ADM Milling officials worried over Midland’s new official plan
Midland’s new official plan could impact ADM Milling’s ability to continue operating a flour mill on the town’s waterfront. The latest draft of the official plan designates lands around ADM’s property as mixed use. If development were to take place on those lands, it...
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Midland community health centre receives official accreditation
The Chigamik Community Health Centre was awarded another four-year accreditation from the Canadian Centre for Accreditation (CCA). “Our stakeholders can be assured that we have undergone an extensive internal and external review process that measures our practices...
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New Midland health hub hoping for late-2019 opening
Although it appears work on the Chigamik Waypoint Community Health Hub has stalled, there is a lot being done behind the scenes. With the exterior of the new health centre on Lakeshore Drive complete, officials involved in the project have turned their attention to...
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Midland manufacturers benefiting from new pre-apprenticeship program
A new government funded pre-apprenticeship program is helping train more skilled trades workers and fill the many manufacturing job openings across North Simcoe. Georgian College, with the help of the Economic Development Corporation of North Simcoe (EDCNS), managed...
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Notice of EDCNS Annual General Meeting 2019
The Annual General Meeting of the Economic Development Corporation of North Simcoe (EDCNS) Board of Directors will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. for the purpose of electing directors and conducting other business. Location:...
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Maple Weekend offers a chance to tour maple bushes and sugar shacks
Experience the beginning of spring by getting out onto the land during Maple Weekend April 6-7. Nine maple syrup producers in Simcoe County are among those across the province celebrating their first crop of the season with the fifth annual open house. At Windlee...
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Strategy developed to attract physicians to Midland, Penetanguishene
A physician recruitment strategy has been created to bring more doctors to north Simcoe and avoid a healthcare crisis. “If we did nothing we would put about 14,000 people in our community at risk,” said David Gravelle, physician recruitment and retention officer for...
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Lafontaine’s Festival du Loup receives award
Lafontaine's Festival du Loup was awarded the Meute culturelle for its storytelling evening. In 2003, the Centre franco-ontarien de folklore (CFOF) established an annual special award called "Le Billochet du jongleur" to honour persons or groups promoting...
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Province funding an additional 13 long-term-care beds in Midland
The Villa Care Centre in Midland is receiving funding for an additional 13 long-term-care beds. These beds will be in addition to the 19 new long-term-care beds the facility was promised back in March 2018. On March 22, the Ontario PC government announced 16...
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Five-storey hotel and conference centre proposed for Midland
A five-storey, 93-room hotel and conference centre could be coming to Midland. The Coland Development Corporation has submitted an application to build a new hotel and conference centre on a 4.82-acre lot along Highway 12 west of Beamish Road and the Southern Georgian...
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