Former deputy mayor will ascend to Innisfil’s top elected post By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope October 27 2010Mayor elect Barb Baguley celebrates with supporters at Wild Wing in Alcona Monday night. Baguley earned the Photo by Chris Simon mayor’s seat, after defeating fellow candidate Gord Waucho...
By SHARON WEATHERALL Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin October 27 2010In Clearview, Ken Ferguson’s long-term experience in municipal politics was what the voters wanted. The returning mayor got 3,758 votes, beating out Christopher Vanderkruys’ 1,741.Ferguson says a priority for Clearview To...
By SHARON WEATHERALL Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin October 27 2010Wasaga Beach will remain fairly consistent as far as leadership goes for the next term with core teams in place, and two new councillors for each municipality.In Wasaga Beach Simcoe County Warden Cal Patterson returns as Mayor after ...
For the first time in its 152-year history, the people of Collingwood will have a woman as mayor By MORGAN IAN ADAMS Collingwood enterprise Bulletin October 27 2010In the end, it could almost be considered anti-climatic.Sandra Cooper, as what seemed to be a widely-expected result in the weeks leading...
Council will look a lot different next term By NATHAN TAYLOR, THE PACKET & TIMES October 26 2010“They wanted change and they’re going to get change.”Those words from defeated mayoral candidate Ralph Cipolla summarized the municipal election in Orillia.It happened at both the ma...
What made voter turnout increase? By SARA ROSS, THE PACKET & TIMES October 27 2010An intriguing mayoral race and engaged Orillians set the stage for a spike in voter turnout in this municipal election.With just over half of eligible voters casting ballots, Orillia hasn’t seen such a strong...
By NATHAN TAYLOR AND TEVIAH MORO, THE PACKET & TIMES October 27 2010As the polls started coming in Monday night at city hall, Mayor Ron Stevens had a weird feeling, unlike any other election in the past decade.He felt odd watching others slug it out for the top job.“It’s quite a chan...
By JENNIFER BURDEN, THE PACKET & TIMES October 27 2010The progress of the new OPP detachment is going to have to wait until the newly elected council gets up and running.“We’re at a standstill until the new council comes in and is able to hear from the project committee,” Insp....
By JENNIFER BURDEN, THE PACKET & TIMES October 27 2010From 28 candidates down to nine, Orillia has picked its leaders.But how will these nine different platforms and personalities work together as a cohesive team over the next four years?Ward 1 Coun. Patrick Kehoe wants to establish an incubatio...
By TEVIAH MORO ORILLIA PACKET AND TIMES October 27 2010When Pete Bowen failed to land a seat on city council last time around, he didn’t slip into oblivion.Instead, Bowen made a point of staying engaged with city business by joining committees. Most notably, he’s headed up the Downtown Or...
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