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Sep 11th, 2011
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Hub hedge fund hit over quarry By Brendan Lynch Boston Herald September 11, 2011 The Baupost Group, a Boston hedge fund, is under fire north of the border for financing a controversial, 2,300-acre limestone “mega-quarry” outside Toronto that would replace fertile potato farmland. Read more ...
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Sep 10th, 2011
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The Grower September 2011 Six thousand acres of Honeywood silt loam, coveted by potato growers surrounding Shelburne, Ontario, sit at the head of a simmering controversy. “The BMW of soil” is how Kate Armstrong describes the legacy of her great-great-great-great grandfather who first farmed there in ...
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Sep 9th, 2011
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County council negotiations aim for continued scattering of growthNews release from the Sustainable Urban Development Association September 8 2011Ontario’s Simcoe County is negotiating with the Ontario government to finalize a growth plan that will see 183,000 new residents and 58,000 new jobs in the...
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Sep 6th, 2011
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By Ian McInroy Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin September 6 2011 TINY TWP. — Once the scene of mass protests and national media attention, the majority of the former Site 41 landfill property is going up for sale. Read more ...
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Sep 6th, 2011
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UPDATED - DATE CORRECTION Ronnie Stanley from Freecycle Midland will speak about the international re-use movement Zero Waste Simcoe news release Setpember 6 2011 WASAGA BEACH -- Zero Waste Simcoe (ZWS) will host a series of four 'zero waste' themed meetings in Simcoe County over this FALL and in th...
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Sep 6th, 2011
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From Brampton Greens September 6 2011Demonstration on Saturday Oct. 1 at3 pm to express opposition to the proposed quarry that would destroy 2300 acres of prime farmland and threaten the water relied upon by ONE MILLION CANADIANS....
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Sep 6th, 2011
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By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians September 2 2011 CBC reports that the Pikangikum First Nation in Ontario – located about 600 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay and 300 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg – “is experiencing a spike in its already high suicide rate, prompting a former...
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Sep 5th, 2011
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from Solar Farm Awareness Project September 5 2011Aria Solar Power roject at the corner of County Rd 27 and Old Second North in Soringwater: Public Information Session #1 on Tuesday, September 6 between 3 and 6 pm at the Elmvale Community Hal, 33 Queen St. W., Elmvale. ...
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Sep 5th, 2011
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Eric Hodgins to address issues regarding annexed Innisfil lands AWARE Simcoe September 5 2010 Eric Hodgins, Barrie’s Growth Management Coordinator, will be making a presentation to the AWARE Simcoe board on Thursday, September 8, from 7-8 pm, on the city’s growth management program with partic...
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In Tiny
Sep 3rd, 2011
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Tiny Council Report of August 29 2011By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny September 3 2011...
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