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 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 Couns. Mike Ramsay and Jeff Lehman, former Barri...

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 Drive.Coun. Michael Prowse said he received more t...

September 22 2010 -- “A Night in the Cold” organized by the Simcoe County Alliance to End Homelessness Barrie Chapter is to be held Oct 1, 2010 at Fred Grant Square. Being an election year there will also be an all candidate’s debate. ...

By BOB BRUTON, BARRIE EXAMINER September 21 2010nother high-rise project has been shot down at city hall.Barrie councillors have nixed a proposed residential/commercial development at 300 Essa Rd., where 3,000 people could have lived in a mix of five high-rise apartments and townhouses, and where 143...

By NICKI CRUICKSHANK, BARRIE EXAMINER September 21 2010Barrie's mayoral candidates will have the city's baby boomers to answer to, Tuesday night. ...

Simcoe.com September 20 2010BARRIE – The first meeting of a committee to discuss the future of Barrie Central – as well as other Barrie high schools – meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Barrie Central.Although it still needs parents of high school students to join, the Accommodation Review Committee be...

Debate begins at 6:30 p.m. at Steckley-Gooderham on Worsley Street Barrie Examiner September 20 2010 CARP will be hosting its inaugural Barrie mayoral debate Tuesday evening to focus attention on what's needed to make Barrie the model age-friendly city and has invited more than 200 of Barrie's most p...

By IAN MCINROY BARRIE EXAMINER September 17 2010The future of Barrie's construction industry rests in the hands of the next mayor and council.The eight candidates running for Barrie mayor shared their views about election issues Thursday night during a meeting hosted by the Canadian Home Builders' As...