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Jun 27th, 2010
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Ontario Farmland Preservation is a group formed in response to a number of solar farm proposals in Simcoe County by Recurrent Energy, a corporation headquarted in San Francisco.Ontario Farmland Preservation flyerOntario Farmland Preservation websiteRecurrent Energy website Recurrent Energy projects...
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Jun 27th, 2010
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Mayor Jack Jordon – Loretto 519-941-6687 jack.jordan@sympatico.ca (incumbent councillor Ward 1)Leo Losereit – Everett 705-435-7414 leo@leo4mayor.caTom Walsh – Loretto – 905-729-2132 (incumbent)Deputy Mayor Mary Small Brett – Palgrave 519-941-5828 marysmallbrett@sympa...
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In Simcoe County
Jun 25th, 2010
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Senior staff and past wardens' views touted to break 'logjam' among county councillorsBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe June 25 2010Should Simcoe County’s government be strong or weak?A consultant is startled to find that there’s no consensus on the issue among county councillors who met yesterday to stud...
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Jun 25th, 2010
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Ontario government postpones environmental legislation News release - Zero Waste Simcoe - June 24 2010 --Legislation created by Ontario Minister of the Environment, which planned to revise Ontario’s Waste Diversion Act, and which was ready for parliamentary introduction in June, has been postponed. ...
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Jun 25th, 2010
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By Guy Crittenden Solid Waste and Recyling Magazine June 14 2010In May an argument resurfaced between the Composting Council of Canada (CCC) and Stewardship Ontario (SO) over the definition of compost as a fertilizer and negative implications from its inclusion in Ontario’s stewardship program for mu...
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Jun 25th, 2010
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By Guy Crittenden Solid Waste Recycling Magazine June 21 2010Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government in Ontario has capitulated to lobby pressure from regulated industry and postponed (possibly permanently) one of the most important pieces of constructive environmental legislation in a generation.The le...
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In Simcoe County
Jun 23rd, 2010
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AWARE Simcoe — Tomorrow (Thursday) at 7 p.m., there is a special meeting of county council to discuss a consultant’s report on governance. What is happening here is totally under the radar because there has been no media coverage of this issue, but it is very important. There is apparentl...
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In Simcoe County
Jun 23rd, 2010
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By RAYMOND BOWE Barrie Examiner June 23 2010Several county councillors took exception to a comment made by Ramara Township Mayor Bill Duffy that people on welfare who can physically work should "get out and get a job." ...
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In Simcoe County
Jun 23rd, 2010
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By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe June 23 2010The county’s waste strategy steering committee endorsed a waste strategy presented yesterday by Janine Ralph, of Stantec, that aims for a 77 per cent diversion rate by 2030 – but it wasn’t unanimous, and Zero Waste Simcoe has refused to support the strategy. ...
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In Simcoe County
Jun 23rd, 2010
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By RAYMOND BOWE Barrie Examiner June 23 2010 Depending on what Simcoe County councillors want to spend, the amount of waste not going into area landfills could reach as high as 77%. ...
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