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January 24, 2007
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Student Poetry to be Published in National Anthology
As a result of entering a national poetry contest, five young poets in grades 7 and 8 at Killarney Beach Public School have had their poems selected by the Poetry Institute of Canada to be included in the Canadian Children's Anthology of Verse for 2006. (l-r) teacher/librarian Roz Owen, Kristine M... More...
South end home dealing with termite infestation

A home in the south end of Innisfil is dealing with a termite infestation and council is worried the bugs may spread to other homes. "We are dealing with one known case and we are taking pro active measures," said Director of Planning and Development, Rob McAuley. "It is our obligation to make thi... More...

Local resident hosts book publishing seminar

On Monday Feb. 19th the Simcoe County Museum is hosting a seminar to discuss the aspects of book publishing. Local expert Donna Wice, co-ordinator of the Farms of Innisfil book project, will be speaking of her recent experiences in book publishing. More...

 News
•Police seeking public's help in attempted Cookstown abduction
On January 15, 2007 at approximately 4:20pm South Simcoe Police responded to the Cookstown Public School to a report of an attempted abduction of a school child walking home after school. The child was walking south on County Road #27, just south of the Cookstown Public School. The 11 year old chi... More...
•Tickets still available for Mayor's Prayer Breakfast
•Simcoe County passes budget
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 Editorial
•Comment
On September 18, 2006, Justice Dennis O'Conner revealed, after studying the case of Mahar Arar, that Arar should be removed from the terror watch list, and that the RCMP supplied wrong information to the United States. Three months later, a second and final report was released, coming to the same c... More...
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 Letters
•Cookstown information news, not a column
Dear editor, I, and a great number of my friends, from far and near, who are also subscribers to your paper, have been wondering what has happened to the Cookstown News column by Susan Stein? It is most puzzling as to why we must look here and there throughout the paper to find her news items . More...
•Open letter to Canada's new Minister of the Environment
•SEHC kicks off the New Year as one of Canada's 50 Best Employers
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 Business & Real Estate
•Electricity rates will drop slightly in 2007
Consumers will be paying less for electricity in 2007 as a result of changes proposed by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO). Under these proposed changes, customers will be provided with surplus funds of $57 million that has been accumulated under a market account relating to impor... More...
•Music for Young Children newsletter
•Essa defers SMH audit request
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 Community
•COMMUNITY EVENTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25TH The Simcoe County Quilt Guild will meet at 1pm at the ANAF Club on George Street in Barrie. This month's guest speaker is karen McCleary, a long time meber, whose topic will be Top Ten Tips. More...
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 Churchill News
•CHURCHILL NEWS
I found this little poem on the Internet the other day called "Snowball". I thought I'd pass it on to all of you as we enjoy winter. I made myself a snowball, as perfect as can be. I thought I'd keep it as a pet and let it sleep with me. I made it some pajamas and a pillow for its head. More...
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 South Simcoe Police
•Reports of suspicious vehicles in child inhabited areas
Over the past several weeks it seems the number of reports to Police has increased of "suspicious vehicles" lurking around schools and areas where young children inhabit is of great concern and something Nottawasaga OPP officers always take extremely seriously. More...
•Driver charged in two vehicle collision
•CRIME OF THE WEEK
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 Sports & Leisure
•Innisfil Minor Lacrosse adds teams for the 2007 season
The Innisfil Wolfpack is at it again - growing by leaps and bounds! In 2007 they will be adding an Intermediate team to allow for the older kids who enjoy the sport to keep playing, registrants can now be between the ages of 4 and 21. A Ladies Fun League will also be accepting registrants with Sun... More...
•Hawks beat Aurora 3 - 0
•Congratulations Lesley Hawker
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 Health & Lifestyle
•The Vault
Think back to when you first started your business. Were you using the same software programs you are using today? Were computers even integrated into your business? The pace of change in the past 10 years alone has been staggering. To adapt to change, successful entrepreneurs often dedicate time ... More...
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