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Oct 9th, 2013
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from the New Tecumseth Times  Dear editor: Re: article printed in the Oct. 3rd edition of The Times regarding Lynn and Glen Potts I read about the ongoing plight of Lynn and Glen Potts. It is a very unfortunate situation for this couple which was not brought on by them in any way shape or […]...
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Aug 26th, 2013
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Organizing committee news release August 26 2013On Friday, August 23, 2013 the Township of Tiny Gord Leonard Golf Tournament and Dinner in support of the Georgian Bay General Hospital new emergency department took place at the Balm Beachway Gof Club with a dinner that followed at the Wyebridge Commun...
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Aug 26th, 2013
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The following tribute was delivered by Anne Ritchie-Nahuis at the Township of Tiny Golf Tournament and Dinner in honour of Gord Leonard & the Story of Site 41 on August 23 2013Hello my friends, it has been a while - so glad to see you all. As Danny Beaton would say - Today has been a beautiful day....
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Aug 24th, 2013
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A living entity, water should have some rights of its own (extract) By VIDYA KAURI The Globe and Mail Aug. 24 2013,Part of Liquid State: The science, art and wonder of water in Canada, an occasional series about one of the nation's most magnificent resources.Maude Barlow, national chair of the Counci...
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Aug 21st, 2013
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Committee news release - Aug. 20, 2013 The Township of Tiny Golf Tournament and Dinner in honour of Gord Leonard & the Story of Site 41 - set for Friday August 23, 2013 - is proving to be a great success.The volunteer organizing committee for the second annual golf tournament is happy to announce tha...
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Aug 16th, 2013
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Hearings won't prevent 5-year permit but will look into need for drought clausesBy Margo McDiarmid CBC News Aug 15, 2013 A battle over pumping bottled water during droughts is heading to a full environmental hearing in Ontario. ...
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Jun 5th, 2013
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Tribunal asked to review Ontario decision to drop licence conditions for Guelph-area wellBy Max Paris, Environment Unit, CBC News Jun 3, 2013 Two non-governmental organizations are challenging the Ontario Ministry of the Environment's decision to change a permit issued to Nestlé Waters Canada by remo...
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Mar 21st, 2013
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AWARE Simcoe - March 21 2013 The Site 41 battle is one of those featured featured in this documentary about Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians. Water On The Table explores Canada's relationship to its most precious and increasingly threatened natural resource: freshwater. ...
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Feb 23rd, 2013
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By Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press  Feb. 20, 2013 OTTAWA -- When the Harper government included a radical overhaul of the Navigable Waters Protection Act in the last omnibus bill, outsiders scratched their heads and wondered out loud where that idea had come from.Documents obtained through the ...
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Feb 23rd, 2013
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By Carl Cosack February 22 2013 First: Display your Food and Water First  signs in spring.The FOOD AND WATER FIRST campaign is in full swing and needs your help. We are close to being ready to ask every organization and business that earns its living from agricultural production to print the same FOO...