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Nov 17th, 2014
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I attended more than my fair share of all-candidates’ meetings during the recent municipal election. Here are a few good ideas gleaned from the campaign trail around the county. -Recorded votes: Make every council vote a recorded vote. This is an example of how electronic voting can serve democ...
Nov 16th, 2014
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From Ontario Nature Strawberry Island in Lake Simcoe is under threat of development and local groups want your help to stop it. Trans America Investments Ltd is asking Ramara Township Council to rezone the 10-hectare island so they can build 120 condominium units. If approved, the development would i...
Nov 14th, 2014
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From Simcoe County website The County will be hosting a public information session to provide further details on this project and outline the proposed siting methodology. The public is invited to attend one of the two sessions on December 2: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 Simcoe County Museum Meeting Room...
Nov 14th, 2014
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lluminating Conversations at the Mady Centre From Talk is Free Theatre  A series of intimate, one-on-one interviews with extraordinary ordinary individuals who have been agents of positive change in their communities. Interviewer Beth Foster will help guests to reveal how they have accomplished as mu...
Nov 14th, 2014
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From Orillia Packet & Times The establishment of a new Research Centre for Sustainable Communities will be celebrated at an official launch Nov.18 at Lakehead University’s Orillia campus. The community is invited to attend the event to learn about the new centre and to meet the members of the Lak...
Nov 12th, 2014
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By Gisele Winton Sarvis Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin The price of Miller’s Dairy milk will rise if the dairy’s owners are unsuccessful in fighting the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC). MPAC re-classified the Creemore dairy farm, which bottles its milk in a plant on site, from agric...
Nov 11th, 2014
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Experimental Lakes Area researcher Michael Rennie speaks to CBC’s As It Happens CBC News  The federal government is hurting itself by not letting its scientists speak, says a researcher at the Experimental Lakes Area research station in Northern Ontario. Up until recently, the research station ...
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Nov 11th, 2014
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In its statement of claim, Gedco alleges the City allowed the successful bidder on the landfill contract to submit a non-compliant bid From Solid Waste & Recyling Magazine The former operator of a landfill in Brantford, Ont., is suing the City of Brantford for $2-million after losing its landfill...
Nov 7th, 2014
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From the Ontario Beekeepers Association It is of grave concern to us that PMRA (Pest Management Regulatory Agency) would be considering approving another systemic pesticide before the current review on neonicotinoids is completed. We are also concerned about the limited and poorly communicated plan a...
Nov 6th, 2014
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By  Laurie Watt Barrie Advance The Ontario Municipal Board has given the green light to a series of Midhurst subdivisions, which could mean road upgrades for major arteries linking to Barrie. In a Oct. 29 decision, hearing chairperson M.C. Denhez approved plans for 4,861 combined units, which would b...