Leaked documents reveal plans to gut habitat-protection provisions, Opposition says The Canadian Press March 14 2012 The federal NDP says it has obtained leaked documents showing the Conservatives are poised to strip the Fisheries Act of habitat-protection provisions — a change that would dramaticall...
Politicians from Essa and Adjala are pleased with OPP servicing By Richard Blanchard Innisfil Scope March 14 2012 At least two South Simcoe mayors say that they have no interest in a potential Simcoe County police force. read more ...
Report of Tiny Council meeting March 12, 2012Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny March 14 2012Deputy-Mayor George Lawrence chaired the meeting. Mayor Ray Millar and Councillor Andre Claire were absent....
Council of Canadians news release March 13 2012 t is becoming clearer from multiple sources that Canada was the country that pushed to have language that explicitly affirmed the United Nations recognized right to water and sanitation removed from the Ministerial Declaration of the World Water Forum –...
Shane Baghai, real estate mogul turned farmer, charges into Toronto’s Burger War Toronto Star Maqrch 12 2012 it’s ridiculous that we import 54 per cent of our produce in Ontario,” says condo developer Shane Baghai. “We have used up our valuable farmland north of Toronto, year after year, and en...
How the mega Big Bay Point Resort is set to change the face of the Town of Innisfil’s Lake Simcoe waterfront BY LINDA MONDOUX My New Waterfront Home February 2012 When plans for the Big Bay Point Resort on Lake Simcoe were first rolled out in 2002, the chances that the ambitious project would ...
Why Ontario effectively paid its neighbours $214,584.24 in one weekend hour to take our power By John Spears Toronto Star March 13 2012 Mild temperatures, high winds, spring run-off and a weekend combined to send the price of power below zero on Sunday in Ontario. But despite the near-record negative...
CBC News March 13 2012 Innisfil Mayor Barb Baguley fears the Georgian Downs Racetrack could be hard hit by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s grand expansion scheme to pump a billion dollars into provincial coffers by building a new casino in the Greater Toronto Area. Full story Barrie ...
Public invited to dig into landfill debate By John Tapley Woodstock Sentinel Review Friday, March 9, 2012 INGERSOLL – – Get involved, stay informed, ask questions and provide feedback. Walker Environmental Group (WEG) is encouraging public participation in its proposal to develop a land...
By Miriam King Bradford Times March 9 2012 The Councils of Bradford West Gwillimbury and Innisfil held a joint session of Committee of the Whole on February 22, to discuss the issue of a police costing – prompted by BWG’s unilateral decision, on December 6, 2011, to ask for a costing from the O...