from Orillia Today Hello, my name is John Betsworth and I am the current Ward 3 councillor in Severn Township. A resident of Severn for 22 years, 12 of those years in Ward 3, I have 30 years of business management experience and have volunteered at Sol...

2018 AWARE Simcoe questionnaire – Barry Ward Lake Simcoe Watch response from Barrie Advance I am the current city councillor for Ward 4. Marg and I have lived in the ward for more than 25 years and we have raised our sons here. I am a former smal...

by John Edwards Collingwood Connection The Collingwood Chamber of Commerce will be hosting two separate meet-the-candidates events at the Royal Canadian Legion for the municipal election. The first takes place on Sept. 12 and will feature the candidate...

2018 AWARE Simcoe questionnaire – Sandie Macdonald from Alliston Herald Essa resident for 57 years; lived in all three wards. Married with two children and two grandchildren. Deputy mayor past eight years and Ward 1 councillor two terms. It has b...

AWARE Simcoe questionnaire response – David Guergis from Alliston Herald My name is David Guergis and I am running for mayor of Essa Township in the upcoming municipal election. As a former councillor, deputy mayor and mayor for the township, I h...

2018 AWARE Simcoe questionnaire – Pat MacDonald from Alliston Herald My name is Pat MacDonald and I am running for deputy mayor of Essa Township. I am a longtime resident of Essa Township; my roots are here, my family is here and my interests are...

2018 AWARE Simcoe questionnaire – Keith White from Alliston Herald I would like to thank the community of Angus for its support during my first two terms as a Township of Essa councillor. I grew up in suburban Toronto and moved to the Angus area ...

Karren Wallace is the new Chair of North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce. News release from the North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce The North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce (NDACT) has elected a new Chair, K...

Spix’s Macaw: now deemed extinct in the wild, some 60-80 survive in captivity. Spix’s Macaw heads list of first bird extinctions confirmed this decade By Alex Dale BirdStudies International Eight bird species, including two species of macaw, look...

Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority planning head Rob Baldwin Excavated soil in Ontario could fill 16 Rogers Centres annually By Michael Smee · CBC News Aug 13, 2018 The construction boom around the GTA has generated a new black market for illega...