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Dec 28th, 2022
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Bill is part of province’s plan to build 1.5 million homes in 10 years From CBC News Protesters rallied against Bill 23 in Orillia on Nov. 20.Connor Earl Photo Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 28, 2022 12:29 PM ET   Ontario passed a housing bill Monday intended to spur deve...
Dec 17th, 2022
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‘Ironic how Health Minister Jones, the Ford government and MPP Saunderson choose the timing to bribe the local residents of Simcoe County with a much-needed MRI machine,’ says letter writer From CollingwoodToday, stock image Ironic how Health Minister Jones, the Ford government and MPP Sa...
Dec 5th, 2022
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‘What recourse do we, the people, have to protect our environment, for ourselves and for our children, and to ensure affordable accommodation, if a majority government can push through such damaging legislation,’ writes Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation president from Collingwood T...
Oct 27th, 2022
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File photo. Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From BarrieToday, October 25, 2022 By Erika Engel Yesterday, voters in the 444 municipalities in Ontario elected their new councils and school boards from a slate of more than 6,300 candidates running province-wide. In the Grey and Simcoe County area, voters elect...
Oct 27th, 2022
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From Simcoe.com, October 24, 2022 By Sara Carson RESULTS Click a municipality below to see results: MUNICIPALITIES: CITY OF BARRIE CITY OF ORILLIA TOWNSHIP OF ADJALA-TOSORONTIO BRADFORD WEST GWILLIMBURY TOWNSHIP OF CLEARVIEW TOWN OF COLLINGWOOD TOWNSHIP OF ESSA TOWN OF INNISFIL TOWN OF MIDLAND TOWN O...
Oct 10th, 2022
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Yvonne Hamlin is running for mayor. – Yvonne Hamlin photo From SImcoe.com, October 7, 2022 By John Edwards MAYOR Name: Yvonne Hamlin Contact information: yvonnehamlin.com, connect@yvonnehamlin.com, YvonneHamlinForMayor on Facebook and @yvonne_hamlin on Twitter Previous political experience: I h...
Sep 17th, 2022
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From the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition By Margaret Prophet,Executive Director Our free lunch ‘n learn webinars for municipal candidates are beginning next week.  They feature topics that candidates told us were important to them: housing policy, supporting local food systems and protecting ...
Sep 10th, 2022
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Yvonne Hamlin has announced she is running for mayor. – Yvonne Hamlin photo From Simcoe.com, May 2, 2022 By John Edwards Collingwood has its first mayoral candidate. Coun. Yvonne Hamlin declared her candidacy May 2, the first day individuals were able to file. Hamlin is in her first term on cou...
Sep 10th, 2022
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Andrea Mandel Campbell, Katherine Holmes, Sharon Carr, Sunny Wiles and Julie Watene are concerned about the future of the Silver Creek Wetlands. | NVCA Image From Simcoe.com, September 6, 2022 By John Edwards The Friends of the Silver Creek have been fighting against development adjacent to the wetla...
Aug 31st, 2022
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George Powell of the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust says Collingwood’s official plan is skewed towards development. From Simcoe.com, August 29, 2022 By John Edwards The Blue Mountain Watershed Trust is raising concerns about the first draft of Collingwood’s Official Plan. George Powell, a member...