Swiss food giant accepts drought restrictions on its permit to take water in OntarioBy Max Paris CBC News Oct 09, 2013 Nestlé Waters Canada is backing down from a fight with environmental groups and accepting drought restrictions on its permit to take water from its well in Hillsburgh, Ont. ...
This year only, town will help folks adjust to new county rulesBy Nikki Cole Midland Mirror September 24 2013MIDLAND – Midland residents will get a slight reprieve from a controversial County of Simcoe decision that standardized leaf and yard-waste pickup throughout the region. Read more...
From the Holland Marsh Growers Association September 19 2013Welcome to the sixth of seven video clips that are being brought to you by theHolland Marsh Growers’ Association (HMGA) – with our thanks.Climate or, more correctly, climate change has been the subject of debate for decades– moving from a co...
Premier says low water levels not just an environmental issueBy Travis Mealing Midland Mirror Aug 13, 2013 | NORTH SIMCOE – Premier Kathleen Wynne strongly disagrees with Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall’s repeated claim that the province doesn’t get the economic impact of low water levels. D...
Pierre Pilote agrees to support fundraising golf tournamentMidland Mirror July 29 2013NORTH SIMCOE – Hockey legend and Wyevale resident Pierre Pilote has thrown his support behind a golf tournament in memory of another well-known local resident: Gord Leonard.A dinner with the former Chicago Blackhawk...
New Tecumseth Free Press July 15, 2013Simcoe Grey MP Kellie Leitch will be sworn in this morning as the Harper government's new Minister of Labour, and Minister Status of Women. ...
Waukesha, Wisconsin, is running out of water. So it wants a pipeline to divert millions of gallons a day from Lake MichiganBy Mitch Potter Toronto Star Jul 08 2013 WAUKESHA, WIS.—Pour a bucket of water over this fretfully thirsty stretch of Wisconsin and gravity takes over, pulling it southwest, down...
By: Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press June 28 2013TORONTO - A former Conservative cabinet minister who claimed Prime Minister Stephen Harper unfairly fired her as part of a conspiracy that ousted her from caucus has no grounds to sue, Ontario's top court ruled Friday. ...
By Kate Harries AWARE News Network June 18 2013North Simcoe loses an important voice this week. The Thursday's Midland Free Press will be a collector’s item, as it will be the last edition. Sun Media, a subsidiary of Quebecor, has decided that Midland could no longer support a newspaper. The Free P...
By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press June 4, 2013 In what Mayor Gordon McKay describes as “a bold statement defining our town’s future,” Midland council has voted to buy the Unimin waterfront lands.In a 7-1 vote at a special meeting Friday, council passed a bylaw to enter into a purchase and sale agre...
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