Letter to the Topic January 6 2011Re: Councillors take issue with interchange reportOn Jan. 4, I attended the environmental assessment presentation by McCormick Rankin Corporation with regard to the 5th Line/Hwy. 400 interchange.I am concerned the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury might take the lead...
By Jay Gutteridge Bradford Topic Jan 06, 2011 Some Bradford West Gwillimbury council members expressed concern over a proposed interchange at Hwy. 400 and 5th Line at a meeting Jan. 4.Council met to hear a presentation on the class environmental assessment study completed to determine the best option...
Letter from Steven Kaasgaard 23 Skidoo January 15 2011Re: Smart growth - or outsmarted? (Toronto Star)Who are we kidding?Brampton, Bolton, Caledon, Halton, Alliston, Mississauga, Orangeville, Milton, Vaughn, Whitby, Markham, Aurora, Newmarket, Barrie etc...were all once former bastions of prime foodl...
Critics say province caved on Innisfil and BWG industrial zonesBy Phinjo Gombu Toronto Star January 14 2011Smart growth — or outsmarted?Ontario won international kudos four years ago for Places to Grow, a revolutionary scheme to curb urban sprawl. But it’s the nitty-gritty decisions made in places li...
No time to mess around on garbage issueBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe January 15 2010Simcoe County councillors, meeting in committee, have shaved a half percentage point off the 2011 cost to local taxpayers. The revised $355 million budget, comprising a 1.5 per cent levy increase compared to the 2 per ...
Council meal break gets the axe By MORGAN IAN ADAMS Collignwood Enterprise Bulletin January 14 2011COLLINGWOOD -- Councillors made their first budget cut, Monday night, chopping the pre-meeting meal that ate up $10,000 on an annual basis. ...
By Miriam King Bradford Times January 13 2011Bradford West Gwillimbury Council received an update from consultant Graeme Burt, of PlanningAlliance, regarding the Downtown Revitalization Strategy now in the works....
Deputy mayor becomes latest council member to criticize province’s growth plan By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope Jnaury 12 2011Despite a new approach to doing municipal business, Innisfil is still being treated unfairly by the provincial government, says the town's deputy mayor....
Proposed expansion would be costly and inefficient, says Environmental Defence By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope January 12 2011A well-known lobbyist group, and a member of an advisory committee overseeing the environmental assessment for the proposed expansion of the Lakeshore Water Pollution Control Pl...
Several proposed road projects getting a second glance By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope January 12 2011Nearly $7.3 million in proposed funding for Precinct 2A of the Innisfil Beach Road reconstruction should be chopped from the town's 2011 Capital Budget, according to councillor Ken Simpson. ...
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