By Gary French Springwater News September 12 2013The recent developments in Springwater Township council seem to me to be leading this township in the wrong direction. ...

*Don’t miss Sept 16 Council or the Sept 17 Special Midhurst Meetings.*Letter to the Springwater News September 12 2013I really appreciated the letter from Margaret Prophet from Midhurst in the last edition of SN. Her concern for costs and long term impacts are legitimate and well founded. The one dis...

Wild West sprawl wrecking Ontario parksJohn Bacher NOW Magazine September 5 2013Those who love Georgian Bay and its tributaries are getting accustomed to bizarre schemes threatening its sanctity. First there was Dump Site 41 in Simcoe County, and then the Melancthon mega-quarry – both stopped in thei...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance September 5 2014 Eleven years ago, Kim Rose had a vision of a native spiritual healing centre.Unaware she was part Iroquois Haudenosaunee, she created a map of a healing village that has taken root and is growing in Springwater Park. ...

No adequate answer to question of why Midhurst is to have population rivalling that of entire townshipAWARE Simcoe posted September 2 2013Dear Springwater Councillor,Regarding the numbers for the MSP, on the May 14th public information meeting it was admitted that the population size of the MSP was N...

AWARE Simcoe August 30 2013The following are Bill French’s comments on Springwater Councillor Rick Webster’s response to questions French read out at the July council meeting:In fairness here are Springwater Councilor Rick Webster’s answers to the questions I asked at the July Council Mee...

AWARE Simcoe August 30 2013The following is a statement read out by Springwater Councillor Rick Webster at the August 26 council meeing in support of his motion on libel, slander and innuendo (to be voted on in September): There is no intent in my motion to stifle legitimate input and comments which ...

AWARE Simcoe August 30 2013Springwater Councillor Rick Webster read out the following answers to questions from Bill French at the August 26 council meeting: For clarification, Deputy Mayor MacLean indicated his intention to me to second my notice of motion and evidently he continues to intend to sec...

Letter to Springwater News August 27 2013I had to leave the August 26th combined Springwater Council Planning Meeting early and missed Councillor Webster’s introduction and responses to questions I asked at the July meeting regarding his draconian notice of motion. For whatever reason aside from some...

By David Strachan Springwater News August 26 2013On Monday, August 26, at the Joint Planning/Council meeting at Springwater Township offices, staff brought forward a request from developers who are involved with the Midhurst Secondary Plan and are now recommending that By-law 5000 be revised to accom...