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In New Tecumseth
Jan 15th, 2011
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online January 13, 2011 The Executive Director of the Gibson Cultural Centre in Alliston laid out a proposed five year plan last night that would see the municipal budget line item for arts and culture grants in New Tecumseth go from $100,000 to $200,000 by 2015. Angela Drain...
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In New Tecumseth
Jan 15th, 2011
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Letter to the editor New Tecumseth Free Press Online January 13 2011I would like to know why in the elections there was talk about a transit system even from the Mayor, but in the budget that has just come out there is not anything about a transit system. This has been on going for many […]...
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In New Tecumseth
Jan 15th, 2011
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online January 11 2011There was relief in the air for one councillor at least last night, after learning that the Beeton Secondary Plan and its residential development proposals, will not fall prey to the provincial directive that pushes dense development in New Tecumseth to ...
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In Orillia
Jan 15th, 2011
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In its heyday, foundry employed around 800 people By JENNIFER BURDEN THE PACKET & TIMES January 14 2011 A piece of Orillia’s industrial history is up for sale.All four parcels of the 144-year-old FLSmidth property, formerly known as Dorr-Oliver or Dorr-Oliver-Long, at 174 West St. S. are o...
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In Oro-Medonte
Jan 13th, 2011
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Most of the material would come from TorontoBy NATHAN TAYLOR, THE PACKET & TIMESThe 60 people who attended a public meeting Tuesday night in Oro-Medonte Township learned a lot about what a recycling company is not interested in. ...
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In Orillia
Jan 13th, 2011
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By NATHAN TAYLOR, THE PACKET & TIMES January 12 2011The previous city council is being asked to return all closed-session documents and reports so they can be destroyed....
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In Orillia
Jan 13th, 2011
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By NATHAN TAYLOR, THE PACKET & TIMES January 12 2011A mayor’s task force on the budget will immediately start work after it is formed at next week’s council meeting.The task force was approved during a meeting last month, as part of a motion that halted the pre-budget and budget proc...
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In Energy
Jan 12th, 2011
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By Krystyn Tully and Joanna Bull, Waterkeeper Weekly January 10 2011Ontario’s new long-term energy plan may look like it is all about green power (it is called “Building Our Clean Energy Future”, after all). It isn’t. First and foremost, Ontario’s energy plan commits Ontarians to building more nuclea...
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In New Tecumseth
Jan 11th, 2011
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By Maija Hoggett Simcoe.com Jan 11, 2011 NEW TECUMSETH - There was a lot of discussion, but no decisions last week over how much New Tecumseth's municipal tax increase will be this year. Thursday night was council's first chance to talk about the 2011 budget, ...
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In Meetings, events
Jan 11th, 2011
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Council of Canadians Simcoe Region Chapter meets on Wed., January 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Barrie Public Library.The group will discuss how to move forward with work to ban water bottles and educate people about the related social issues....