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Feb 22nd, 2018
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Spring water at the Shotyk farm. -William Shotyk photo AWARE News Network The following submission to the Ontario government from Dr. William Shotyk of the Elmvale Foundation  regarding the proposed Greenbelt study area was presented to Springwater Township Council yesterday by Kate Harries. Elmvale ...
Feb 20th, 2018
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Alliston encroachment?  New Tecumseth Free Press Online  Essa Township is joining with its neighbour, Adjala Tosorontio, in opposition to the provoincial government’s proposed expansion of the greenbelt protection zone along the Nottawasaga River corridor. A report to council on tomorrow night&...
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Feb 18th, 2018
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AWARE News Network We are sorry to relay to you that two of our Site 41 veterans have passed away. We wish to express our deepest sympathy to their families. MURRAY, James Francis “Jim” – May 30, 1934 – February 12, 2018 – Passed away suddenly at home on Monday February 12, 2018 at the [&...
Feb 16th, 2018
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Vicki Monague By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The Ontario government has extended by two months the comment period on an application by CRH Canada Group for a 10-year renewal to its permit to take water (PTTW) at the Dufferin Aggregates Teedon pit. The pit is on the French’s Hill recharge area for...
Feb 11th, 2018
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Warden Gerry Marshall  UPDATE County councillors voted Tuesday February 13 to approve this report. The Town of Innisfil will announce a public meeting date soon AWARE News Network The following is a staff report regarding a request from Friday Harbour Village Inc. (Geranium Corp.) for Simcoe County t...
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Feb 9th, 2018
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Or white. Or bubbly. Rachel Notley has just handed us a great way to support British Columbia. Buy B.C. wine! And score a win for the environment. Talk about heavy-handed! It would be one thing if the Alberta premier had used the moral suasion of her office to call on people to boycott BC wine [&hell...
Feb 9th, 2018
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by Janis Ramsay Innisfil Journal It’s up to the County of Simcoe to approve a huge development request from Innisfil’s Friday Harbour Resort. Friday Harbour Resort is requesting an official plan amendment to add 1,000 more residential units to its property. On Feb. 13, the county will discuss handing...
Feb 9th, 2018
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From Jack Gibbons, Chair, North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance More than nine months ago, the DG Group submitted an application to the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) seeking permission to build a 1,073 unit subdivision in the Paradise Beach-Island Grove Provincially Significant Wetlan...
Feb 8th, 2018
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Dock structure  By Janis Ramsay Innisfil Journal The Town of Innisfil will likely have another planning appeal on its hands after council rejected an on-water boathouse proposal. At the Feb. 7 meeting, council denied a request from the owner of 3567 Crescent Harbour Rd., Andrew Rivkin and the Beaumon...
Feb 8th, 2018
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From the Township of Springwater The February 21, 2018 Springwater Council Meeting has been rescheduled to begin at 5:00 pm to allow for a Public Information Session regarding the Province of Ontario’s proposed study area for the expansion of the greenbelt. The Information Session will commence at 7:...