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Friday, October 08, 2010
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CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL
Posted 1 hour ago
COUNCILLOR -- COLLINGWOOD John Kitchen Age: 50
Occupation: Retired banker Previous Political
Experience: None My motivation to run for
office: * Concern about the fiscal debt load
that previous [MORE]
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COUNCILLOR - BLUE MOUNTAINS
Posted 1 hour ago
John McKean Age: ?? Occupation: Construction
Estimator/ Manager Previous Political
Experience: Serving second term on council I
have a strong sense of community and am proud
of the [MORE]
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COUNCILLOR - BLUE MOUNTAINS
Posted 1 hour ago
Jack Harris Age: 75 Occupation: Retired,
general and marketing management Previous
Political Experience: None Why am I a
Candidate for Councilor? A full time resident
of Thornbury for [MORE]
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COUNCILLOR - BLUE MOUNTAINS
Posted 1 hour ago
Bob Gamble Age: ?? Occupation: Chartered
accountant Previous Political Experience:
Member of municipal council for 31 of past 34
years. I continually believe all decisions of
council [MORE]
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COUNCILLOR - BLUE MOUNTAINS
Posted 1 hour ago
Bill McKetrick Age: 57 Occupation: Consultant
(specializing in Financial Analysis and
Strategic Planning) Previous Political
Experience: None I have 30-plus years
experience as a consultant, developing
analysis [MORE]
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COUNCILLOR - BLUE MOUNTAINS
Posted 1 hour ago
Cameron Kennedy Age: 60 Occupation: Business
Operator Previous Political Experience: One
term on council I have had the privilege to
serve as a Councillor in The Blue Mountains [MORE]
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COUNCILLOR -- BLUE MOUNTAINS
Posted 1 hour ago
Alex Maxwell Age: 55 Occupation: Landscape &
light construction business Previous Political
Experience: Former Thornbury councillor The
reason I'm running for council is very simple
-- somewhere [MORE]
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COUNCILLOR -- BLUE MOUNTAINS
Posted 1 hour ago
Glenn Stewart Age: ?? Occupation: Previous
Political Experience: Served on the Housing
Committee for the past five years and am currently
Chair of the committee. II have been [MORE]
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COUNCILLOR -- BLUE MOUNTAINS
Posted 1 hour ago
John McGee Age: ?? Occupation: Previous Political
Experience: One term as councillor I am standing
for re-election because I want to continue helping
to define our community's future. The [MORE]
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COUNCILLOR -- BLUE MOUNTAINS
Posted 1 hour ago
Jim Uram Age: 62 Occupation: Municipal Planner
Previous Political Experience: 1987 -1989
Thornbury Public Utilities Commission; 1989 -1991
Thornbury Council I am running for office because
I believe [MORE]
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COUNCILLOR -- BLUE MOUNTAINS
Posted 1 hour ago
Michael Martin Age: ?? Occupation: Lawyer Previous
Political Experience: Member of Blue Mountains
council for 7 years Michael's Agenda: for Council
2011 -2014 "0" Zero%Property Tax increases Reduce [MORE]
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COUNCILLOR -- CLEARVIEW WARD 4
Posted 1 hour ago
Thom Paterson Age: 62 Occupation: Retired,
Telecommunications Industry Previous Political
Experience: One term councillor, Ward 4 I have put
my name forward for a second term because I [MORE]
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COUNCILLOR -- CLEARVIEW WARD 5
Posted 1 hour ago
Robert Walker Age: 58 Occupation: Retired Previous
Political Experience: 20 years political
experience - 13 years Town of Stayner, 7 years
Township of Clearview I am presently completing [MORE]
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Deputy-mayor candidate: Alicia Savage
Posted 1 hour ago
Alicia Savage is seeking a second term as Deputy
Mayor of Clearview Township in the coming
election. Born and raised in Collingwood where her
family still [MORE]
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Deputy-mayor candidate: Duncan McKinlay
Posted 1 hour ago
-For the first time in at least seven years,
Duncan McKinlay is fighting an election campaign.
The Blue Mountains Deputymayor is up against
newcomer Michael Seguin, [MORE]
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Deputy-mayor candidate: Michael Seguin
Posted 1 hour ago
Michael Seguin obviously isn't afraid of a
challenge. The professional real estate appraiser
and head of the Blue Mountains Ratepayers
Association is challenging incumbent Deputy-mayor
Duncan [MORE]
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Deputy-mayor candidate: Rick Lloyd
Posted 1 hour ago
Rick Lloyd says he will not support any more capital
spending until the municipality gets its financial
house in order. "We have to know the long-term [MORE]
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Grafitti: URBAN BLIGHT OR URBAN ART?
Posted 1 hour ago
Graffiti has its place--but what's happening on walls
in the downtown right now doesn't. When Paula Lehr
took on her role of downtown revitalization
coordinator this [MORE]
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High-end homes still a hot commodity
Posted 1 hour ago
-Apparently the uncertain and uneven economic recovery
hasn't slowed down people looking for high-end homes
in the local area. While many people are still
struggling just [MORE]
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Mayor candidate: Ellen Anderson
Posted 1 hour ago
-Ellen Anderson's not ready to head off into the hills
just yet. "I've been honoured to be the mayor of our
community for the past seven [MORE]
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Mayor candidate: Ken Ferguson
Posted 1 hour ago
Clearview Township Mayor Ken Ferguson is running for
another term of office. After a lengthy career in
local politics serving nine years as Council
representative [MORE]
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Mayor candidate: Marshall Heatherington
Posted 1 hour ago
Marshall Heatherington is going back to the basics
during his campaign to be mayor of The Blue Mountains.
In his best folksy manner, Heatherington called
himself [MORE]
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Mayor candidate: Paul Mitchell
Posted 1 hour ago
Paul Mitchell thinks it's time for the taxpayers in The
Blue Mountains to take over. "I have lived for the past
15 years in The Town[MORE] |
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Mayor candidate: Sheldon Rosen
Posted 1 hour ago
At least one mayoral candidates in the four-person
race to be mayor of the Blue Mountains is hoping to
come up "Rosen." Sheldon Rosen, who operates [MORE]
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New library a treasure to community
Posted 1 hour ago
VISIT COLLINGWOOD'S NEW TREASURE: Collingwood and
District Historical Society members and guests
recently had the pleasure of touring the town's new
'treasure' at the corner [MORE]
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News Briefs
Posted 1 hour ago
POLICE FIND ANGLER DEAD IN BOAT GEORGIAN BAY-- A
73-year-old Dun-troon man is dead after a night on the
bay. According to the Collingwood OPP, the man [MORE]
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SCHOOL BOARD -- SCDSB
Posted 1 hour ago
Caroline Smith Age: 53 Occupation: Paralegal Previous
Political Experience: 7 years 2003-2010 School Board
Trustee Simcoe County District School Board
representing Collingwood and Clearview Twp. Over my [MORE]
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So you're thinking of renovating...
Posted 1 hour ago
Before you spend your own hard- earned dollars on a
renovation, before you start tearing down walls, be
sure to ask yourself the right questions-and be [MORE]
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Town needs to control debt: Paterson
Posted 1 hour ago
The town needs to get a handle on its debt before taking
on any more priorities, says mayoral candidate Eammon
Paterson. The first-time candidate for political [MORE]
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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Repeat offender sought by police
Posted 22 hours ago
Midland police and the OPP are looking for a repeat
offencer linked to sexual offences. Shawn Pratt is
believed to be unlawfully at large in the [MORE]
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Man found dead in boat
Posted 23 hours ago
GEORGIAN BAY — A 73-year-old Duntroon man is dead after a
night on the bay. According to the Collingwood OPP, the
man was reported missing a [MORE]
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Candidate charged with assault
Posted 1 day ago
A Meaford man who is seeking a seat on Meaford council
made a brief appearance in Owen Sound court Thursday to
answer a charge of [MORE]
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County takes waste diversion to school
Posted 1 day ago
Learning and Living Green, a new initiative in partnership
with the County of Simcoe and local school boards was
officially launched Friday at Admiral Collingwood [MORE]
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News Briefs
Posted 1 day ago
BEARS SPOTTED IN THORNBURY Collingwood/Blue Mountains OPP
is sending out a warning about bears, after two sightings
were reported in Thornbury on Sunday afternoon. According
to police, [MORE]
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SIU clears police in Markdale shooting
Posted 1 day ago
The provincial Special Investigations Unit has cleared a
police officer of criminal wrongdoing in the shooting death of
an armed man near Markdale last May. A [MORE]
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