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Mar 5th, 2019
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Clause proposed for Springwater already adopted by Tiny, Clearview, Midland and Penetanguishene A code of conduct is being proposed for Springwater Township that would curtail councillors’ freedom to speak at hearings that make key decisions on land use and development. A clause in the code developed...
Mar 4th, 2019
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Dr. Norman Yan, chair of Friends of Muskoka Watershed Friends of the Muskoka Watershed launch AshMuskoka, the 1st nonindustrial wood ash recycling program in Canada to scientifically solve calcium decline by Alison Brownlee Bracebridge Examiner February 28 2019 Wood ash could save Muskoka’s lakes and...
Mar 2nd, 2019
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The Jefferson Salamander is endangered, meaning it lives in the wild but is facing imminent extinction or extirpation. Let the Province know you don’t think vulnerable species are just red tape AWARE News Network With so many species – caribou, polar bears, sturgeon, turtles, eagles, swal...
Mar 2nd, 2019
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The Piping Plover, shown at Wasaga Beach, is listed as endangered, meaning it lives in the wild but is facing imminent extinction or extirpation. -AWARE Simcoe photo Ontario review of Endangered Species Act could put vulnerable species at even greater risk News release February 14, 2019 TORONTO — The...
Feb 28th, 2019
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From the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations When the Province replaced the Ontario Municipal Board with the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) in 2018, they created a Support Centre to provide information and guidance for participating in the land use planning and appeal process. ...
Feb 27th, 2019
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Concerned citizens pack city council meeting on endangered species protection Public comment to be given strong presence in city’s report to province by Linda Holmes BayToday It took an amendment to the original motion, and time running out to come up with a compromise where North Bay City Coun...
Feb 26th, 2019
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From the Friends of Simcoe Forests The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) has received The Friends of Simcoe Forests (FSF) appeal on the Ministry’s decision for a proposed Environmental Resource Recovery Centre in Simcoe County Forest. The Tribunal is required to conduct a preliminary determ...
Feb 26th, 2019
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Get your comment in – deadline is midnight, Thursday February 28, 2019 AWARE News Network The following is the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition submission on the Conservative government’s proposed changes to the Growth Plan that address policies it sees as “potential barriers to th...
Feb 26th, 2019
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The Choir Lions of Caswell Community Choirs were among the performers backing Sarah Harmer in a Georgian Theatre concert last week. -AWARE News Network photo By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Do you remember when Sarah Harmer came to Barrie to sing a love letter to the water? Ten, 20 years from now,...
Feb 25th, 2019
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MP Alex Nuttall, centre, after presenting a petition calling for urgent intervention in the case of Edwin Espinal of Honduras, with, from left, Laura Avalos of the Canadian Council for International Cooperation, Christine Nugent of the Simcoe County Honduras Rights Monitor, Janet Spring, Espinal̵...