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Aug 21st, 2015
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By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun There’s been a shake-up at town hall, as the Town of Wasaga Beach and its clerk and manager of planning and development parted ways on Thursday. Clerk Twyla Nicholson had served as the town’s clerk for six years. Manager of planning Ray Kelso had worked for the municipality fo...
Jun 25th, 2015
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By Gisele Winton Sarvis Barrie Examiner WASAGA BEACH – Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith now has the authority to direct staff, in addition to the chief administrative officer, following a 5-2 vote on the matter at Tuesday’s council meeting. In a heated debate, Deputy Mayor Nina Bifolchi sai...
Jun 10th, 2015
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By Sara Carson Orillia Today Ontario’s ombudsman will soon oversee all of Simcoe County’s councils and their hired integrity commissioners. On May 21, Ontario ombudsman André Marin announced when this oversight, under the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, will come into force...
May 28th, 2015
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By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun Wasaga’s deputy mayor says council needed “all the facts” before OK’ing an integrity commissioner position for the municipality. On Tuesday, the majority of councillors disagreed, ratifying a recommendation made during its Wednesday, May 20 general government committee to esta...
Apr 22nd, 2015
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By Katherine Ward CTV News Barrie  The mayor of Wasaga Beach is defending the town’s decision to seek the purchase of seven properties along the municipality’s main drag. Brian Smith says the town has seen a downward spiral in the number of tourists coming to Wasaga Beach each year. Something he hope...
Mar 12th, 2015
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By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun The process of developing a strategic vision for the main beachfront area could end up playing second fiddle to the creation of a downtown core. On Tuesday, councillors were given an overview on the work that had gone into Opportunity Wasaga, the name given to the strategic vi...
Mar 10th, 2015
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By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun A group of Wasaga Beach residents is rallying to fight a development they say doesn’t fit in with their neighbourhood. A public meeting will be held on March 24 for comments on a zoning amendment that would allow a small forested area off 41st Street developed into a 56-unit t...
Mar 7th, 2015
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“Nottawasaga”…from the Algonquin translation referring to the outlet of the river where Huron would battle their mortal enemies, the Iroquois  As a child of the 1950s, growing up in Toronto near the old stock yards of St. Clair Avenue, it was a real treat to join our family and head up to Wasag...
Feb 11th, 2015
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By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun WASAGA BEACH — Mayor Brian Smith has started the ball rolling on his campaign goals. On Tuesday night, with deliberations on the municipal budget safely out of the way, Smith presented council’s committee of the whole with three notices of motion to create committees to ...
Jan 27th, 2015
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By Sara Carson Barrie Advance Your municipal council members may be holding illegal closed session meetings and if you formally complain, the investigation that follows may not be accurate. Tuesday, Ontario Ombudsman André Marin released his third-annual report on closed session meetings. He criticiz...