By JENNIFER BURDEN, THE ORILLIA PACKET & TIMESIf it were up to local Georgian College students, Ralph Cipolla would the mayor of Orillia.Students unofficially voted foll ow i n g a two-hour mayoral debate hosted by the college in a lecture hall on Friday.Out of the 146 people who voted — f...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online October 7, 2010 Anyone following the municipal election campaign in New Tecumseth will have read and or heard, or will hear, mostly incumbents assure that future development will pay for the pending $36 million plus interest that will be debentured to bridge-finance th...
Simcoe.com Oct 07, 2010 ESSA -Essa residents take note: a mayor and deputy mayor debate will be held at the Angus Arena, located at Mill Street and County Road 10, Oct. 17 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.The debate is being organized by Ward 1 candidate Archie Duckworth.During the first hour, the deputy mayor c...
By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 11 2010Curiously, it was mayoral candidate Jim Corneau’s mention of the number of new vehicles being driven by Bradford West Gwillimbury staff that was interrupted by spontaneous applause from the crowd at last week’s all-candidates’ meeting in Bradford.Other spon...
By ANNALISE STENEKES Orillia PACKET & TIMES October 11 2010Have you been wondering where your local mayoral and city council candidates stand on issues related to environmental sustainability? Some of the members of Transition Town Orillia certainly have.The focus of Transition Town Orillia is &...
By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 09 2010Candidates at the Oro-Medonte Ward 4 / Deputy Mayors all-candidates’ debate last Thursday had very different answers when asked whether they would re-instate the township’s Planning Advisory Committee. ...
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin - October 8 2010The lawyer for the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) challenged the interpretation of policies by Walker Aggregates' planning expert throughout Tuesday's testimony before the Consolid at e d Hearings Board reviewing Walker's application for an expande...
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin – October 1Testimony resumed this week on Walker Aggregates bid to expand its quarry west of Duntroon, with the company’s planning expert explaining why the expansion meets the criteria to proceed.Brent Clarkson also refuted comments made by the planning ex...
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin - October 8 2010 A questionnaire distributed by the Clearview Community Coalition (CCC), a group opposing the proposed new quarry on the Niagara Escarpment west of Duntroon, shows a division of opinion between current Councillors and their challengers. ...
By Miriam King Bradford Time October 8 2010The candidates for Mayor and Deputy Mayor answered questions posed by the Media and the pubic at the October 5 meeting, organized by the Bradford Board of Trade. It quickly became clear that there is a deep divide between the incumbents and the challengers, ...