lluminating Conversations at the Mady Centre From Talk is Free Theatre A series of intimate, one-on-one interviews with extraordinary ordinary individuals who have been agents of positive change in their communities. Interviewer Beth Foster will help guests to reveal how they have accomplished as mu...
Majority of elected were challengers New release from Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition Analysis of election results and Campaign Fairness’ poll results shows that around Lake Simcoe voters elected a high number of challengers, and that candidates who accepted corporate and union donations fared bet...
By Janis Ramsay Barrie Adance After a record 3,400 complaints about municipalities, universities, school boards and hospitals (MUSH), Ombudsman Andre Marin wants to shine a light on the sector. “They (municipalities) have been operating forever in secret,” said Marin, referring to a “municipal cultur...
From Fair Vote Simcoe Barrie City Councillor Alex Nuttall, is the guest speaker at a Fair Vote Simcoe social evening to celebrate Democracy Week, on Tuesday September 16 at 7 pm at the Kempenfelt Room, 37 Ellen Street, Barrie (near Lakeshore and Victoria). Nuttall, the federal Conservative candidate ...
Councillors reject suggestion rules broken in obtaining legal advice for acquisition By Travis Mealing Midland Mirror MIDLAND – Deputy Mayor Stephan Kramp has raised the possibility Midland council might have broken its own rules in acquiring legal advice on a multimillion-dollar land purchase. The s...
Significant deficiencies in Highland’s studies point to gaping flaw in province’s developer-driven process From NDACT website AWARE News Network Recently, a peer review study of the Melancthon mega-quarry was released. Commissioned by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority in response to...
Barrie has sent a member of the governing party to Queen’s Park: Ann Hoggarth, a teacher an union activist, yesterday defeated incumbent Rod Jackson by more than 2,000 votes. No surprises in other local ridings, with Progressive Conservative incumbents Jim Wilson, Garfield Dunlop and Julia Munro head...
By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner Ann Hoggarth started late, but she finished strong. The Barrie Liberal candidate swept aside incumbent Progressive Conservative Rod Jackson in Thursday’s Ontario election, beating him by more than 2,000 votes, even as her party marched to an unexpected majority go...
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