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May 9th, 2015
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AWARE News Network David Featherstone, the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority’s manager of watershed monitoring is the guest speaker at AWARE Simcoe’s Annual General Meeting. His topic: Protecting and Restoring our Natural Heritage Systems – with a focus on re-building these ...
May 4th, 2015
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from Pamela Fulford Pamela Fulford, who started an online petition will be giving a deputation to Council on Strawberry Island. She is opposing a proposal by Trans America Group, a real estate company from Alberta, to build 120 condominium units on small Strawberry Island in Lake Simcoe. When: Monday...
May 2nd, 2015
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Updated Route for Migration Water Walk Letter from Josephine Mandamin Lead Waterwalker Dear Supporters: Please send this to whomever can respond to my request. Once again, I am approaching people to assist us with the rental of a van for approximately 2 months.  I am hopeful that you can recognize th...
Apr 30th, 2015
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From the City of Orillia The City of Orillia is hosting author, innovative thinker and TED talks speaker Don Tapscott at the Orillia Opera House on Tuesday May 5 at 7:30 pm for a free community presentation. Registration is required.  For more information, call the Economic Development Office at 705-...
Apr 28th, 2015
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from the Elmvale Foundation Leave a legacy, plant a tree. The Elmvale Foundation’s Isiaragui restoration project will take place Saturday May 2 and Sunday May 3 on properties located in the Wye River watershed in the vicinity of Elmvale. Isiaragui will restore approx. 4,500 m (linear – one side...
Apr 28th, 2015
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Paying for the last stand of trees: Club targeted by developer at OMB for defence of Dunlap Observatory From the Richmond Hill Naturalists  Dear Fellow Concerned Citizens: “Help one another; there’s no time like the present and no present like the time.”  – James Durst, songwriter The Richmond Hill N...
Apr 24th, 2015
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UPDATE – scroll down for link to LSRCA open letter From Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance Today, the board members of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) refused to close the door to development in provincially significant wetlands.  The board’s actions have...
Apr 22nd, 2015
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Is Simcoe County a place to PRESERVE or a place to PAVE? From the Midhurst Ratepayers Association YOU can be part of the answer. With the province reviewing its land use planning including the Growth Plan and the Greenbelt Act, now is the time to learn more about how these plans will work to protect ...
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Apr 20th, 2015
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Correspondence with the Pan Am Games March 31, 2015 Toronto 2015 Pam Am Games Corus Quay, 25 Dockside Drive, 7th Drive, Toronto, ON M5A 0B5 Attention:  Ms. Kendra Graham, Associate External Partnerships (Games Information Sessions) Dear Kendra, Re:  Raise the bar – Aim for Zero Waste at Pan Am ...
Apr 20th, 2015
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from Pamela Fulford Trans America Group, a real estate company from Alberta that wants to build 120 condominium units on small Strawberry Island in Lake Simcoe, will be giving a deputation to Ramara Council on an updated version of its proposal. When: Monday April 27 at 7:00 p.m. Where:  Ramara Centr...