AWARE Simcoe Annual General Meeting and Public meeting on Expanding the Greenbelt in Simcoe County Guest speakers: -Margaret Prophet – Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition -Bernard Pope – Ontario Farmland Preservation Learn about farmland and greenlands preservation by expanding the Greenbel...
Experts Unanimous in Opposition to Burl’s Creek Event Grounds News release from SaveOro Expert witness statements filed yesterday by the Township of Oro-Medonte, the West Oro Ratepayers’ Association (“WORA”) and SaveOro all conclude the OMB application for temporary use of the Burl’s Creek Event Grou...
Letter to the Barrie Advance Re: City has grown 560% in 40 years, study finds, April 7. Your article was staggering. What was more jaw-dropping is what has been sacrificed to support Barrie’s previous love of sprawl – 154 square-kilometres (26,000 football fields) of natural and semi-natural space, m...
From the North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance In the 2014 municipal election, the people of Georgina sent a clear message: Protect our woodlands and wetlands. Unfortunately, our new mayor and most of our councillors seem to have decided to turn a deaf ear to the people who voted them into office. Last n...
New Tecumseth Free Press Innisfil’s search for help to finance more than $100 million to service its Hwy 400 corridor expansion, has found an angel investor in Simcoe County’s Economic Development Committee (EDC). At least the idea of it. As reported here last week, Innisfil CAO, Jason Re...
In a process closely watched by other GTA cities, a court has ruled the town can appeal a decision that strongly favoured developers By: Noor Javed Toronto Star The Town of Richmond Hill has won a minor victory, after a judge ruled this week that it can appeal an Ontario Municipal Board decision that...
By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times An Oro-Medonte Township group that plans to oppose Burl’s Creek Event Grounds at an upcoming Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing wants a few changes to take place before then. Lawyers representing the West Oro Ratepayers’ Association (WORA) a...
Chiarelli population allocations of vital importance in plan for village to be turned into a city By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The stage is set for a hearing in May at which Simcoe County councillors will deal with applications from developers for an extra population allocation of 7,500 people ...
By Laurie Watt Barrie Today Barrie should be pitching in to help fund growth in Simcoe County, says Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith. As Simcoe County councilors took a first look at proposed updated development charges, Smith noted that almost 70 percent of the higher charges that new home buyers will...
By Roger Klein CTV News For years the City of Barrie has been working to redevelop the historic Allandale Station but construction work has taken a back seat to last minuet diplomacy. The train station was originally built in the early 1900s but the history of the land goes back much father. Archeolo...
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