the first phase of the Midhurst Secondary Plan (it’s unusual, by the way, for legislation to be written just to accommodate a specific, named, development). But the Special...
AWARE News Network The people of Midhurst (north of Barrie) are opposed to the building of 10,000 new Markham style homes around their village. The Midhurst Secondary Plan contravenes many of the anti-sprawl provisions of the Ontario Places to Grow Act. But in January 2012, the province capitulated t...
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Letter from David Strachan, Midhurst to Sringwater News A happy time for us all! Once every four years, we get to chose our next councillors. October 2014 is our opportunity. Should we re-elect the same team, make some changes, or perhaps vote for an entirely new team? What do you think? Springwat...
My view – I am pleased that Deputy Mayor McLean submitted his Letter to Editor in the July 31st edition of Springwater News. You need to have that handy to make sense of this article. Link to McLean letter. A few people phoned me and asked if his letter angered me because of his strong [&hellip...
Letter to the Springwater News from Deputy Mayor Dan McLean The Midhurst Ratepayers Association (MRA), Bill French, and Les Stewart want the public to believe that the main election issue in the up and coming Springwater fall election is voting to stop the Midhurst Secondary Plan (MSP). Their platfo...
For how much longer will we be able to catch the magnificent fish that made the Nottawasaga River an angler’s mecca? Unfortunately the pressures on the watershed are increasing and the Nottawasaga needs our help. Consider: * Walleye have all but disappeared from the river * Steelhead (rainbow ...
AWARE News Network interview with Margaret Prophet of the Modhurst Residents Associaiton – 42,000 have signed the petition – that’s getting on for ten times the previous goal of 5,000 – are you surprised? Yes and no. When we started the petition, we weren’t even sure i...
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