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In New Tecumseth
Apr 19th, 2011
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Concerns about unfettered access to Canadian procurement by European corporations AWARE Simcoe April 19 2011New Tecumseth is asking the provincial government to negotiate a clear exemption from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement for local governments. A resolution moved by Councillor Jim ...
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In Orillia
Apr 19th, 2011
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WMAC members butt heads over ‘combustion’ By MIRANDA MINASSIAN, THE PACKET & TIMES April 14 2011 Fireworks erupted at a meeting Wednesday night where waste “combustion” was suggested as a solution for the city’s trash. Waste management advisory committee (WMAC) memb...
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In Meetings, events
Apr 18th, 2011
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Print out flier and distribute Posted April 18 2011 AWARE Simcoe public meeting on Saturday April 30 in Dalston from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Topic: How to monitor your local council with panellists Sandy Agnew (Oro-Medonte), Bill French (Springwater) and Meade Hellman (Bradford West Gwillimbury). A lo...
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In Quarries
Apr 18th, 2011
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Highland Companies head office address is a mailbox in Hamilton  Letter to AWARE Simcoe April 18 2011 Ladies and Gentlemen,You will be aware of the massive open pit mine application in Melanchton Township, the biggest one ever filed in Ontario, likely the second biggest in North America.Not only does...
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In Barrie
Apr 16th, 2011
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Editorial Barrie Examiner April 15 2011 Something’s wrong with a plan that bills motorists at accident scenes when firefighters attend. This practice is happening in many Ontario municipalities and on major provincial highways, and is about to be renewed in Barrie after a relatively brief pause...
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In Water
Apr 16th, 2011
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Federal election issues include right to water and sanitation and CETA (the Canadian European Union TRade Agreement.  BY BRENT PATTERSON Council of Canadians APRIL 16, 2011 Full story on Rabble.ca...
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In Energy
Apr 16th, 2011
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Pour Evian on your radishes by Albert Bates Energy Bulletin April 14 2011 GE’s Japanese Nuclear Disaster is like the BP Gulf Oil Spill of 2010, a slow-moving monster, chewing up rich, diverse, biological ecosystems and leaving a toxic cancer on the landscape that will fester for decades, if not...
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In Simcoe County
Apr 14th, 2011
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Millar asks why provincial Tory leader Hudak was also invitedBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe April 14 2011Three area Tory MPPs – Garfield Dunlop (Simcoe North), Jim Wilson (Simcoe Grey) and Julia Munro (York Simcoe) - have accepted an invitation from Warden Cal Patterson to “share with Council their pla...
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In Simcoe County
Apr 13th, 2011
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Megaquarry: 'Stay out of our neighbour's business' By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe April 13 2011Concerned about user-pay for curbside garbage bags? Opposed to clear plastic bags? Interested in why the county wants to end heavy garbage pickup?You might wish to attend a special workshop on the county's wa...
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In Water
Apr 12th, 2011
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Darlington panel told Darlington panel Fisheries Act may  be rewritten, nuclear industry exempted Krystyn Tully, Waterkeeper.ca Weekly April 11 2011 Some of Canada’s oldest laws are designed to protect fish and fish habitat, cornerstones of our nation’s culture, economy, and environment. Two of the m...