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Mar 12th, 2015
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By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun The process of developing a strategic vision for the main beachfront area could end up playing second fiddle to the creation of a downtown core. On Tuesday, councillors were given an overview on the work that had gone into Opportunity Wasaga, the name given to the strategic vi...
Mar 11th, 2015
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Two sessions set for Monday April 20 will include question and answer sessions By Kate Harries AWARE News Network It’s taken three years, but the public will finally get some explanations about the 2008 Simcoe County Official Plan that was spurned by the provincial government, rewritten in 2012, appr...
Mar 11th, 2015
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Orillia Packet & Times  Simcoe County councillors have established a time and place for area residents interested in learning more about the ongoing official plan process. Two public information sessions are slated for April 20 at the Simcoe County Museum on Highway 26. The first meeting will tak...
Mar 10th, 2015
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By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald BEETON – A stop worker order will remain in place while Simcoe County reviews the application process that led to a Beeton landowner obtaining a special permit to clear 30 acres of mature trees. For the duration of the order, Simcoe County Forester Graeme Davis...
Mar 10th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Tecumseth Estates (Rizzardo) has appealed last week’s stop work order issued by Simcoe County that temporarily suspended the special permit the upper tier granted to allow the clearing of approximately 30 acres of woodlot on their 9th Line property in Beeton. The...
Mar 10th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online  New Tecumseth mayor Rick Milne spent $15,400, of which $12,262.84 was subject to the spending limit of $27,269, to win the October 2014 municipal elections, according to his financial return posted on the Town’s web site. Mr. Milne reported contributions totalli...
Mar 10th, 2015
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By Mark Reusser Ontario Federation of Agriculture This spring will be remembered as the season of land use deliberations in Ontario. Four significant land use plans are under review and the process could have significant implications for Ontario farmers. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing ...
Mar 10th, 2015
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By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun A group of Wasaga Beach residents is rallying to fight a development they say doesn’t fit in with their neighbourhood. A public meeting will be held on March 24 for comments on a zoning amendment that would allow a small forested area off 41st Street developed into a 56-unit t...
Mar 7th, 2015
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Released by County of Simcoe Official Statement: Please attribute to Graeme Davis, County Forester, County of Simcoe: In 2012, the County of Simcoe issued a Stop Work Order to Maria Rizzardo (Tecumseth Estates Inc) under the County of Simcoe Forest Conservation By-law as it was brought to the County’...
Mar 7th, 2015
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You’re buying a forest? That’s wonderful! What a privilege, to own a natural space where you can withdraw from the stresses of modern life and enjoy something that’s becoming increasingly rare. You want to get value from the forest? You’re so wise. I’m sure you will buil...