Homes for seniors, students, low-income and starter homes seem low priorityBy Meade Helman AWARE News Network September 7 2013After a summer hiatus that had only one council meeting in two months, council is back at it. These are a few of the highlights.The evening started with a closed session regar...

By Meade Helman AWARE News Network August 7 20135th Line Interchange. It looks like the 5th line interchange is back on the table (if it was ever off) According to comments from Jay Courrier, town manager, the town is going forward with engineering and expects to have a pre-development agreement with...

By Meade Helman AWARE News Network June 26 2013After a nearly 2 year process, at the June 25 special meeting of council, Bradford West Gwillimbury council voted to retain the South Simcoe Police Service (SSPS). Council congratulated themselves on a job well done and savings achieved. (Interestingly t...

By Meade Helman AWARE News Network  June 19 2013BROKEN DIKES: Frank Junkman presented Bradford West Gwillimbury Council with an overview of the two consecutive dike failures and the process to get the funds to put the farmland into production. EDITORIAL COMMENT: One has to ask where MPP Julia Munro a...

Valuable farmland in Holland Marsh area submerged for the second time after a dike broke and flooded the area Sunday morningBy: Sahar Fatima Toronto Star Jun 17 2013 Farmers in the Holland Marsh area have started cleaning up after their fields were submerged for the second time when a dike broke and ...

By Meade Helman AWARE News Network June 15 2013Two days ago, on Wednesday June 13, a special meeting of council was held to allow residents to comment on the proposed conversion of SSP (South Simcoe Police) to OPP. The room was packed, the crowd spilling into the hallway. ...

By Meade Helman AWARE News Network May 24 2013At the May 21 council meeting, James Leduc, supported by Raj Sandhu , bought forward  a motion to have our BWG council write to Hon. Peter Van Loan and ask him to urge the Prime Minister to call in the RCMP to investigate the current scandal that started ...

By Meade Helman AWARE News Network April 19 2013The following was presented at the BWG Council by Kevin Holmes, of the Gateway to Simcoe Community Association. The Association has been fighting a rezoning proposal Agricultural “A” zone to a site-specific zone to permit a landscape contracting operati...

Barrie Examiner April 12, 2013 Motorists travelling on Highway 400 will soon benefit from major road and bridge improvements, announced today....

Barriers, asphalt to be upraded between Canal Road and IBRInnisfil Journal  April 12 2013More than $82 million will be pumped into Highway 400 improvements from the Canal Road to Innisfil Beach Road, York-Simcoe MP Peter Van Loan announced this morning....