By Kate Harries AWARE News Network August 27 2013Councillor Rick Webster wants Springwater Township to retain lawyers to go after “slanderous unsubstantiated innuendo suggesting wrongdoing by elected and township officials.” “Call me stupid, tell me you do not agree with me, tell me you wish you had ...

Township of Springwater Previous Notice of Motion Libel and Slander Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER L.12 • _Notice of Motion was first received on July 15, 2013 by the Mover, Councillor Webster • _Councillor Webster may speak to the Previous Notice of Motion for the first time on August 26, 2013, upon rece...

Springwater Township website August 22 2013What is a Curb Swap? A Curb Swap provides residents an opportunity to "give away" items that no longer have use to them, but may be useful to others. ...

Aboriginal Protesters Move into Springwater Provincial Park After Ontario Parks Leaves by Mark Brosens Inside Agenda August 20, 2013“As far as I’m concerned, it was abandoned,” says Elizabeth Brass Elson, who currently resides in Camp Nibi in Springwater Provincial Park. “When a government facility t...

Simcoe County Official Plan builds on questionable settlement area boundaryBy David Strachan Midhurst Ratepayers Association August 3 2013On August 2, 2013, the Ontario Municipal Board issued its decision, dismissing the Midhurst Ratepayers' Association's (MRA) appeal of the Simcoe Official Plan [SOP...

AWARE Simcoe August 3 2013 The County of Simcoe, the Township of Springwater and various developers have been successful in getting the MRA dismissed as an appellant from the OMB hearing into Simcoe County's Official plan. The following is the text of the Ontario Municipal Board decision: ...

Rural Intentions – a word from Craighurstby Lynette Mader Springwater News July 18 2013Our little community is fairly bursting with artistic talent. I mentioned the Arts Medonte activities last column and have also learned that two neighbours - Fran Poole and Marianna Gilbert - have artwork at the Qu...

By Bill French AWARE News Network July 18 2013I believe the conduct at the Springwater Township is moving to a new-time low. We hear the criticism all the time on tightly controlled members of the Harper government. People don’t necessarily agree with me, but I have no problem as it is a party system...

Letter to the Springwater News July 18 2013I attended the Springwater Council meeting on Monday July 15, 2013. I was very saddened by a situation that transpired. Dan McLean, the deputy mayor, read a 2 page letter concerning Councillor Sandy McConkey.  He accused her of breach of procedural decorum a...