By DOUGLAS GLYNN Barrie ExaminerThe Site 41 community monitoring committee is not about to roll over and play dead, says its chair. Ron Cobbett says he has been told by Rob McCullough, Simcoe County’s director of environmental services, that now the Site 41 certificate of approval (C of A) has...
“I feel my home and farm were stolen from me”By Kate HarriesThere were heartfelt tributes and bitter-sweet memories as, after a tumultuous decade, the Site 41 Community Monitoring Committee disbanded yesterday.CMC Chair Ron Cobbett noted that the job is not complete, but residents will continue to en...
By Douglas Glynn Midland Free Press May 20 2010“Take me on, but be factual!” That’s Mayor Jim Downer’s response to comments made in a statement issued last week by Ward 2 councillor Gordon McKay who announced his candidacy for mayor. “I won’t get critical of any in...
By DOUGLAS GLYNN June 2 20101The race for mayor wasn’t listed on town council’s official agenda last week. But in a bizarre, Twilight Zone kind of twist, it became part of a discussion under “news business.” (In case you hadn’t heard, Coun. Gordon McKay is challenging Ma...
Simcoe.com June 8 2010It’s truly amazing the great things a group of motivated individuals can accomplish when they unite with a common goal.It was 10 years ago that a handful of Adjala-Tosorontio residents came up with the idea of holding Diversion Day events.Their motivation was great. For th...
Simcoe.com June 2 2010INNISFIL – Coun. Bill Van Berkel kicked of his campaign to become Innisfil’s next deputy mayor Monday, emphasizing that he will treat the position as a full time job. “The buck has to stop somewhere, and I believe the mayor and deputy mayor have to be there full time for t...
Simcoe.com June 2 2010CLEARVIEW TOWNSHIP – Brentwood resident Chris Vanderkruys has filed papers to run for mayor of Clearview Township.Vanderkruys is a development officer with the Barrie Public Library and a volunteer on the Brentwood Community Centre Board.The Sun was not able to reach Vande...
New Tecumseth Online April 22 2010New Tecumseth mayor Mike MacEachern did not distance himself this afternoon from speculation that he would be interested in seeking the Conservative nomination in Simcoe-Grey if the riding association was ordered to find a new candidate to replace incumbent MP Helena...
Simcoe.com June 3 2010 MIDLAND – It’s done. Finished.A few months before voters head to the polls in a municipal election that seems long overdue, the last rites have been read for Site 41.Once county council made the request on May 25, it took Queen’s Park only a few hours to revoke the certificate ...
Toronto Star May 29 2010The fight to build a controversial landfill site in Simcoe County is officially over. Earlier this week, the province waved a white flag and revoked its certificate of approval for Dump Site 41. To applause from project opponents, gathered to witness the occasion, county counc...
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