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Oct 28th, 2014
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By Dominik Kurek Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic Rob Keffer has been elected as the new mayor of Bradford West Gwillimbury, after facing off against two-term incumbent Doug White for the position. Keffer, the outgoing  deputy mayor, received 54 per cent of the votes, with 4,741, while White received ...
Oct 28th, 2014
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By Cheryl Browne Barrie Examiner SPRINGWATER TWP. – Times they are a changin’ in Springwater. A new mayor, deputy mayor and two newly elected council members with a new agenda will take the reins after a huge upset in the municipal election on Monday. Newly elected mayor Bill French defea...
Oct 28th, 2014
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By Dave Dawson Orillia Packet & Times  For the first time in recent memory — perhaps ever — not a single incumbent was re-elected to Orillia city council. “I think it’s a reflection of the angst the last council created in our community,” Ted Emond, a former mayor who was elected to council in Wa...
Oct 28th, 2014
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By  Sara Carson Barrie Advance An “unbelievable” turnover at the County of Simcoe council table, including the loss of Warden Cal Patterson, has deputy warden and Oro-Medonte Mayor Harry Hughes considering the top job. Hughes, who has been deputy warden for four years, said it would be difficult for ...
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 28th, 2014
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Oct 27th, 2014
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By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun A group of west-end Wasaga Beach residents say the Ministry of Natural Resources is ignoring their part of the world’s longest freshwater beach. Marsha Ramage, president of the Wasaga West Beach Association, says the ministry has allowed a variety of vegetation – a...
Oct 27th, 2014
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It’s Election Day. I’m going to vote. The old-fashioned way – I’m actually going there, to a polling station, to mark a “traditional” paper ballot. This tradition, with all its attendant safeguards – a live body that shows up in person, with proof of identity, voting in a public venue under the...
Oct 26th, 2014
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Township election page APOLOGY: Shira Harrison McIntyre returned the AWARE Simcoe questionnaire August 29 but it was missed and we omitted to post it until October 26. AWARE Simcoe sincerely apologizes for the oversight.  Mayor – Rick Milne 705-435-6857 rickmilne4mayor@gmail.com – Bob Mar...
Oct 24th, 2014
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By Bill French Having attended most of the council meetings of the last six years, I was awaiting for the true colours of Guergis, Collins and McLean  to surface at some point in this election. The mailings in the last few days confirmed my thinking. All three of them have made the Midhurst Secondary...