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Sep 18th, 2014
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Deputy mayor candidate Ruth Hackney eyes ‘theme destination’ on Midland waterfront By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror MIDLAND – Ruth Hackney wants to make sure Midland’s $3.4-million purchase of the former Unimin lands is not a wasted opportunity. It is one of the issues that sparked the former deputy m...
Sep 16th, 2014
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Midland Mirror MIDLAND – Getting rid of development charges would foster economic growth in Midland by spurring the construction and sale of new homes, says mayoral candidate Stephan Kramp. “Do we need to have development charges so we can have a bigger police department, a bigger fire department?” K...
Sep 14th, 2014
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AWARE News Network The Special Rule was enacted January 19, 2012 as part of Ontario Regulation 311/06 and was supposed to permit the first phase of the Midhurst Secondary Plan (it’s unusual, by the way, for legislation to be written just to accommodate a specific, named, development). But the Special...
Sep 14th, 2014
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AWARE News Network The people of Midhurst (north of Barrie) are opposed to the building of 10,000 new Markham style homes around their village. The Midhurst Secondary Plan contravenes many of the anti-sprawl provisions of the Ontario Places to Grow Act. But in January 2012, the province capitulated t...
Sep 12th, 2014
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Sep 11th, 2014
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Letter from David Strachan, Midhurst to Sringwater News  A happy time for us all!  Once every four years, we get to chose our next councillors. October 2014 is our opportunity. Should we re-elect the same team, make some changes, or perhaps vote for an entirely new team?  What do you think? Springwat...
Sep 9th, 2014
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Was their work unnecessary, inappropriate or just inconvenient? Letter from David Strachan, Midhurst It would be hard to find a better example of blatant disregard for public funds and the mandate of the NVCA, than recent actions by the board of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority. CAO Wayn...
Sep 4th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online The Service Delivery and Operational Review of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) cost CAO Wayne Wilson his job following an Aug 22nd board meeting, and lays out 15 recommendations including “organization realignment” to “maximize th...
Aug 28th, 2014
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But closed session vote results in departure of CAO Wayne Wilson UPDATE – At an in-camera meeting September 5, the NVCA board appointed Gayle Wood interim CAO, effective October 6. Wood is retiring as CAO of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority. By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The d...
Aug 26th, 2014
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By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin  WASAGA BEACH — Poor water quality and upstream development could have dire consequences for the recreational fishery in the lower end of the Nottawasaga River. That’s according to Gary Christie, president of the Nottawasaga Steelheaders, one of thr...