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In Innisfil
May 7th, 2011
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Davidson will ask for partial removal of median near 25th Sideroad By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope May 4 2011  Six ‘planter’ medians will be removed from the Innisfil Beach Road Precinct 2A reconstruction plans. However, the change will not affect medians that have already been erected alon...
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In Simcoe County
May 7th, 2011
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Family would save money on user pay garbage Letter to Innisfil Scope May 4 2011 Here is a positive spin on the paying for garbage issue. For families of four like mine who often have just half a can of garbage per week, we could save money. Read more ...
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In Simcoe County
May 7th, 2011
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Only eight years of available landfill capacity remains in County of Simcoe By Richard Blanchard Innisfil Scope April 4 2011 Simcoe County council has decided to take a second look at a plan to charge residents for each bag of garbage placed at roadside. Last week, county councillors decided to delay...
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In Innisfil
May 7th, 2011
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Ontario Civilian Police Commission hearing will continue on May 17 By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope May 4 2011 South Simcoe Police chief Bruce Davis has plead guilty to neglect of duty, stemming from the wrongful termination of constable David Oliver in February 2008. Davis appeared before an Ontario Ci...
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In Agriculture
May 7th, 2011
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By KATE RUSSELL Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin May 3 2011 Ontario’s rural lifestyle and the future of food drew over 150 farmers, planners and economic developers from across the province to a recent rural economies forum. The farmland preservation forum called Renewing Rural Economies was hos...
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In Barrie
May 7th, 2011
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Barrie Industrial Chemical Recycler Found Guilty of Ontario Fire Code Violations Again – One Year LaterNews release from City of Barrie May 03, 2011Approximately one year after being found guilty of violating the Ontario Fire Code, a local chemical recycler and its officers have pled guilty to 8 addi...
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In Orillia
May 7th, 2011
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From Kelly Clune, Orillia WMAC member May 1 2011Orillia's Waste Management Advisory Committee (WMAC) recently passed the following motion:“Whereas the City of Orillia has provided an extended waste program which includes recycling and composting as well as education to its citizens for over 20 years;...
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In Simcoe County
Apr 28th, 2011
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BWG Mayor explains why he's opposed to user-pay By Mayor Doug White Letter to Bradford Times April 28 2011Dear Residents: On Tuesday, April 26, Simcoe County Council overwhelmingly supported my motion to put the brakes on the "full user pay" waste management program, in an 84-9 recorded vote.Previous...
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In Quarries
Apr 28th, 2011
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Banner reporter tags along as the mega-quarry march moved toward Melancthon By Chris Halliday Orangeville.com. Apr 27, 2011 Each time a car, tractor-trailer, or SUV drives by honking their horn, environmental activist Danny Beaton of the Mohawk Turtle Clan hoists his right arm holding his “sacred eag...
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In Simcoe County
Apr 27th, 2011
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By Laurie Watt Simcoe.com Apr 26, 2011  ANGUS – Simcoe County waste management director Rob McCullough proudly steps up to the sorting game aimed at Grade 2 students and admits it’s his favourite.  It’s the last in a series of games in Simcoe County’s new mobile education unit, a classroom full...