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Sep 4th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online The Service Delivery and Operational Review of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) cost CAO Wayne Wilson his job following an Aug 22nd board meeting, and lays out 15 recommendations including “organization realignment” to “maximize th...
Sep 4th, 2014
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The OBA is notifying Ontario beekeepers that a class action has been filed by Siskinds LLP to recover damages suffered by beekeepers due to the widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides. If successful, beekeepers who join the Class could recover losses and damages from as far back as 2006. The State...
Sep 4th, 2014
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By Janis Ramsay Barrie Adance After a record 3,400 complaints about municipalities, universities, school boards and hospitals (MUSH), Ombudsman Andre Marin wants to shine a light on the sector. “They (municipalities) have been operating forever in secret,” said Marin, referring to a “municipal cultur...
Sep 3rd, 2014
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From Fair Vote Simcoe Barrie City Councillor Alex Nuttall, is the guest speaker at a Fair Vote Simcoe social evening to celebrate Democracy Week, on Tuesday September 16 at 7 pm at the Kempenfelt Room, 37 Ellen Street, Barrie (near Lakeshore and Victoria). Nuttall, the federal Conservative candidate ...
Aug 28th, 2014
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But closed session vote results in departure of CAO Wayne Wilson UPDATE – At an in-camera meeting September 5, the NVCA board appointed Gayle Wood interim CAO, effective October 6. Wood is retiring as CAO of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority. By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The d...
Aug 26th, 2014
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By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin  WASAGA BEACH — Poor water quality and upstream development could have dire consequences for the recreational fishery in the lower end of the Nottawasaga River. That’s according to Gary Christie, president of the Nottawasaga Steelheaders, one of thr...
Aug 22nd, 2014
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Goldhawk and Rosenthal to join us From the Site 41 committee Come out and celebrate with us! It has been 5 years since our win for a moratorium at Site 41. On Saturday Sept 27th 2014 there will be a celebration with music, food and fellowship. There will be a Sunrise Ceremony at 7am @ […]...
Aug 22nd, 2014
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Next phase to focus on human resources and performance management From NVCA communications The NVCA Board of Directors received 26 recommendations coming from Phase I of the authority’s efficiency audit, conducted by Gazda Houlne and Associates over the spring and summer of this year. These recommend...
Aug 18th, 2014
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BeachBOOSTER Radio is an interesting demonstration of our changing media landscape. It’s not on the dial, you access it through the internet, which in my ignorance made me wonder, just how accessible would that be? But as owner Joe Bickerstaff explains, there’s an app for that, and BeachBOOSTER is wo...
Aug 17th, 2014
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Information from Grey Ag Services Please join us for an entertaining afternoon of education, awareness and collaboration on Wednesday, August 20th, 2014 1:00—4:00 pm at Osprey Bluffs Honey Company, 634386—63 Road Grey Highlands, ON N0C 1C0 — 1st farm South of the 10th Concession on Road 63.  &#...