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Sep 14th, 2014
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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...
Sep 14th, 2014
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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...
Sep 11th, 2014
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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...
Sep 4th, 2014
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The OBA is notifying Ontario beekeepers that a class action has been filed by Siskinds LLP to recover damages suffered by beekeepers due to the widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides. If successful, beekeepers who join the Class could recover losses and damages from as far back as 2006. The State...
Aug 17th, 2014
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Information from Grey Ag Services Please join us for an entertaining afternoon of education, awareness and collaboration on Wednesday, August 20th, 2014 1:00—4:00 pm at Osprey Bluffs Honey Company, 634386—63 Road Grey Highlands, ON N0C 1C0 — 1st farm South of the 10th Concession on Road 63.  &#...
Aug 14th, 2014
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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...
Jul 31st, 2014
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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...
Jul 26th, 2014
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My view – I attended the OMB prehearing for the rezoning of the lands in the Midhurst Mega development on July 3rd. As expected it was a lovefest with the developers, lawyers and planners singing the praises of the new proposed City of Midhurst and its potential 30,000 residents. I estimate the...
Jul 26th, 2014
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July 20 2014 at 05:53pm 
By Nigel Hunt and Sarah McFarlane for Reuters  London – The challenge of ensuring future food security as populations grow and diets change has its roots in soil but the increasing degradation of the Earth’s thin skin is threatening to push up food prices and increase d...
Jul 10th, 2014
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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...