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In Ramara
Feb 18th, 2011
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In preliminary budget, Ramara Township declines to pay into tourism marketing groupBy JENNIFER BURDEN The Packet & Times February 17 2011Ontario's Lake Country is one township away from being crippled....
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In Waste
Feb 18th, 2011
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Can Ontario see the goal for the garbage?News release from Zero Waste Simcoe Feb 16 2011 Zero Waste Simcoe Chair Gord McKay is concerned about how the topic of waste will be spun in the upcoming Ontario provincial election....
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In Penetanguishene
Feb 18th, 2011
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Library, museum, recreation department instructed to boost revenueBy Nicole Million Simcoe.com Feb 11, 2011PENETANGUISHENE – Penetanguishene residents will have to come up with an extra 10 bucks in municipal taxes this year under the town’s proposed operating budget....
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In Midland
Feb 18th, 2011
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By Nicolle Million Midland Mirror February 17 2011 MIDLAND – A review of Midland’s taxi bylaw will proceed, kicked off by a public meeting scheduled for March 23. A report by clerk Andrea Fay stated staff is awaiting direction from council regarding the key topics it wants to receive feedback on duri...
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In Energy
Feb 18th, 2011
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ADAM RADWANSKI Globe and Mail Feb. 17, 2011At a certain point, the excuses start to wear a little thin.Yes, Ontario entered largely uncharted territory with the most ambitious alternative-energy strategy in North America. Sure, it was inevitable that a few mistakes would need to be corrected along th...
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In Environment
Feb 18th, 2011
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By Tracy Kibble Yorkregion.com Feb 16, 2011 Georgina residents should pay the estimated $4 million to clean up the former Thane aluminum site even if the task is a provincial responsibility, one citizen said this week. “I’m tired of ongoing discussion on who will clean up the site. If taxes have to b...
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In Collingwood
Feb 18th, 2011
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By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin February 16 2011 COLLINGWOOD — It’s a start, but Collingwood’s budget chief believes there can be more. Deputy-mayor Rick Lloyd — who was officially appointed as chair of the budget committee on Monday night — says his goal is to get mun...
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In Bradford West Gwillimbury
Feb 18th, 2011
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Current draft features 1.23% tax hike for residentsBy Jay Gutteridge BARRIE Advance Feb 16, 2011Bradford West Gwillimbury council tinkered with the town’s budget during two special meetings, making a few cuts but no drastic changes....
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In Barrie
Feb 18th, 2011
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By BOB BRUTON – Barrie Examiner February 16 2011 Don’t like Barrie’s bus service? Here’s your chance to do something about it. City councillors have given initial approval to spend $75,000 on a transit ridership survey and public consultation program to help look into other ways to ...
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In Lakes
Feb 18th, 2011
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By PAUL JANKOWSKI, Owen Sound SUN TIMES STAFF February 18 2011 Opponents on both sides of the Canada-U. S. border are continuing efforts to stop the shipment by Bruce Power of 16 decommissioned radioactive steam generators through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. Sierra Club Canada was to hol...