By MORGAN IAN ADAMS January 28 2011COLLINGWOOD — Georgian College is asking the town for $1 million over four years to help build its Collingwood campus.Brian Tamblyn, the president and CEO of Georgian, said the “strategic priorities” of the municipality and college mirror each othe...
Residents would pay about 1% more if plans not changedBy Jay Gutteridge Bradford Topic Jan 27, 2011Bradford West Gwillimbury homeowners will pay about 1 per cent more in property taxes this year if draft municipal budgets are approved as they stand.That increase equates to about $40 more per year on ...
By Jay Gutteridge Bradford Topic Jan 27, 2011 It appears as though the lengthy process of drafting a new sign bylaw for Bradford West Gwillimbury is nearly complete.Town council spent a special meeting in the evening of Jan. 25 combing through the bylaw and fine-tuning several points.The proposed sig...
Letter to the Bradford Topic January 27 2011Re: Politicians need to get with program, Jan. 20The Topic was right in pointing out local municipal politicians will try to lure developers to their area, despite all rational arguments against this approach. ...
Editorial Simcoe.com Jan 20, 2011 The northern GTA isn’t the place it used to be.And a generation from now, it will be something entirely different again. ...
Good news is the new open session for public to ask questionsLetter from Bill French, Grenfel, Springwater January 27 2011I was pleased that a few more people were out for the January 24th Springwater Council meeting. You can see that the councilors are beginning to build their confidence and taking ...
Letter to the Midland Free Press January 26 2011It would seem that some council members on the Midland Council are making life as difficult as possible for those members who want to effect change and take their community forward. These council members object to a mediation meeting being held which wo...
By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press January 26 2011PENETANGUISHENE -The people trying to figure out what a Midland-Penetanguishene joint urban node will look like have ruled out amalgamation."Everything's on the table" -according to a consensus reached by eight focus groups that discussed the towns' ...
Budget approved with 1.5 per cent levy increase, Penetang mayor loses bid to deferBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe January 26 2011An attempt to get Midland Mayor Gord McKay appointed to Simcoe County’s waste management subcommittee went down to defeat yesterday.McKay has played a leadership role in local...
By MORGAN IAN ADAMS Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin January 12 2011DUNTROON — The opposition to an expansion of a quarry operation west of the village is about to go on the offensive, with a list of political and industry heavy hitters ready to take the stand to speak against the application. T...
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