Time right to seek higher public office, Dollin decides By Bruce Hain Innisfil Journal The municipal election race — still nine months distant — has already taken a significant twist. Lynn Dollin, 20-year councillor for Ward 7, has announced her intention to seek the deputy mayor’s seat Monday, Oct. ...
By Maija Hoggett Alliston Herald NEW TECUMSETH – New Tecumseth council is poised to approve fee increases for marriage licenses, burning permits, and more. The mostly minor adjustments have been suggested by staff to bring the town in-line with neighbouring, or similarly sized, municipalities. ...
By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald ESSA – With budget talks now over, Essa’s tax levy is increasing 3.9 per cent this year. The township’s 2014 levy was shaved down from $4.7 million to $4.64 million during council’s third budget meeting last night (Jan. 15). For the owner of the average $274,71...
Carl Cosack of the Mega-Quarry battle to speak From the MRA This year, our theme is “Community Matters”. When: Sunday January 26 2014 from 4-7 pm Where: Midhurst Community Centre, 74 Doran Road Our community does matter and so we will be hosting a community appreciation buffet (4-5:30) co...
Let’s put Ontario Ombudsman André Marin in charge of investigating back-room municipal meetings and needless secrecy, not just for some cities, but for all Toronto Star Editorial Fairness demands that public business be conducted in the open, for all to see, but some municipal councils still indulge...
Municipalities in Ontario are allowed to appoint anybody they’d like to investigate secret meetings, leading to what Ombudsman Andre Marin calls a “patchwork” system where governments can ditch investigators they disagree with By Tim Alamenciak Toronto Star In the City of Brampton, a complaint about ...
AWARE Simcoe news release AWARE Simcoe is calling on Ontario to plan for finite, sustainable communities. The underlying assumption of the current planning regime is one of perpetual growth, with no community ever deemed to be complete, no level of population ever enough. “In our view this assumption...
New Tecumseth Free Press Ward 1 incumbent Keith White became the first candidate to file his nomination papers to run for Essa council in the October 27 municipal elections. Mr. White, who owns and operates Angus Borden Music and Entertainment, is currently serving his first term in office. Essa has ...
By Nikki Cole Midland Mirror PORT MCNICOLL – Gil Blutrich says he is prepared to walk away from Port McNicoll – taking a multimillion-dollar waterfront development and the SS Keewatin tourist attraction with him. “I am going to close the project down,” said the Skyline International Development Inc. ...
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