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Jan 22nd, 2020
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Mayor Brian Saunderson – Collingwood Today photo Six-month education period now underway on new registry; will be reevaluated in six months before penalties start to be enforced By: Jessica Owen Collingwood Today Anyone wanting to lobby town officials will now have to add their name to the regi...
Jan 19th, 2020
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by Ian Adams Collingwood Connection A Collingwood councillor wants to see stricter rules when it comes to having big homes replace smaller ones. Coun. Yvonne Hamlin, following a concern about an infill project presented to council’s development and operations committee, suggested the perception is th...
Jan 19th, 2020
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Rick Lloyd by Ian Adams Collingwood Connection January 16 2020 Collingwood’s former deputy mayor is pushing back against any suggestion he was involved in misconduct, arguing his actions in seeing recreation facilities built were in the best interests of the community. In his closing submission to Pa...
Jan 17th, 2020
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Staff reports on options to come back before Governance Committee likely by the end of January; change would see council reduced from 32 to either 21 or 23 members See below for warden’s top five priorities By: Jessica Owen Barrie Today The size of Simcoe County council could be changing by the...
Jan 15th, 2020
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Nina Bifolchi Staff will look into storm-water management, legal services, transit, water and wastewater to find efficiencies as part of regional governance review By: Jessica Owen Orillia Matters While the province’s regional governance review fizzled out, the County of Simcoe is still looking at wa...
Jan 2nd, 2020
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Collingwood Inquiry lead counsel Kate McGrann Recommendations expected to impact municipalities across Ontario By Erika Engel Collingwood Today In 2019, the hearings for the Collingwood Judicial Inquiry brought more than three dozen witnesses to the stand. The inquiry was called by a vote of council ...
Nov 24th, 2019
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Minesing Wetlands From Nature Conservancy of Canada  Here’s a chance to secure the future of 80 acres of wetland, the only Canadian home of the Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly, and a key resource to assist in controlling floods and providing clean water for nearby communities. Giving Tuesday ...
Nov 23rd, 2019
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‘There’s some wording confusion that’s taking place between the province and municipalities,’ councillor says By: Jessica Owen Collingwood Today For Coun. Mariane McLeod’s first motion before council since being sworn in, she has decided to make an environmental impact. First read during ...
Nov 19th, 2019
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Photoshopped sidewalk from Collingwood staff report, looking south on Hurontario Street at Golfview Drive.  Preliminary sidewalk designs for the east side of Hurontario Street between Lockhart Road and Tracey Lane were considered by committee on Monday night By Jessica Owen Collingwood Today Council ...
Oct 25th, 2019
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Warden George Cornell ‘After what happened in Toronto… there was a lot of anxiety that amalgamation would happen (here),’ says Collingwood mayor By: Jessica Owen Barrie Today October 25 2019 Late last night, Simcoe County Warden George Cornell got a phone call. “It turns out, it was...