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Aug 14th, 2021
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Be The Change films are shown at the Collingwood Brewery First outdoor Be The Change film sells out at the Collingwood Brewery The Be the Change Film Series (BTC), https://bethechangefilmseries.com put on by the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust and presented by RE/MAX Four Seasons Realty, has struck a c...
Aug 8th, 2021
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Stella Ambler was one of four people nominated in race to become the PC candidate in Simcoe-Grey in the next provincial election. Photo from StellaAmbler.com From OrilliaMatters, August 6, 2021 By Erika Engel Stella Ambler is taking the PC party to court over its appointment of Collingwood Mayor Bria...
Aug 7th, 2021
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From the Toronto Star, August 5, 2021 By Brian Lockhart The Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition and the Simcoe County Environmental Youth Alliance have announced the launching of a survey intended for youth to gather input about the future of the region. They are encouraging youth under the age of 25 t...
Jul 29th, 2021
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Silver Creek, Collingwood By Lisa Richardson The Blue Mountain Watershed Trust (BMWT) is fighting two development proposals that threaten wetlands in Simcoe County. The group has teamed up with the Nature League in an effort to save the Silver Creek Wetland, one of the few remaining coastal wetlands ...
Jul 21st, 2021
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Mayor Brian Saunderson No financial limit set for law firm to conduct work From Simcoe.com July 21, 2021 By Ian Adams The Town of Collingwood has retained lawyers to get “direct accountability” from those at the heart of the Collingwood judicial inquiry. “This story is not about things from the past....
Jun 24th, 2021
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Brian Saunderson, who is in his first term as Collingwood mayor From Simcoe.com June 9 2021 By Ted Rowe Re: “Saunderson named PC candidate for Simcoe-Grey,” The Connection, June 10. After living a year and a half with COVID in our presence, we have been asked to make many sacrifices. But ...
Jun 13th, 2021
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The Durham-York Energy Centre opened in Courtice, Ont. in 2015, opening to further commercial operations in 2016. The energy-from-waste facility converts garbage into energy to be sold back to the provincial grid. From Orillia Matters May 30 2021 By Jessica Owen With landfills nearly full, the county...
Mar 27th, 2021
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Nottawasaga Steelheaders started this petition to Ontario Premier Doug Ford Dear Premier Ford RE: ERO 019-3136 (Consultation on Growing the Size of the Greenbelt) We commend you on your recent proposal to consider an expansion of the Greenbelt and strongly urge you to include the Nottawasaga River Wa...
Mar 10th, 2021
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Former Collingwood CAO John Brown ‘Something very significant had to happen to change very long, engrained faults in the system,’ said former CAO John Brown By: Erika Engel Collingwood Today The former town staff member who started asking questions that would eventually lead to the Collin...
Mar 8th, 2021
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Western University privacy expert Aleksander Essex Investigation of  Ontario’s online voting for municipal elections finds numerous issues and irregularities By Jeff Renaud Western News Ontario is considered a world leader for online voting. Upward of one million people voted electronically in the 20...