My View – It was great to see the two articles from Mayor Collins in the last edition of Springwater News. I have no real problem with Mayor Collin’s comments on the former Suncor (Petrocan) property at the main intersection in Elmvale. I only question why Suncor was given a tax break on what i...
Community control over planning a long-standing priority for NDP candidate News release from Ontario NDP York-Simcoe Ontario NDP Candidate for York-Simcoe Laura Bowman is committing to working with the community in South Simcoe to implement the ‘Vision for Simcoe County’ that residents of...
From MegaQuarry News With less than three weeks to go in the Ontario election campaign, we’re happy to report the Food & Water First movement is having an impact! Premier Kathleen Wynne made a campaign stop at a Brantford farm this morning where she announced plans for a Farms Forever progr...
Environmentalists abandon hope of federal designation By Bruce Hain Innisfil Journal Sometimes you just have to do it in on your own. So that’s what Barbara Love and Marg Mossman did. The Innisfil environmentalists have been trying to have the Ministry of Canadian Heritage designate Lake Simcoe as Ca...
By Frank Matys Orillia Today A plan by Tim Hudak’s Conservatives to slash 100,000 public sector jobs would prove “devastating” for the local economy, Simcoe North Liberal candidate Fred Larsen warns. Within Midland and Pentanguishene alone “you are talking about 300 to 400 jobs probably being cut,” ...
By David Hughes Northumberland Today Wednesday, May 14, 2014In 1973, Oregon State passed a law to protect farmland and they drew a circle around every town and city in order to curtail urban sprawl. This was at the height of suburbamania when “new towns” were spreading like spilt milk ac...
By John Edwards Collingwood Connection Is Jim Wilson beatable? “I run like I’m behind, in every election,” said Wilson. The Simcoe-Grey MPP is in his seventh election, quickly approaching former MPP Wally Downer, who won 10 elections from 1937 to 1975. Wilson, first elected in 1990, has carried on a...
Say “NO!” to GMO! Join the worldwide demonstration on Saturday 24 May, 2014. March together, alongside the bee keepers of Ontario, to Queen’s Park on Saturday 24 May 2014. ]Join in the March Against Monsanto Saturday May 24 at Queens Park #Toronto Say NO to #GMO! http://twitter.com/IndigoRave/statu...
From Fair Vote Simcoe County Fair Vote Simcoe invites you to join us for a Public Forum on Electoral Reform Special Guest Bruce Stanton, MP for Simcoe North Other Guests Kelly Carmichael, Fair Vote Canada Executive Director Representatives of the Green, Liberal and NDP parties Tuesday May 20, 2014 7-...
By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians The Harper government’s ‘Bill C-33: First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act’ has been highly controversial, divisive, and unhelpful in the task of meeting the educational needs of First Nations children. The Canadian Press notes,...
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