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Aug 14th, 2014
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My view – I am pleased that Deputy Mayor McLean submitted his Letter to Editor in the July 31st edition of Springwater News. You need to have that handy to make sense of this article. Link to McLean letter. A few people phoned me and asked if his letter angered me because of his strong [&hellip...
Aug 14th, 2014
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Mayoral candidate Rob Keffer makes open campaign pledge Calls on rival candidates to join him in transparency, no developer dollars from Rob Keffer campaign BRADFORD—Mayoral candidate and current Deputy Mayor Rob Keffer wrote to his rival candidates today, encouraging them to join him in raising the ...
Aug 6th, 2014
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new tecumseth free press online Simcoe County’s Solid Waste Management department is seeking direction from council to “commence the necessary work to develop a transfer facility” at an estimated cost of $4.7 million, which would pay for itself within six years of its 2017 (best cas...
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Aug 4th, 2014
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By George Tanber, Reuters TOLEDO, Ohio – A ban on drinking tap water in Toledo was lifted early Monday after tests showed that toxins were no longer at dangerous levels from algae on Lake Erie, the mayor’s office said. “Our water is safe,” Mayor Michael Collins said at a Monda...
Jul 31st, 2014
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Letter to the Springwater News from Deputy Mayor Dan McLean The Midhurst Ratepayers Association (MRA), Bill French, and Les Stewart want the public to believe that the main election issue in the up and coming Springwater fall election is voting to stop the Midhurst Secondary Plan (MSP).  Their platfo...
Jul 30th, 2014
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Larger buffer zone needed to protect Late Woodland-era village site By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror PENETANGUISHENE – A rezoning request in Penetanguishene is on hold after it was discovered an archeological site on the land was larger than first thought. It has also raised concerns from the Huronia ...
Jul 29th, 2014
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Councillors reject suggestion rules broken in obtaining legal advice for acquisition By Travis Mealing Midland Mirror MIDLAND – Deputy Mayor Stephan Kramp has raised the possibility Midland council might have broken its own rules in acquiring legal advice on a multimillion-dollar land purchase. The s...
Jul 26th, 2014
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My view – I attended the OMB prehearing for the rezoning of the lands in the Midhurst Mega development on July 3rd. As expected it was a lovefest with the developers, lawyers and planners singing the praises of the new proposed City of Midhurst and its potential 30,000 residents. I estimate the...
Jul 26th, 2014
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July 20 2014 at 05:53pm 
By Nigel Hunt and Sarah McFarlane for Reuters  London – The challenge of ensuring future food security as populations grow and diets change has its roots in soil but the increasing degradation of the Earth’s thin skin is threatening to push up food prices and increase d...
Jul 25th, 2014
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For how much longer will we be able to catch the magnificent fish that made the Nottawasaga River an angler’s mecca? Unfortunately the pressures on the watershed are increasing and the Nottawasaga needs our help.  Consider: * Walleye have all but disappeared from the river * Steelhead (rainbow ...