Lake Simcoe Watch response From Barrie Advance Over the next two months, you may have a few candidates at your door. You may receive a few different pieces of literature, hear different promises, different slogans. I ask you to consider the power of yo...

Lake Simcoe Watch response from Barrie Advance Born and raised in Bracebridge, I attended the University of Western Ontario. In 1989 my family and I moved to Barrie on a company transfer from a major window and door manufacturer. Barrie has been a wond...

Collingwood Connection My interest in being a member of town council originates, in part, from my educational background in community planning and urban studies. My early career was as a planner for the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board, and then pla...

Orillia Today I grew up in Kleinburg, Ont., and trained to be an electrician at Alcan in Aurora. I married in 1972 and we have two daughters. I spent the last 22 years of my career at Canada’s Wonderland between 1981 and 2002. I retired to the Orillia ...

 Barrie Advance I feel fortunate to have lived in the Snow Valley area of Springwater Township for the past 25 years. I am seeking a council seat in Ward 4 which includes the communities of Grenfell, Snow Valley, Carson Ridge and Vespra Centre in this ...

Midland Mirror For accountability, community involvement, dedication and future thinking — vote Jeff Bumstead! I was born and raised on Concession 6, now Newton Street, south of Victoria Harbour and am very happy to be living in the same area. My wife ...

Midland Mirror  I’m Ted Walker and I am asking for your consideration to vote for me as your next mayor. I have 43 years’ municipal administration experience which began in Victoria Harbour. My 34 years as chief administrative officer (CAO) for Port Mc...

Letter to the Toronto Star from Donna Deneault, Stouffville July 21 2018 Some of the cleanest water in the world is flowing through Simcoe County. You can drink it right out of the ground. The soil that exists there actually acts as a natural filtratio...

From the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust On August 18th the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust will be going head-to-head with Phragmites Australis, an invasive grass that grows so thick that turtles become trapped and die. “It’s an extremely fast-growi...

AWARE Essa members Janet Lord-Genyk (left), Christine Runge, Anne Learn Sharpe and Maggie Curran welcome news of review. They are hoping to participate in the consultation process. – Brad Pritchard/Metroland photo Union president says closure pla...