By MARG. BRUINEMAN BARRIE EXAMINER Sept 23 2010First, no tax increases. Second, clean up the downtown.In his run for mayor, Joe Tascona produces planks to a platform he suggests has set the tone for the municipal election in Barrie. ...

By SARA ROSS ORILLIA PACKET & TIMES September 22 2010With a quick Facebook message, Orillians are having municipal candidate's signs erected on their lawn.Social media are playing a big role in the upcoming municipal election, says Michael Johns, a pol...

Conflict issue raised By SARA ROSS Orillia PACKET & TIMES September 23 2010Mayoral candidate Ralph Cipolla challenged Orillia's two other mayoral candidates Wednesday to take an "extra step" by putting all of their property and businesses in a blind tr...

By Rick Vanderlinde Simcoe.com Sep 08, 2010INNISFIL – It’s not everyday you hear a politician call himself a “sleaze” at a public council meeting. At first I thought I had misheard him. A media colleague heard something different, but I was sure ...

From the SCOOP on Lake Simcoe email publication of Environmental Defence September 22 2010Some Innisfil Councillors mused in the press last week about a letter from Environmental Defence, regarding the Town's sewage treatment plant expansion (STP) Envi...

News release from Gary Cerantola — September 22 2010Gary Cerantola Councillor Candidate for the Town of Wasaga Beach advocatesfor local government transparency and accountability by communicating WasagaBeach Municipal Performance results in an op...

By BOB BRUTON Barrie Examiner September 22 2010The death of leadership, and taxes, were hot topics at Tuesday's all-candidates mayors debate in Barrie.Held at the Steckley-Gooderham Funeral Home on Worsley Street, it involved Mayor Dave Aspden, current...

By Rick Vanderlinde Simcoe.com Sep 22, 2010INNISFIL — Sometimes federal and provincial political parties prefer to “parachute” one of their “star” candidates into a key riding. ...

By Leigh Blenkhorn Simcoe.com Sep 22, 2010BARRIE – City council has voted down the proposed Essa Woods development.Staff had recommended council deny the application for the planned 21- plus-acre development on Essa Road, up the hill from Bryne D...

September 22 2010 -- The Springwater Chamber of Commerce is pleased to host 2 evenings to "Meet the Candidates" in wards 1,2,3,& 4 in the Township of Springwater for the upcoming elections of 2010. ...