By Meade Helman Very short council meeting this week as they get back into the swing of things after a months absence. BUSES: Buses are starting May 1st on a 9:00 to 5:00 schedule. Councillor Simpson question again why the buses didn’t run on a longer day to catch rush hour commuters and high school ...
By Meade Helman Every year people make resolutions to make their life better. How about some political resolutions for the New Year? Like it or not, politics touch every part of our lives. Many of us don’t seem to know much about it or care to know about it. We get upset when a bulldozer […]...
Every day we see new attacks on our rights as citizens in a participatory Democracy from all levels of government. From the Federal government denying environmental groups a voice and ignoring First Nations concerns and welfare; through Provincial nuclear and development policies; to Municipal gover...
By Meade Helman At a recent special council meeting, I was both shocked and dismayed by some of the comments made by members of council. Mayor White told other members of council that he was working towards a complete community. Apparently a complete community is based on rec centres and sports facil...
Heather Wright, CTV Barrie With Faurecia in Bradford announcing it will close – leaving 550 people out of work – there are new worries about the manufacturing sector in our region. Come February, those workers will be added to Ontario’s unemployment list. That’s when operations at Faureci...
CTV News A Bradford plant with more than 500 workers is shutting its doors in 2015. Faurecia North America told its workers today the Bradford seat mechanisms and frames plant will close in mid-2015. Stacie Tong, director of communications for Faurecia North America, says the plant has been hit by an...
Bradford Times November 21 2013 Bradford West Gwillimbury Council received a pep talk from Dr. Frank Clayton, Real Estate and Land Economist, on the value of the Hwy. 400 Employment Lands, and the proposed 5th Line-400 interchange – and heard from two developers, who urged the Town to move forw...
By Meade Helman AWARE News Network October 16 2013TAXES: Bradford West Gwillimbury Finance dept. introduced a report that included the recommendation that “Council adopts in principle the 2015 budget average tax increase of 2.7% for property taxes and an overall increase of 3.2% for water and wastewa...
By Meade Helman AWARE News Network October 4 2013Slightly more than 50 people attended the Board of Trade sponsored Mayor’s breakfast. The first speaker was the town engineer, Arup Mukherjee and Bradford West Gwillimbury Mayor Doug White was the keynote speaker. ...
By Meade Helman AWARE News Network September 23 2013INNISFIL CREEK WATERSHED: A deputation from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority reported on their strategic plan and reported on the health of the Innisfil Creek Watershed. Unfortunately the reports that overall water quality is down and f...
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