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Jun 14th, 2010
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Simcoe.com June 2 2010CLEARVIEW TOWNSHIP – Brentwood resident Chris Vanderkruys has filed papers to run for mayor of Clearview Township.Vanderkruys is a development officer with the Barrie Public Library and a volunteer on the Brentwood Community Centre Board.The Sun was not able to reach Vande...
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Jun 14th, 2010
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New Tecumseth Online April 22 2010New Tecumseth mayor Mike MacEachern did not distance himself this afternoon from speculation that he would be interested in seeking the Conservative nomination in Simcoe-Grey if the riding association was ordered to find a new candidate to replace incumbent MP Helena...
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Jun 14th, 2010
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Simcoe.com June 3 2010 MIDLAND – It’s done. Finished.A few months before voters head to the polls in a municipal election that seems long overdue, the last rites have been read for Site 41.Once county council made the request on May 25, it took Queen’s Park only a few hours to revoke the certificate ...
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Jun 14th, 2010
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Toronto Star May 29 2010The fight to build a controversial landfill site in Simcoe County is officially over. Earlier this week, the province waved a white flag and revoked its certificate of approval for Dump Site 41. To applause from project opponents, gathered to witness the occasion, county counc...
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Jun 14th, 2010
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Barrie Examiner May 28 — So now what? Site 41, the North Simcoe Landfill, will no longer even be considered as a dump for Simcoe County waste. Last summer, county council bowed to overwhelming public pressure and reversed its position on the Tiny Township site, deciding it would not be a landfi...
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Jun 14th, 2010
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By Miriam King Editor Bradford Times On May 25, the County of Simcoe finally laid to rest the controversial North Simcoe Landfill site, better known as Site 41. Following the vote in September 2009 to halt construction of the new landfill, County Council has now voted to ask the province to revoke th...
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Jun 14th, 2010
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By BOB BRUTON Barrie Examiner May 25 2010Site 41 has officially been dumped. Simcoe County council decided Tuesday to ask Ontario’s Ministry of Environment to revoke the Certificate of Approval necessary to operate the Tiny Township property as a landfill. Its zoning will be returned to agricul...
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Jun 14th, 2010
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By Chris Fell Simcoe.com May 25 2010To say that opposition to industrial wind turbines invading our rural landscape is growing would be an understatement.Several municipalities in Grey and Bruce counties are now pondering the possibility of challenging the McGuinty government’s draconian Green ...
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Jun 14th, 2010
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Gail Swainson Toronto Star May 26 2010The province has revoked the certificate of approval for Elmvale’s notorious Dump Site 41, just hours after Simcoe County Council voted Tuesday to rezone the landfill for agricultural uses.The decision means the site will be permanently shuttered after a 20-year ...
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Jun 14th, 2010
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By John Edwards Simcoe.com May 25 2010Site 41 is dead.Simcoe County council voted Tuesday morning to ask the Ministry of the Environment to revoke the certificate of approval for the proposed Tiny Township dumpsite.Council also approved an amendment – moved by Tiny Township Deputy Mayor George Lawren...
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