• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

Essa

Oct 28th, 2020
0 Comments
1115 Views
Baldwick Bluffs in the Minesing Wetlands – NCC photo News release from the Nature Conservancy of Canada The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) announced today the protection of 32 hectares (80 acres) in the globally important Minesing Wetlands, just 15 kilometres west of Barrie. The newly creat...
Nov 17th, 2014
0 Comments
3060 Views
I attended more than my fair share of all-candidates’ meetings during the recent municipal election. Here are a few good ideas gleaned from the campaign trail around the county. -Recorded votes: Make every council vote a recorded vote. This is an example of how electronic voting can serve democ...
Nov 8th, 2014
0 Comments
2298 Views
Eligible voters 12350 votes cast 4560 turnout 36% Mayor Terry Dowdall 2542 Archie Duckworth  1385 Deputy Mayor Sandy Macdonald 705-424-6844  acclaimed Ward 1 Keith White  1198 Scott Martin  544 Ward 2 Michael Smith 621 Shawn Bubel 388 Helen Barsby  88 Ward 3 Ron Henderson 515 Mike Van Tol  111 Patric...
Oct 28th, 2014
0 Comments
2807 Views
By Bob Bruton Barrie Examiner ESSA TOWNSHIP – Terry Dowdall was re-elected mayor Monday. Dowdall won a second term by defeating Archie Duckworth; Dowdall finished with 2,453 votes, while Duckworth had 1,385 votes. Ketih White is the Ward 1 councillor elect after receiving 730 votes. Scott Martin achi...
Oct 28th, 2014
5 Comments
6285 Views
Across Simcoe County, voters make clear they want change By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Updated October 29, 2014 Anti-sprawl candidates have swept to office in two battleground municipalities in Simcoe County. Not even a message from Premier Kathleen Wynne could save the pro-development incumbent...
Oct 27th, 2014
2 Comments
3754 Views
It’s Election Day. I’m going to vote. The old-fashioned way – I’m actually going there, to a polling station, to mark a “traditional” paper ballot. This tradition, with all its attendant safeguards – a live body that shows up in person, with proof of identity, voting in a public venue under the...
Oct 20th, 2014
0 Comments
3142 Views
UPDATE :Two envelopes, one wit the voter notification card and PIN number and one with the password, were delivered by Canada Post to many addresses across Springwater on October 24, the Friday before the Monday election. By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Electors in Springwater may have concerns ab...
Oct 20th, 2014
2 Comments
4798 Views
Township election page Mayor Terry Dowdall 705-423-1154 Archie Duckworth   705-4243065  marg_archie@hotmail.com Questionnaire answers:  es-duckworth  Deputy Mayor Sandy Macdonald 705-424-6844  ACCLAIMED Ward 1 Keith White  Tele 705-424-6231 Cell 705-733-5489 Questionnaire answers: es-white Email: kei...
Oct 16th, 2014
1 Comment
3567 Views
By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance  Barrie will continue to rely on adding polls at convenient locations, such as recreation centres, and at more times, rather than on offering Internet voting, city clerk Dawn McAlpine says. “For larger municipalities, Internet voting is very, very costly. You have to sen...
Oct 8th, 2014
0 Comments
3116 Views
AWARE Essa is hosting two public meetings for candidates running for municipal office in Essa Township. Thursday, October 16, 2014 Ivy Orange Hall * 5075 Sideroad 20, Ivy 6:00 – 6:45 p.m. – Meet and Greet Candidates (informal) 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. – Question & Answer (chaired ...