By Bruce Hain Innisfil Journal Oct 13, 2010 INNISFIL – Deputy Mayor candidate Bill Van Berkel is proud of his Dutch heritage. ?gMy dad, Tony, spent four years in a (German) concentration camp during the Second World War,?h he says. ?gHe was in the Dutch resistance.?hThe Van Berkels came to Cana...

Wauchope, Davidson – and Bauley deserves a good hard look Innisfil Journal October 14 2010 INNISFIL – The Innisfil Journal endorses Gord Wauchope as the next Mayor of Innisfil.After 13 years with Brian Jackson at the helm, we believe Wauchope is a natural choice to take over the reins. Wa...

Rick Vanderlinde Simcoe.com Oct 14, 2010INNISFIL – Innisfil’s mayoral candidates both say it’s time to consider changing the leadership at South Simcoe Police.Choosing their words carefully during wide-ranging separate interviews on a number of topics, Gord Wauchope and Barb Baguley agreed it m...

Bruce Hain Simcoe.com Oct 06, 2010INNISFIL -Candidates steered clear of controversy and avoided any pointed personal criticism of their opponents during a Ward 6 debate at Sandy Cove Acres last Friday.Politeness and decorum was the norm as all six candidates — mayoral hopefuls Gord Wauchope and Barba...

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 Van Berkel said: “Nothing more to report from the...

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) Environmental Assessment (EA). ...

Letter to the Innisfil Scope September 15 2010 I am writing on behalf of the Innisfil District Association, to take issue with some statements in the letter to the editor of Robert Karoly, which appeared in the Sept. 8th edition of The Scope. ...

Letter to the Innisfil Scope September 15 2010I have been observing with great interest the upcoming election’s candidates, and would like to address an issue that I feel the voters of Innisfil should Court dedication be made aware of.I know that a particular councillor, Dan Davidson, should be decla...

Simcoe.com Sep 16, 2010INNISFIL – More than a few candidates are touting public transit on their campaign platforms this election.But two elected officials retiring from Innisfil politics — Coun. Bill Pring and Mayor Brian Jackson — say those candidates better count the costs before they start ...

By Rick Vanderlinde Simcoe.com Sep 17, 2010 INNISIFL/BARRIE — Mayor Brian Jackson dropped a few jaws Friday – yes, even some of us media types were caught off guard — when he decided to run for election in Barrie’s Ward 9.When the city gobbled up Jackson’s St. Paul’s house in last January’s annexatio...