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In Waste
Mar 2nd, 2011
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Ontario taxpayers take the waste and then pay for half the recycling costsNews release from Zero Waste Simcoe March 1 2011Local grassroots organization Zero Waste Simcoe thinks that since Ontario taxpayers subsidize one-half of the costs of provincial recycling then maybe they should have some say in...
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Mar 2nd, 2011
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By J. Keith Ritchie Zero Waste Simcoe February 28 2011Zero Waste Simcoe’s newest member is a “green company” and is a major contributor to our cause. Atlas BLOCK is a Victoria Harbour business, family held for 60 years and now operates also in Brockville, and their new “state of the art” plant in H...
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Mar 1st, 2011
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Plus Good Neighbours: Winning Community Support for a Composting Plant in GuelphBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe March 1 2011There are two good articles in the current digital edition of Solid Waste & Recycling: One is an editorial by Guy Crittenden on how Nestle and Coca-Cola are trying to redefine Ext...
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Feb 28th, 2011
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By JOHN LORINC Globe and Mail Feb. 24, 2011 Just four years ago, Paul Ghezzi bought into Ontario’s green-energy dream. But today the founder of the Ontario Solar Income Fund calls the province’s much-touted solar strategy “an absolute disaster.” His beef is specific—narrow, even—but it joins a widesp...
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Feb 27th, 2011
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By Bruce Hain Innisfil Journal Feb 26, 2011 INNISFIL - Unlocking “The Power of Tourism” was the theme of a morning workshop held at Town Hall Thursday.Hosted by the South Simcoe Tourism working group, the keynote speaker was Dan Taylor, EDO for Prince Edward County, east of Toronto. In the past 10 ye...
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In Simcoe County
Feb 27th, 2011
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By Douglas Glynn Midland Free Press March 1 2011Zero Waste Simcoe has endorsed the county's decision to move to a full user-pay system for curbside garbage collection.Gordon McKay, chair of the grassroots watchdog group, has described the decision as a "positive move."...
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Feb 27th, 2011
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Fitness centre likely shut down for good By SHAWN GIILCK Collingwood Enterptise Bulletin Feb 25 2011COLLINGWOOD -- Collingwood council put the 2011 budget under the microscope Wednesday.There were few big surprises during the day-long number-crunching held at the third floor of the municipal offices ...
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In Oro-Medonte
Feb 27th, 2011
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By J.T. MCVEIGH, BARRIE EXAMINER Feb 25 2011ORO-MEDONTE TWP. -- Two voices in an 80-strong choir sang the praises of the federal government's Economic Action Plan.Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton and Barrie MP Patrick Brown met at the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport in Oro-Medonte Township with partners fr...
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Feb 27th, 2011
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By Sharon Weatherall Midland Free Press Feb 24 2011Beausoleil First Nation council is in the pre-approval stage for funding assistance to upgrade the water treatment plant on Christian Island. Without $100,000 for improvements the system could let in impurities that would taint water quality in the c...
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