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Aug 30th, 2018
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from Collingwood Connection Hello, my name is Jason Booth, and I am running for a municipal council position in Collingwood. I feel that I can be one of seven councillors to make a big impact in our community over the next four years, by engaging the public in many issues including housing, safety an...
Aug 30th, 2018
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2018 AWARE Simcoe questionnaire – Deb Doherty from Collingwood Connection Let’s grow … smart. Second term on council. Former marketing professional, former small business owner. Presently employed with Corus Radio. Married. Avid cyclist, golfer and skier. Chair of the community and corporate se...
Aug 30th, 2018
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from Collingwood Connection Please vote Kathy Jeffery, Collingwood council — experience, commitment and work ethic. Serving on town council 11 years (2003-2006;2006-2010; 2014-2018), I have proven myself to be a dedicated, independent thinker motivated by making the best decisions for our community. ...
Aug 24th, 2018
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Get your comments in to province before the August 31 2018 deadline AWARE News Network The Friends of Simcoe Forests are calling on citizens to  express their concerns to the Ontario government about Simcoe County’s plan to house garbage, recycling, and organics facilities in the Freele Tract o...
Aug 8th, 2018
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By John Edwards Collingwood Connection Michael Blair believes his business and corporate administration background can be an asset for the Town of Collingwood. It’s one of the reasons he has decides to run for mayor in the upcoming municipal election. Blair was born in Moose Factory, Ontario and was ...
Aug 8th, 2018
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Collingwood Connection My interest in being a member of town council originates, in part, from my educational background in community planning and urban studies. My early career was as a planner for the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board, and then planner and director of public participation for the...
Jul 30th, 2018
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Acclaimed: Tiny Mayor George Cornell, left, is one of two Simcoe County mayors to have been acclaimed. The other is Severn’s Mike Burkett. Here, Cornell is shown at last month’s Tiny Marsh BioBlitz, with writer Kate Harries, horticulture professor Lynn Short and indigenous teacher and aqu...
May 31st, 2018
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by John Edwards Collingwood Connection  Collingwood’s deputy mayor wants the top job. Brian Saunderson will be running for mayor in the municipal election this October. “After serving a term as deputy mayor, I’ve had experience learning the ropes,” he said. “I don’t think it’s a job you just jump int...
May 1st, 2018
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AWARE News Network A round-up of who’s running where, on the first official day of the municipal election campaign: Adjala-Tosorontio None listed Barrie Ward 1 Clare Riepma Ward 6 Micheline Robichaud Bradford West Gwillimbury Ward 5 Peter Ferragine Munawar Chudary Clearview None listed Collingw...
Mar 7th, 2018
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by John Edwards Collingwood Connection Collingwood’s former top cop now wants the top political job in the municipality. John Trude announced on Wednesday that he plans to run for mayor in the 2018 municipal election. Trude served as detachment commander for the Collingwood OPP for about 14 years, be...