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Oct 28th, 2014
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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 20th, 2014
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Town election page Note: questionnaires were sent out by the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation. This is the link to the answers to that survey. See below under each candidates’ name  for the answers to the AWARE survey. Mayor Sandra Cooper 705 445 0684  s_cooper29@rogers.com   sandracoop...
Oct 17th, 2014
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AWARE News Network Robert Swayze, Collingwood’s integrity commissioner, has found that Deputy Mayor Rick Lloyd violated the town’s code of conduct when he voted on a matter involving the Admiral Collingwood Development Corporation (ACDC), owned by Steve Assaff, who is also the fundraising chair of Ll...
Oct 5th, 2014
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OPP investigation, casino, debt, recreational facilities top of mind at Collingwood meeting By Kate Harries AWARE News Network The yet-to-be completed Ontario Provincial Police investigation into allegations of corruption at town hall has, in the words of one of the mayoral candidates, left “a stain ...
Oct 2nd, 2014
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From the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority – Highlights of the Board of Directors Meeting, Sept. 26, 2014 Alexandra Service of Ducks Unlimited Canada presented to the board on the recently established Lake Simcoe Georgian Bay Wetland Collaborative. Ducks Unlimited, NVCA, Lake Simcoe Reg...
Jun 10th, 2014
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By Morgan Ian Adams, Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin (editor’s note: Full disclosure — the writer has a personal relationship with the subject of this story, and is involved with him on one of the organizations mentioned.) COLLINGWOOD — The former chair of the Central Park Steering Committee will be ...
Apr 19th, 2014
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From Transition Collingwood Earth Day Watershed Clean-up Join Transition Collingwood, Blue Mountain Watershed Trust, Nature League, Women for the Water, and CCI for a community clean-up of Collingwood’s public spaces and waterways. Tuesday April the 22th (Earth Day!) we will gather at 1pm at th...
Feb 28th, 2014
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By Morgan Ian Adams Enterprise-Bulletin COLLINGWOOD — An application to rezone a west-end residence to allow a bed and breakfast will go ahead. Councillors voted 6-1 — with Deputy-mayor Rick Lloyd stepping away from the table because it’s his house — in favour of the rezoning application put forward ...
Feb 25th, 2014
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The Nottawasaga Valley Concervation Authority board of directors will decide Friday February 28 whether to approve a resolution supporting the Town of Clearview and the Municipality of Essa in their request for the federal government to add the Nottawasaga River and all its tributaries to waterways r...
Dec 17th, 2013
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By Trina Berlo Wasaga Sun   The OLG has released requests for pre-qualification (RFPQs) for gaming in Wasaga Beach and Collingwood. The RFPQs include up to 10 Gaming Zones grouped into three bundles. The central gaming bundle includes gaming zones C5 (OLG Slots at Georgian Downs), C6 (Casino Rama) an...