Collingwood Now present The Enterprise Week of 18 April 2011 Local News Headlines

Local News Headlines from the The Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin Newspaper

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Updated 20 hours ago
Politics is a new game for Thornbury-based Canadian Action Party candidate Gord Cochrane. Cochrane, 49, works in sales for a local hotel. From Toronto originally, he[MORE]

Austin faces uphill fight in conservative Simcoe-Grey

Updated 21 hours ago
It has always been an uphill battle in this traditionally Conservative riding, said New Democratic Party candidate Katy Austin. Austin has worked with the NDP since[MORE]

Candidate understands plight of middle class

Updated 21 hours ago
Green Party candidate Jace Metheral has been busy since graduating from university last May. "I'm getting my feet wet pretty quick," said the 22-year-old. The youngest candidate[MORE]

Smardenka: Simcoe-Grey needs someone who listens

Updated 20 hours ago
Liberal party candidate Alex Smardenka said this opportunity is a great privilege and is a humbling experience. "I'm not a politician and this is one of[MORE]

Canada needs to deal with moral issues

Posted 21 hours ago
Potato farmer, scientist, and Christian Heritage Party candidate Peter Vander Zaag said he believes only God-ordained standards will last. Vander Zaag is running in his fourth[MORE]

Leitch passionate about helping kids

Posted 21 hours ago
Conservative party candidate Kellie Leitch said she built her home in Creemore because the area and its people are very similar to where she grew[MORE]

Guergis finds new freedom in being independent MP

Updated 16 hours ago
New mother and Independent Conservative MP Helena Guergis said she running again because of her new son, Zavier. "After I had him, I thought about things[MORE]

Former premier stumps for Conservative candidate

Updated 23 hours ago
COLLINGWOOD - Bill Davis may be out of politics, but politics isn't out of Bill Davis. The 81-year-old former premier of Ontario criss-crossed Simcoe-Grey on Wednesday,[MORE]

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Theatre Collingwood scores Trillium funding

Posted 1 day ago
COLLINGWOOD -- Building a healthy and vibrant cultural community in rural Ontario requires the support of many stakeholders. Theatre Collingwood proudly announces a significant grant[MORE]

Music a tradition for Meaford school

Posted 1 day ago
It's all about the music, but the gold is pretty important, too. Senior Meaford high school musicians kept alive a streak, with the school's eighth straight[MORE]

Township ratepayers face 4% tax hike

Posted 1 day ago
STAYNER -- Clearview Township taxpayers may be looking at a 4% increase in 2011. However, the municipality's own spending is going up by 7.93% -- or[MORE]

Monday, April 18, 2011

Batteaux residents don't accept report results

Updated 2 days ago
COLLINGWOOD — Residents affected by flooding caused by ice jamming in the Batteaux in mid-February aren't buying the story given council on Monday night. Councillors were[MORE]

Guthrie Public School affected by power outage; late bus likely

Posted 3 days ago
The public school board is advising parents that bus 467 from Guthrie Public School may be late if the situation involving a crashed truck on[MORE]

Truck knocks out power

Posted 3 days ago
A transport truck took out some hydro lines in Oro-Medonte shortly after 10:30 a.m., knocking out power to nearly 3,000 Hydro One customers. According to Hydro One,[MORE]

Youth busted for car break-ins

Posted 4 days ago
COLLINGWOOD — A 16-year-old faces a number of charges after police chased down a male, early Sunday, after several vehicles were broken into in the[MORE]