Heather Wright, CTV Barrie With Faurecia in Bradford announcing it will close – leaving 550 people out of work – there are new worries about the manufacturing sector in our region. Come February, those workers will be added to Ontario’s unemployment list. That’s when operations at Faureci...
CTV News A Bradford plant with more than 500 workers is shutting its doors in 2015. Faurecia North America told its workers today the Bradford seat mechanisms and frames plant will close in mid-2015. Stacie Tong, director of communications for Faurecia North America, says the plant has been hit by an...
By Maija Hoggett Alliston Herald NEW TECUMSETH – New Tecumseth has been warned against dipping into its reserves to achieve balanced budgets. Talking to council Monday night, Allister Byrne, a retired partner of Grant Thornton LLP (the town’s auditor), said it’s time for the town to start plan...
By Peter Criscione Brampton Guardian Brampton Brick says it is working to scoop up a concrete and masonry company that recently went into receivership. The deal could be worth up to $14 million and includes a state-of-the-art facility located in Simcoe County. Over the weekend, Brampton Brick, Canad...
By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald ESSA – Essa council managed to shave another percentage off next year’s proposed levy during its latest round of budget talks. Earlier this month council was presented with the 2014 draft budget, which included a proposed 4.89 per cent levy increase. The incre...
A new report by Pembina/RBC finds Greenbelt and Places to Grow legislation are not to blame for high housing costs By Christopher Hume Toronto Star When last we heard, the Pembina Institute and the Royal Bank were reporting that most suburbanites — 70 per cent — had moved to the hinterland because it...
By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Barrie has another partner buying into the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport. Simcoe County is purchasing a 20-per-cent share in the airport on Oro-Medonte Line 7 North. The facility, with a 6,000-foot runway, also has Canada Customs in its full-service terminal building that...
New Tecumseth Free Press November 26, 2013 Simcoe County councillors met this morning to approve a 2014 budget draft that was left largely untouched as tabled by staff last month, which will add $6.11 to the property tax bill per $100,000 of assessment, a two per cent increase over last year. The bud...
New Tecumseth Free Press November 26, 2013 New Tecumseth councillors voted 9-1 last night to retain John Mascarin of Aird and Berlis as their integrity commissioner effective Dec. 1, 2013 at an hourly rate of $550 billed when asked to investigate complaints. Mayor Mike MacEachern requested the record...
Simcoe County news release Simcoe County Council today approved a $403-million budget for 2014, which focuses on maintaining public infrastructure expenditures and expanding health and social programs, while continuing the County along a path of long-term fiscal stability. “Meeting the varied needs o...
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