Etobicoke MPP Peter Milczyn lauds bill for changes he called for in his career as councillor By Tamara Shephard Etobicoke Guardian The Ontario government is proposing reforms it argued would give residents more say in how their communities grow and restore local decision-making to municipalities. Bi...
Remember how the local Oro-Medonte residents banded together to fight the Weber’s hamburger outlet on Highway 400 proposal? The Township wisely supported the residents, went to the Ontario Municipal Board and won. Now two more groups of residents have formed to fight unwelcome proposals in their neig...
By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner A Simcoe County committee project looking at ways to get area residents into the workforce is being considered by county councillors. The Simcoe County 2015-19 Labour Market Strategy is a project by the county’s Ontario Works, the economic development department ...
By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald BEETON – A stop worker order will remain in place while Simcoe County reviews the application process that led to a Beeton landowner obtaining a special permit to clear 30 acres of mature trees. For the duration of the order, Simcoe County Forester Graeme Davis...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online Tecumseth Estates (Rizzardo) has appealed last week’s stop work order issued by Simcoe County that temporarily suspended the special permit the upper tier granted to allow the clearing of approximately 30 acres of woodlot on their 9th Line property in Beeton. The...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online Unless a member of council calls for a recorded vote, a show of hands and the final count is all that’s noted in the official minutes of a meeting. Ward 7 councillor Shira Harrison-McIntyre has requested the issue of recorded votes be discussed as “new busi...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth mayor Rick Milne spent $15,400, of which $12,262.84 was subject to the spending limit of $27,269, to win the October 2014 municipal elections, according to his financial return posted on the Town’s web site. Mr. Milne reported contributions totalli...
By Mark Reusser Ontario Federation of Agriculture This spring will be remembered as the season of land use deliberations in Ontario. Four significant land use plans are under review and the process could have significant implications for Ontario farmers. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing ...
By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun A group of Wasaga Beach residents is rallying to fight a development they say doesn’t fit in with their neighbourhood. A public meeting will be held on March 24 for comments on a zoning amendment that would allow a small forested area off 41st Street developed into a 56-unit t...
News release from MPP Marie-France Lalonde Marie-France Lalonde, MPP for Ottawa-Orléans introduced a bill to enact the Microbead Elimination and Monitoring Act, 2015. This Private Members Bill serves to ensure industry and individuals in the province are mindful of the use of synthetic plastic microb...
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