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In Simcoe County
Apr 22nd, 2010
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Midland Free Press March 24Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop was set to re-introduce this week his private member’s bill to revoke the dump Site 41 certificate of approval. The bill -introduced last year -made it to second reading, but died on the order paper when the McGuinty government prorogu...
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In Essa
Apr 14th, 2010
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BACK OFFWhy some farmers and townships are fed up with their conservation authoritiesBy Patrick Meagher Eastern Ontario Farmers Forum February 2010FINCH — All the man wanted to do was spread soil over his back yard to eliminate the slope and level if off. The local conservation authority swooped in t...
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In Essa
Apr 13th, 2010
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On CA review sub-committeeNew Tecumseth Free Press Online April 13, 2010 New Tecumseth Ward 4 councillor Dennis Egan last night questioned why the mayor of Essa Township and Oro Medonte were appointed to a Simcoe County council sub-committee that will “research, review and report on the roles a...
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In Simcoe County
Apr 13th, 2010
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By Nicole Million Midland Mirror April 7 2010SIMCOE COUNTY – Members of the Stop Dump Site 41 group are outraged after discovering the County of Simcoe has apparently spent nearly a quarter-million dollars fighting the release of the calibrated computer model of the controversial landfill.According t...
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In Waste
Apr 12th, 2010
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As a quick fix for waste issues, burning can do more harm than goodBy Catherine Porter Toronto Star April 4 2010DETROIT —Just off the city’s main strip, beyond a row of decaying car plants, a parade of dump trucks rumbles into a sprawling grey and red building with four smokestacks. Inside, a Dickens...
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In Simcoe County
Mar 18th, 2010
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The first Spring into Action meeting is being held Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Barrie Methodist Church, 284 Cundles Rd. East, Barrie. (Entrance to meeting is at the back of the church} A continental breakfast with home baked goods will be provided.The meeting is being organize...
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In Essa
Mar 18th, 2010
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Lots of capital projects on the table thoughBY Matthew Talbot Alliston Herald March 15, 2010 ESSA – The Township of Essa approved a one-per-cent tax increase at its committee of the whole meeting March 3 and ratified the budget in council. The increase was hashed out at two previous budget meet...
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In Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority
Mar 16th, 2010
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By Michael Gennings Stayner SunSTAYNER – The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) passed its 2010 budget recently, causing Clearview Township’s annual contribution to decrease 4.31 per cent.That means the municipality will pony up $105,598 to the authority this year. The levy reduct...
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In Simcoe County
Mar 12th, 2010
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NDP alleges new law benefits Barrie investors who attended fundraiserBy Rob Ferguson Toronto StarQueen’s Park Bureau New Democrats charge that Barrie-area developers who attended a $5,000-a-plate fundraiser for Premier Dalton McGuinty got a lucrative deal that could make them millions through a...
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In Water
Mar 11th, 2010
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Toronto – The Council of Canadians is deeply concerned with the McGuinty government’s support for policies that put water in Ontario and abroad at risk, following today’s Throne Speech and is questioning whether the Premier is actually committed to protecting water, given his emphasis on privatizatio...
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