Cal Patterson, Simcoe County Warden and Mayor of Wasaga Beach, will be the guest on Politically Speaking hosted by Bill French on Weds May 18 at 8:00 p.m. on Collingwood Rogers TV Cable 53. This is your opportunity to ask the Warden about the growth plan for Simcoe County or any other subject you wou...
Natural Resources Minister Linda Jeffrey looking for “balance” By Mike Crawley, CBC News May 13, 20 A Toronto-based wind power company is proposing to build a green energy project on the shores of Lake Ontario, but it could threaten two endangered species. Gilead Resources would have the ...
Heavy-garbage transportation costs not currently covered By Nicole Million Simcoe.com May 11, 2011 MIDLAND – Midland wants to be the site of a pilot project for a heavy-garbage voucher system that covers transportation costs, an issue for which council has been attempting to find a solution for sever...
Purchase price, vision cited as stumbling blocks By BOB BRUTON Barrie Examiner May 14 2011 Are the tracks running short on another city redevelopment partner for Barrie’s Allandale station land? Councillors will consider a motion Monday that includes putting the property not needed for city us...
Comment: Procedural fiasco at Collingwood council wrong on so many levels By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin May 12 2011 Perhaps it was the appearance of being ‘rammed through’ council that elicited such a visceral reaction. It was also that it was former Leisure Services...
By Morgan Ian Adams Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin May 13 2011 COLLINGWOOD — An industry in the town’s east end has given fire chief Trent Elyea 50,000 reasons to smile. On Friday afternoon, Elyea — and the Town of Collingwood — were presented with a $50,000 cheque from Amaizeingly Green that ...
2011’s capital plan not out of the ordinary By Sara Ross The Packet & Times May 14 2011 They’re not reinventing the wheel. But city officials have tabled a capital budget that continues to address Orillia’s infrastructure deficit which has built up over the past two decades, Co...
By Bruce Hain Simcoe.com May 12, 2011 INNISFIL — An environmentally friendly idea started last year by a Lefroy resident is picking up steam with the addition of two new locations. John Hurd of Electronic Waste Recycling started out with a single blue container at Daisy Mart on Killarney Beach Road ...
By Miriam King Bradford Times May 12 2011 The Board of Trustees for the Gilford Community Hall, after years of volunteering their time and money to operate and maintain the community facility, located at Bell’s Lane just off the Gilford Rd., resigned en masse. But first, they oversaw an Annual ...
By Miriam King Bradford Times March 12 2011 A Class Environmental Assessment is currently underway, looking at the potential widening of Simcoe County Rd. 4 (Yonge St.) to 4 lanes, from the 8th Line of Bradford West Gwillimbury to Hwy. 89. The widening is being proposed to address growth and traffic ...