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Mar 6th, 2015
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Together we make history! From the Everett Ratepayers Association  The Everett Ratepayers Association is holding a townhall meeting to create a new organization to represent residents of all Adjala-Tosorontio so that together we have a voice to bring up our concerns and fight issues that threaten our...
Mar 4th, 2015
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By Wendy Gabrek New Tecumseth Times A group of concerned citizens came together tonight at the Beeton Library branch to discuss the impact of the removal of trees on a 9th Line property. Banning together under the ‘Save The Beeton Woods’ Facebook banner, the meeting lasted three hours and more than 7...
Mar 3rd, 2015
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Drury on Angus Plains in 1906 – Photo by E.J. Zavitz Forest bylaws like Simcoe’s normally protect large-sized forests By John Bacher AWARE News Network Today a 35 acre forest in Beeton is threatened to be removed for agricultural conversion through a “special permit” to the Si...
Mar 3rd, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Opponents of a Simcoe County approved “special permit” issued to Tecumseth Estates (Rizzardo) to remove 35 acres of woodland at 6386 and 6416 9th Line in Beeton, succeeded this morning in disrupting, at least for today, work crews accessing the property to ...
Mar 3rd, 2015
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By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald  BEETON – New Tecumseth will be taking immediate measures to try and stop a woodlot from being cleared from a rural property on the northern outskirts of Beeton. At Monday night’s committee of the whole meeting, council agreed to ask Simcoe County to suspend a ...
Mar 3rd, 2015
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LATEST LATEST: 5 pm, Tuesday March 3 — Simcoe County Warden Gerry Marshall has just advised AWARE Simcoe that a stop-work order has been issued. New Tec release: March 4 – Tree cutting on 9th Line property LATEST: This morning, residents and members of council have been at the site since ...
Feb 27th, 2015
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Further restoration work vital to environmental integrity of Oak Ridges Moraine News release from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority An environmental report card recently released by a coalition of conservation authorities reveals that efforts to protect the Oak Ridges Moraine have been la...
Feb 27th, 2015
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From Ontario Nature This afternoon, the provincial government announced the start of the much anticipated review of plans that protect the Oak Ridges Moraine, Niagara Escarpment and Greenbelt.To protect these embattled landscapes forever, we must unequivocally tell the government that we want: strong...
Feb 27th, 2015
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Premier Kathleen Wynne has chosen the former mayor to revisit the decade-old Greenbelt Plan that curbs urban sprawl from Niagara Falls to Peterborough By: Robert Benzie Toronto Star  Premier Kathleen Wynne has tapped former Toronto mayor David Crombie to revisit the decade-old Greenbelt that curbs ur...
Feb 27th, 2015
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As the province prepares to review its decade-old Greenbelt and growth plan, the battle lines are drawn between conservation and development in the booming Golden Horseshoe By Susan Pigg Toronto Star The sign outside the modest East Gwillimbury bungalow, Howards’ Farm, is a beloved beacon for local r...