By Rick Vanderlinde Innisfil Journal A new shoreline development policy would allow Innisfil to help make sure Lake Simcoe isn’t impacted by the construction of individual homes. The policy, which requires an amendment to the official plan, would give the town “site plan control” on new single-detach...
Letter from Barbara Huson, Beeton I have read comments about the issue of the Beeton Forest, that it is “private property” and that the Beeton residents’ fight to save the forest is just “emotional”. In many respects the reaction that this is “private property” is also an emotional response. Most of ...
Should Simcoe County planning staff take over local development applications? Letter from Pamela Fulford To Ramara Mayor, Council, Clerk, Manager of Planning and County of Simcoe: Please include this letter on Ramara’s next Council agenda. I am requesting an answer from the Manager of Planning to my ...
From Food & Water First On Thursday, September 3rd, voters in the provincial riding of Simcoe North will choose a new MPP in a by-election. Over the past few weeks, the Green Party has challenged the three rival party candidates to show their support for protecting Ontario’s Class 1 farmlan...
AWARE Simcoe News Release A judge has ruled against an application by AWARE Simcoe for an injunction against any cutting of the Beeton Woods until October, when a date was set for a judicial review of Simcoe County’s decision to lift a stop-work order. Tecumseth Estates has the right to start clear-c...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online Ontario Justice Margaret Eberhard released her decision this afternoon that rejects AWARE Simcoe’s application for a temporary injunction to permit a judicial review of the approvals process that permits Tecumseth Estates to clear 30 acres of woodlot from its 9th...
By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Springwater Township Coun. Sandy McConkey wants some straight answers about what transpired in a meeting on the Midhurst Secondary Plan with the municipal affairs minister and her mayor.And she’s not alone. Mayor Bill French and Deputy-mayor Don Allen met with Minister o...
New Tecumseh Free Press Online A hearing seeking a temporary injunction to prevent the clearing of 30 acres of woodlot on the Tecumseth Estates’ property on the 9th Line in Beeton ended today without a decision. Instead, the three parties – AWARE Simcoe, the applicant; and the respondant...
By Heidi Riedner Georgina Advocate Details of a disputed development application for the North Gwillimbury Forest will be made public after all after a recent tug of war over its release. The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority “blinked”, according to The North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance, whic...
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