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Sep 15th, 2016
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Map shows sites formerly under consideration for waste facility, including the selected C-136 site on Horseshoe Valley Road: there was no discussion of an update report. But councillors vote 16-8 to proceed with consultant’s recommendations By Kate Harries – AWARE News Network An attempt by Bra...
Sep 15th, 2016
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AWARE News Network Simcoe County Council recorded vote Tuesday after Bradford-West-Gwillimbury Deputy Mayor James Leduc proposed referring the county’s waste strategy back to staff. The vote was on accepting the staff report, and not referring back for more input. IN FAVOUR (against referral) &...
Sep 9th, 2016
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Letter to Simcoe County from Anne Learn Sharpe on behalf of AWARE Essa August 8 2016 To Warden Marshall, Deputy Warden Dowdall and Members of Council (response posted below) Re: Proposed Waste Management Infrastructure Project 2976 Horseshoe Valley Road West AWARE Essa supports Simcoe County Council’...
Sep 8th, 2016
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From the Friends of Simcoe County Forests An update on work currently being undertaken on Site C136 has just become available. Item number CCW 16-301 (Click here to download (6.5 mb) is on the agenda for the next County Committee of the Whole meeting scheduled for Tuesday Sept. 13th. It is noted in t...
Aug 26th, 2016
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From Friends of Simcoe Forests Corn Roast Sunday August 28 from 2 to 6 pm 1336 Rainbow Valley Road East Entertainment and Site Hike ~ Pop in anytime from 2-6 pm for some local corn and refreshments ~ Meet & hear from John Laforet of Broadview Strategy Group ~ Relax, enjoy the music and ambiance [...
Aug 25th, 2016
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Letter from R.W. Wagner to the Springwater News Warden Marshall: By now, you will have seen the first news release issued on behalf of the “Friends of Simcoe Forests Inc.”. The following observations and questions are relevant to this matter. 1) Today I noticed a very impressive 5th wheel...
Aug 15th, 2016
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From New Tecumseth Free Press Simcoe County’s curbside waste collection contractor has had problems keeping to its weekly pick-up schedule, including not completing routes until the next day, “due to an accute employee shortage,” according to an update to County councillors. Progres...
Aug 11th, 2016
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News release from Friends of Simcoe County Forests Friends of Simcoe County Forests is calling on Simcoe County to stand behind their twenty-year vision for the municipal forests and stop their plan to permanently destroy the Freele Tract. Nowhere in Council’s twenty-year forestry management plan ‘Si...
Jul 20th, 2016
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Letter from Cindy Mercer, Springwater I am writing this letter in regards to the recent press release by the County of Simcoe on June 16, 2016. The article indicates there has been two recent incidents of hazardous waste dumped in the Hendrie Tract near Anten Mills. Our County Forests are very valuab...
Jul 18th, 2016
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A new report examining impact of mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation says obvious symptoms are the “tip of the iceberg” By Jayme Poisson and David Bruser Toronto Star The level of mercury found in the umbilical cords of babies in Grassy Narrows First Nation was high enough to affect thei...