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Did Innisfil council cut too much planned spending from the 2010 Operating Budget?
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June 11, 2008  RSS feed


Skipping out for Wing Ding
EVENT: Another wild Wing Ding weekend fling
Chris Small spent Saturday afternoon dodging cars. But the Cookstown firefighter didn't mind. Along with his colleagues at the Innisfil Fire Service's Cookstown branch, Small was holding a fire helmet and standing along the centre line of Highway 89, the village's main intersection, collecting charitable donations. More...
Ontario obesity rates climbing, says expert
By Chris Simon

Governments need to start building healthier, walkable communities. That's the message University of British Columbia doctor Lawrence Frank was trying to promote during the annual Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa) 2008 annual conference in Alliston Monday. More...

Transit plan concerns town staff
By Chris Simon

The lack of a GO Transit station in Lefroy and a 5th Line/Highway 400 interchange are just a few of the concerns Innisfil staff have with Simcoe County's Transportation Master Plan. More...

 News
• Cottagers association sells beach to town
A 100-foot stretch of property along the Lake Simcoe waterfront is now property of the Town of Innisfil. More...
• Illegal dumping targeted by council
• Immunizations now being offered by health unit
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 Editorial
• article has image A healthy living planning overhaul
Comment
Ontario's political leaders need to rethink the way their constituents live. Hundreds of healthcare and government officials met to discuss a fundamental shift that needs to occur in communities across the continent, during the annual Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa) 2008 conference, which was held in Alliston earlier this week. More...
• article has image Reaching a growth plan milestone
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 Letters
• Legislature should get rid of the Lord's Prayer
I recently read York- Simcoe MPP Julia Munro's article, There are ways to show support for the Lord's Prayer, in The Scope's May 21 edition. I believe there should be no religious observance to open each day's session of the Legislature. Those who want religious observances should do so in private. More...
• Paying for a lack of planning over the last few decades
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 Community Events
• article has image Leos bike to help the breast cancer battle
Tyler Gayle wasn't growling at the prospect of biking 20-kilometres. The Innisfil Leo Club member understood the trek, which took place on roads throughout the Alcona area recently, was helping to support breast cancer research. Gayle was among several members of the club participating in their first bike-athon. More...
• article has image A new force for fighting crime
• article has image Dowsing the flames of cancer
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 Police News
• Five police dogs graduating in Georgina
York Regional and South Simcoe police will host a graduation ceremony for five of their newest canine unit members in Georgina today. The special badge ceremony will follow four months of extensive training in tracking, building and evidence searching, handler protection and agility testing. More...
• Noisy muffler leads to suspended driver's arrest
• Couple caught assaulting each other
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 Sports & Leisure
• article has image Cookstown students track down competition
Andrea Vovk made her one field event of the day count. The Cookstown Central Public School Grade 6 student won her high jump event at the South Simcoe North Zone track and field meet, which took place at Tosorontio Public School near Everett Thursday. Vovk outlasted several other competitors in her age category to win. More...
• Wolfpack opened lacrosse season last month
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 Home & Garden
• article has image Gardening with the colourful chartreuse plant
The Gardener's Corner
Mother Nature assembles many outrageous colour combinations, for she doesn't observe any rules and will use a vibrant colour such as chartreuse with abandon and confidence. Chartreuse is a variable colour that embraces pale pistachio and lime greens with yellow, the constant wow factor conducive to completing this marvel. More...
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