By John Edwards Wasaga Sun Five staffers from Clearview Township made the sunshine list. The province officially released the disclosure of salaries of public sector employees earning more than $100,000 on Friday. The top earner in the township was treasurer Edward Henly ($119, 726). Also on the lis...
By Roberta Bell and Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times The five-year program the County of Simcoe helped develop to deliver high-speed Internet to its rural residents missed the mark, says the warden. “It did satisfy some needs, but it didn’t satisfy, you know, 85% of what we hoped we could ge...
By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror MIDLAND – Policing easily topped the Town of Midland’s 2015 budget with a 2.6-per-cent increase. That moves funding up to about $4.9 million. The next highest boost went to the planning and development department, up 1.8 per cent, pushing it to about $360,000. The hike...
By Sara Carson Innisfil Journal There are 93 settlement areas listed in the County of Simcoe’s proposed official plan and they range from rural hamlets to villages and towns. “The hamlets and villages, in all likelihood, at most you may see a lot, here or there developed. It’s not going to bring on v...
By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror MIDLAND – The general manager of the company selected to develop Midland Bay Landing was previously convicted of fraud in connection with other waterfront projects. Ken Michaud of Mountain Ridge Estates, an affiliate of Consar Building Corporation, paid a $20,000 fine ...
AWARE News Network Just as soon as the NDP brought forward a bill to ban hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in Ontario, Liberal Natural Resources Minister Bill Mauro dismissed fears of the controversial industry coming to the province as “hypothetical,” and ruled out the poss...
By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Simcoe County staff have found an error in a $380,000 study on the labour force — a study that said the county is a net importer of workers. Two weeks ago, the county released the final labour market study report by Miller Dickinson Blais that examined commuting patterns...
By Sara Carson Barrie Advance This story has been updated from a previous version. The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority has issued notices of violation over development work at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds. Laneway construction was halted two weeks ago when the notices were issued, said Ryan H...
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