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In Waste
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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In Energy
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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In Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority
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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In Indigenous
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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In Simcoe County
Feb 27th, 2011
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By CAL PATTERSON – WARDEN’S COLUMN Barrie Examiner Feb 24 2011 Simcoe County Council approved the 2011 operating budget recently, another step along the road to long-term fiscal responsibility. One only needs to consider the budget, now topping $408 million, in order to understand the siz...
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In Bradford West Gwillimbury
Feb 27th, 2011
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By Miriam King Bradford Times Feb 24 2011The estimated cost of a new interchange at Hwy. 400 and the 5th Line of Innisfil is now $53.1 million, including engineering, construction, contingencies, and land acquisition - but unlike the Dissette St./8th Line Project, a proposed cost-sharing agreement wi...
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In Bradford West Gwillimbury
Feb 27th, 2011
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Health Centre still in budget By Miriam King Bradford Times Feb 24 2011 The 2011 budget includes a $2 million line item for the conversion of the old library on Holland Court into a Family Health Care Centre – even though the Province did not approve the municipality for a Family Health Team. C...
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