By Phinjo Gombu Toronto Star November 28 2010Regional councillor-elect Deb Schulte belongs to a group called Sustainable Vaughan and loves to garden. But please don’t call her an environmentalist.Schulte, who fought to preserve the valuable agricultural and natural heritage lands, does not want const...
Fresh faces must get up to speed By JENNIFER BURDEN Orillia Packet and Times November 26 2010Within the first two months of inauguration, newly elected mayors and councillors will be asked to comment on a complex plan that will shape Simcoe County growth over the next 20 years. ...
AWARE Simcoe – November 26 2010At the last meeting of the outgoing Simcoe County council on November 23 councillors approved changes to the county’s procedure bylaw that will establish a two-year term for the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the County’s Standing Committees and create a new posi...
By BOB BRUTON BARRIE EXAMINER November 27 2010Christmas could come early for four city groups Monday.Barrie councillors will consider handing out almost $98,000 in funding in their last meeting of this new term. The new city council will be sworn in Dec. 6.Hospice Simcoe could receive $58,469, Habita...
Editorial Barrie Examiner November 25 2010Alex Nuttall is not the first Barrie councillor to set his sights on higher political ground. The Ward 10 councillor has filed his nomination papers with Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party to be the Barrie riding's candidate in the Oct. 6, 2011 provinci...
Nuttall, Jackson, Hermiston-Campbell, McCallum run for PC nominationBy Janis Ramsay Barrie Advance Nov 25, 2010BARRIE - With Friday’s deadline for PC candidate nominations, there are now four in the running.Hot off the heels of the municipal election, Rod Jackson has put his name forward. ...
By Peter Edwards Toronto Star November 25 2010The chair of Durham Region has signed a controversial contract to build the GTA’s first garbage incinerator in 20 years.Roger Anderson told regional council of his move on Thursday with a mass email, igniting furious and saddened reactions from opponents ...
By IAN MCINROY, BARRIE EXAMINER November 25 2010From the political limelight to the television spotlights of a studio.Springwater Township Mayor Tony Guergis will soon be on the other side of the camera and microphone when his weekly live call-in show airs on Rogers TV beginning Jan. 4, 2011.Guergis ...
By Miriam King Bradford Times November 25 2010For months, the focus has been on Bradford’s new Library & Cultural Centre. The Leisure Centre has been slower to get underway.Now, the structural steel is going up, and the massive building designed by architects Salter Pilon + Lett – ab...