Collingwood Now present The Enterprise Week of June 7th 2010 Local News Headlines

Local News Headlines from the The Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin Newspaper

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Council urged to lobby for lighthouse preservation

Posted 2 hours ago
COLLINGWOOD — A federal government decision to declare all of Canada's lighthouses — both active and inactive — surplus could condemn the Nottawasaga lighthouse to "oblivion." In [MORE]

Wilson feted for 20 years in office

Posted 2 hours ago
COLLINGWOOD – As the faces flashed past on the big screen, the years slipped away for Jim Wilson. On Friday night, more than 200 family, friends, [MORE]

Friday, June 11, 2010

Anthropologist digs deep into Iroquoian mystery

Posted 21 mins ago
It looks as if the aboriginal history of the Georgian Triangle area -- along with Ontario and Quebec -- has become considerably more convoluted. Recent findings [MORE]

Beach bars to reopen by July 1

Posted 21 mins ago
Wasaga Beach beachfront businesses are slowly coming online after bankruptcy proceedings against the Blue Beach Development corporation continue. The company, operated by the Levy brothers, went [MORE]

Chiliheads counting down the days to annual fest

Posted 21 mins ago
It's almost time to paint the Village red -- chili red, that is. "The Chiliheads are starting to count down the days. Recipes are being fined-tuned," [MORE]

Collingwood teen closer to God after Haitian trip

Posted 21 mins ago
Kelsey Gilchrist is on a mission from God. The 19-year-old just blew back into town from a seven-week stay in Haiti with an evangelical Christian group [MORE]

Developer asks town for help with NVCA

Posted 21 mins ago
A west-end developer is appealing to the town for help in speaking to the local conservation authority. Thom Vincent has a proposal to build a multi-residential [MORE]

Hit the water with canoe club

Posted 21 mins ago
The Collingwood Dragon Boat and Canoe Club is offering up several chances to get on the water. The club is hosting an open house at the [MORE]

Home tour takes visitors through some interesting abodes

Posted 21 mins ago
HOUSE TOUR (isitors to this house on Third Street were welcomed by a huge container of ivorycoloured pansies before they walked into a large hall. On [MORE]

How to properly get rid of your pet waste

Posted 21 mins ago
It's that time of year again when we find ourselves scooping poop and cleaning up the yard. When picking up that smelly stuff, the proper way [MORE]

IN TOWN BUT WITH A COUNTRY FEEL!

Posted 21 mins ago
This Log Home is nestled on large treed lot across from Georgian Bay. Open concept kitchen, dining room & great room with soaring ceiling &fieldstone [MORE]

Junior Owls claim GBSSA crown

Posted 21 mins ago
The CCI Junior Boys Fighting Owls Rugby Team captured the GBSSA "AAA/AAAA" championship with a 12-0 victory over previously unbeaten Barrie Central last Thursday. The win [MORE]

Local ratepayers face negligible tax increase

Posted 21 mins ago
Collingwood property taxpayers are in for a pleasant surprise. On Monday night, councillors approved the tax ratios and rates for 2010. While Collingwood's budget was a [MORE]

News Briefs

Posted 21 mins ago
OPP INVESTIGATING BREAK AND ENTER TO SKI SHOP THE BLUE MOUNTAINS -- Officers with the local OPP detachmen are investigating a break and enter to a [MORE]

OPP want to talk to photog

Posted 21 mins ago
Police want to talk to a man seen photographing children as they played near their homes in Meaford Monday afternoon. "We would like to identify this [MORE]

Plovers proliferate at Beach Area 1

Posted 21 mins ago
There's romance in the air and on the shore at Wasaga Beach once again this spring. The peep show is back and attracting more watchers [MORE]

Sports Briefs

Posted 21 mins ago
MORE TOP SCORES FOR LANE AND HER HORSES Palgrave held the Spring into Summer National Dressage Festival this weekendand Collingwood's Megan Lane was named Open First [MORE]

Titans'U-14 squad hit the pitch

Posted 21 mins ago
On Saturday morning, the Georgian Titan's U14 team played their first games for the season -- and according to league president Kristy Stevenson, they were [MORE]

Traffic impacts explained at Duntroon Quarry hearing

Posted 21 mins ago
Walker Aggregates' traffic engineer outlined before the Consolidated Hearings Board on Wednesday the details of the road settlement agreement and resulting traffic projections should the [MORE]

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Health unit studies maternal health in Simcoe Muskoka

Posted 10 mins ago
As the world's leading economies prepare for discussions on maternal health at the G8 Summit, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has taken a look [MORE]

Local doc urges restrictions on oxycodone

Posted 10 mins ago
A Collingwood doctor says Ontario should follow Manitoba's lead in creating stronger regulations against the prescription painkiller Oxycontin. In March, the western province placed restrictions on [MORE]

News Briefs

Posted 10 mins ago
STORE MOVED FOR NOW Beaver Valley Community Centre is moving its clothing depot, the Treasure Store, to temporary quarters on Clarksburg's main street Tuesday while its [MORE]

Parents ramp up anti-WiFi campaign

Posted 10 mins ago
A group of local parents are continuing to press the Simcoe Country District School Board over the safety of wireless Internet at Mountain View Public [MORE]

Turbines unlikely in Niagara Escarpment Commission area

Posted 10 mins ago
Though the Green Energy Act permits them on the Niagara Escarpment, industrial wind turbines could never comply with the purpose and objectives or planning criteria [MORE]

Wilson's bid to help farmers shot down in legislature

Posted 10 mins ago
A private member proposed by Simcoe- Grey MPP Jim Wilson was voted down last week in the Ontario Legislature. Wilson's bill called on the province to [MORE]