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Feb 29th, 2016
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Township plans to appeal wind project By Elliot Ferguson, Kingston Whig-Standard PLEVNA — North Frontenac Township is to appeal any large-scale wind energy project approved for the township. Township council agreed on Friday that an appeal to the Environmental Review Tribunal would be pursued i...
Feb 27th, 2016
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Delegation of indigenous Canadians presenting its case in Geneva for safe drinking water for community first poisoned in the 1960s By Jim Coyle Toronto Star By any measure, it’s a long way from Grassy Narrows First Nation in northern Ontario to a United Nations proceeding in Geneva. But Judy Da Silva...
Feb 26th, 2016
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By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times The fate of a temporary use bylaw to permit special events at Burl’s Creek will be decided over three days in May. The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing into the matter will begin May 24, however two of the parties at a second pre-hearing into the ...
Feb 26th, 2016
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from the Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County  AWARE News Network Dear APPEC supporters, We are pleased to announce that APPEC’s appeal of wpd’s White Pines Wind Project has been upheld in part. The Tribunal has found that the White Pines project will cause serious and irreversible ha...
Feb 26th, 2016
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Clear garbage bags could boost green-bin use for residents across Simcoe County By Laurie Watt Barrie Today Using clear garbage bags may be one way for Simcoe County to encourage residents to make better use of their green bins, says the chair of its corporate services committee, Adjala-Tosorontio De...
Feb 25th, 2016
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By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times Clearview Township and the Town of Collingwood have a new ally in their fight to get a wind turbine development blown off course. County of Simcoe council voted Thursday to join the municipalities in their appeals of Fairview wind project, which propos...
Feb 25th, 2016
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LETTER TO Mayor – Rick Milne Town of New Tecumseth Councillor – Chris Ross Town of New Tecumseth Councillor – Richard Norcross Town of New Tecumseth and 3 others Deputy Mayor – Jamie Smith Town of New Tecumseth Councillor – Michael Beattie Town of New Tecumseth Councillo...
Feb 24th, 2016
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Cancer claims retiree charged with mischief in 2009 protest By Travis Mealing Midland Mirror TINY TOWNSHIP – One of the most respected opponents of the notorious Site 41 landfill proposal has died. Keith Edwin Wood was charged with public mischief alongside his wife, Ina, in August 2009. They were am...
Feb 24th, 2016
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  New Tecumseth Free Press Friday’s Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) board of directors meeting includes a scheduled delegation by Fred Somerville, Somerville Nurseries, and Janet Budgell, Concerned Citizens in Adjala-Tosorontio (CCAT) to speak against the Township council&...
In Blog
Feb 23rd, 2016
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And ‘tighten up your own ship before shifting the blame’ Letter sent to local media by Stephanie MacLellan, Beeton I grew up during the birth of internet technology but never became well-versed in it. I know the basics. Computers make things lightning fast and can hold an abundance of inf...