• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

Council Watch

Dec 11th, 2018
0 Comments
1717 Views
The 2018-2022 Simcoe County Council. – Orillia Matters photo  County Council elects George Cornell as Simcoe County Warden News release from Simcoe County County Council today elected George Cornell, Mayor of the Township of Tiny, to serve as Simcoe County Warden for 2019 and 2020. “I am ...
Dec 11th, 2018
0 Comments
995 Views
Premier Doug Ford with Oro Medonte Mayor Harry Hughes on December 10 2018. He was one of seven mayors invited to Queen’s Park.  Mayor Harry Hughes on Ontario Morning – CBC Radio “We have specific projects that are being stalled or being delayed… that if we could move those alo...
Dec 10th, 2018
0 Comments
1194 Views
By Samantha Craggs · CBC News The mayors of both Hamilton and Burlington say they’re not interested in new “open for business” legislation if it means sacrificing land in Ontario’s greenbelt. Fred Eisenberger, mayor of Hamilton, says proposed Ontario PC legislation pits munici...
Dec 10th, 2018
1 Comment
2223 Views
AWARE News Network From the Ontario government ‘Red Tape’ news release Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan Municipalities “I do not see Burlington using this legislation, if passed” – Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward “I am not prepared to waive environmental concer...
Dec 10th, 2018
0 Comments
2016 Views
News release from Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition, Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition and Ontario Headwaters Institute On Thursday, December 6, the provincial government tabled legislation known as the “Open for Business Bill”, or Bill 66. This bill provides municipalities with powers that endanger the c...
Dec 8th, 2018
0 Comments
1146 Views
Phil Horgan By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Former Springwater mayor Bill French faces a very novel prosecution on 10 charges relating to his 2014 campaign finance statement, his lawyer told a crowd of French supporters yesterday. The novelty, Phil Horgan explained, is that the prosecutor’s bills ...
Dec 6th, 2018
0 Comments
1379 Views
News release from Wasaga Beach George Vadeboncoeur is the Town of Wasaga Beach’s new chief administrative officer. Council appointed Vadeboncoeur to the position on December 6, 2018. “We are pleased to have George once again be a part of our team,” Mayor Nina Bifolchi said. “George is an experienced ...
Dec 5th, 2018
6 Comments
3305 Views
Drumming outside the township office before the start of the prehearing. -AWARE Simcoe photo AWARE News Network A Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) prehearing conference regarding an application by CRH Group Inc. to expand the Teedon Pit has been put over until mid-summer or possibly next fall at...
Dec 5th, 2018
1 Comment
1266 Views
AWARE News Network The former Simcoe County warden has lost his job as interim CAO of Wasaga Beach. Newly-installed Mayor Nina Bifolchi made the announcement today in a news release. “Gerry joined us at the town towards the end of the last term of council when our long- term chief administrator retir...
Dec 5th, 2018
0 Comments
1955 Views
Earlier map shows location of Metrus Development project. The company has now rebranded as DG Group. -North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance facebook In exchange, DG would give up its proposed Maple Lake Estates (MLE) project in a Provincially Significant Wetland From Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest...