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Jun 28th, 2012
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Expert panel finds 12 per cent drop in bird populations since 1970The Canadian Press Jun 27, 2012 A huge proportion of Canada's bird species are in serious decline, threatened by disappearing habitat and climate change, the first comprehensive report on the health of the country's avian populations ...
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In Clearview
Jun 28th, 2012
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By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner June 26, 2012One-armed bandits may be coming to a ski slope or beach near you.Mayors and township officials from Springwater, Wasaga Beach, Collingwood and Clearview have received an invitation to entertain the notion of having a 300-slot machine casino in their neck...
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Jun 28th, 2012
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By ROBIN MACLENNAN, Special to The Packet & Times June 27, 2012An organic waste processing plant will be built somewhere in Simcoe County and could be operating within five years, council decided Tuesday....
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In Springwater
Jun 27th, 2012
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Farms and cities do not make good neighbours, dairy farmer tells councilBy Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner June 25, 2012SPRINGWATER TWP. - A spirited group of angry residents demanded answers at the Springwater Township meeting Monday night.Nearly 100 residents packed the small chambers of the town co...
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In Quarries
Jun 27th, 2012
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Artists at their easels, area bus tour, live music await the public north of ShelburneNDACT news release June 25 2012Hornings Mills ON – For the second year, dozens of artists are gathering in Hornings Mills, north of Shelburne, to capture the landscape threatened by the proposed Highland mega-quarry...
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In Lakes
Jun 27th, 2012
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U.S. residents protest Bruce nuclear waste proposalBy John Spears Toronto Star June 26 2012It ought to be a tourist area’s dream: The Lake Huron shoreline north of Kincardine is gaining a reputation across the U.S.But the attention coming from states as far-flung as California, Missouri, Tennessee an...
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Jun 27th, 2012
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Protest walk to stope the Deep Geological RepositoryBy Emma Lui Council of Canadians June 25th, 2012 More Sharing ServicesShare Print Join Save Our Saugeen Shores (SOS) on June 30th, 2012 to protect the Great Lakes from nuclear dump sites!Join SOS for the first PEACEFUL PROTEST WALK* of the summer!...
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In Energy
Jun 25th, 2012
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CathNews June 22 2012Sr. Rosalie Bertell, GNSH, Ph. D, an internationally recognized environmental epidemiologist, cancer researcher and public health advocate, died June 14, 2012, at age 83 in Saint Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA, in the 54th year of her religious life....
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In Clearview
Jun 23rd, 2012
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Dangerous precedent disregards Niagara Escarpment PlanLetter to Chairman and Members, Niagara Escarpment Commission June 20 2012 I write to express my dismay with the Joint Board decision of June 18, 2012 (Walker Aggregates Inc.) and my concern about the impact that the majority decision m...
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Jun 23rd, 2012
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Tiny Council Meeting June 11, 2012By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny Jun 23 2012 Deputy-Mayor Lawrence presented to council the idea of a golf tournament and special dinner to honour GordLeonard of Tiny Township for his hard work and determination in stopping Dump Site 41 from becoming a reality....
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