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Jan 2nd, 2020
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Collingwood Inquiry lead counsel Kate McGrann Recommendations expected to impact municipalities across Ontario By Erika Engel Collingwood Today In 2019, the hearings for the Collingwood Judicial Inquiry brought more than three dozen witnesses to the stand. The inquiry was called by a vote of council ...
Dec 27th, 2019
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Heavily armed RCMP officers sent to Indigenous checkpoint with instructions for ‘sterlizing the site,’ documents reveal. Photo by Michael Toledano UPDATES : Legal complaints filed against RCMP exclusion zone … UN calls for immediate RCMP withdrawal … ‘They are erasing our history...
Dec 20th, 2019
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Council approves appointments despite concerns from some residents who wanted a byelection By Nathan Taylor Orillia Matters Oro-Medonte’s council is about to become whole again. At a special meeting this week, council approved the appointments of Ralph Hough as deputy mayor and Tammy DeSousa as Ward ...
Dec 17th, 2019
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Springwater Mayor Don Allen The charges against the mayor are related to a June, 2019, incident By Erika Engel Collingwood Today Springwater’s mayor will be in court next fall for a two-day trial surrounding charges of impaired and dangerous driving stemming from a June incident. Don Allen’s case wil...
Dec 11th, 2019
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From left, Ward 1 Councillor Ian Veitch, Ward 5 Councillor Randy Greenlaw, Mayor Harry Hughes, Ward 3 Councillor Cathy Keane and Ward 4 Councillor Shawn Scott. The electorate is weary, says Hughes AWARE News Network Citing fiscal responsibility, three of Oro-Medonte’s five members of council voted to...
Dec 9th, 2019
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Oro-Medonte near Mount St. Louis – Wikipedia Creative Commons AWARE Simcoe The following statement has been released by the AWARE Simcoe board of directors: Having transparency and accountability in government as the first item in its mission statement, AWARE Simcoe shares the growing concern o...
Nov 25th, 2019
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FSRA leadership group, from website  AWARE News Network The Globe and Mail reveals details of an investigation by the Financial Services Regulator Authority of Ontario. FSRA plans to hold a town hall today to address PACE members. Web of deals: PACE credit union executives committed civil fraud with ...
Nov 22nd, 2019
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Sewage discharge cleanup: Unexplained insect die-offs, algae blooms have been observed AWARE News Network Shocking news from Hamilton, thanks to the Spectator’s award-winning investigative reporter Steve Buist: – In December 2018, raw sewage was noticed floating in the Chedoke Creek, whic...
Nov 20th, 2019
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  by Alec Adams Orillia Canada’s First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) electoral system might reflect voter intentions most of the time – if there were only two political parties; but with several significant parties, voter intentions are poorly reflected in most elections. Millions of Canadian...
Nov 16th, 2019
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Danny Beaton and Tyler Shipley: Beaton is wearing an Iroquois ribbon shirt and Gustowa (headdress) in solidarity with his brothers and sisters down south. Shipley is the author of ‘Ottawa and Empire -Canada and the Military Coup in Honduras.’ By Danny Beaton (Turtle Clan Mohawk) AWARE New...