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May 25th, 2015
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Speculators in Vaughan, King, Markham and Niagara Falls are trying to shoot holes in the Greenbelt – Removing land from the Greenbelt will encourage more sprawl, traffic and higher taxes From Environmental Defence Land speculators are lining up to cut the heart out of the Greenbelt  as revealed...
May 23rd, 2015
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May 22nd, 2015
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Tiny Council meeting of Monday May 11, 2015 By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny A presentation was made to council by Mr. Ray Ellis, Chair, Huronia Airport Commission, and Mr. John Smith, manager of Huron Airport, concerning the proposed Solar Project at the Huronia Airport. Apparently, Tiny council had a meeti...
May 21st, 2015
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County set to approve Honda OPA for next phase of current, future expansion New Tecumseth Free Press Online Honda of Canada Manufacturing (HCM)’s application to amend New Tecumseth’s Official Plan (OPA 50) and Zoning bylaw is scheduled for a May 26th Simcoe County council vote. The County...
May 21st, 2015
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OBA board members appointed to Ontario’s Pesticide Advisory Committee from the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association OBA is pleased to report that OBA President Tibor Szabo and board member Jim Wilson have both been appointed to the Ontario government’s Pesticide Advisory Committee by the...
May 21st, 2015
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By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times Ian McRae wants to get the vote out. The Lakehead University education student is part of a group trying to stem what they see as a disturbing trend of historically low voter turnout among young voters during provincial and federal elections. With a federa...
May 18th, 2015
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By Ian McInroy Barrie Examiner SPRINGWATER TWP. — A ceremonial Anishinaabe teepee in Springwater Provincial Park north of Barrie was destroyed by vandals over the weekend. Huronia West OPP and Springwater Township firefighters were called to the park at approximately 7 p.m. on Sunday after learning t...
May 17th, 2015
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By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald The hamlet of Everett will be allowed to grow bigger over the next two decades. Simcoe County council has approved a population increase from developer John Barzo, who owns lands within Everett’s settlement area in the community’s north end. A total of 1,952 addition...
May 17th, 2015
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An ambitious project is under way in north London to create an urban haven for rare birds alongside modern towerblocks. Welcome to Woodberry Wetlands, ‘wildlife gardening on a colossal scale’ By Patrick Barkham The Guardian  Look north, and gleaming new towers resemble the skyline of Kuala Lumpur. Tu...
May 16th, 2015
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from Beth Brass Elson (Wabiska Myiingan) We will be having a Pot Luck Dinner on Saturday, May 23rd 2015 at 5:00 pm at Camp Nibi / Springwater Park at the main pavilion. It has been a long time since we had a Pot Luck at Nibi so I am hoping all who came and stayed and those […]...