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February 27, 2008
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Having some Winterfest fun
A player from the White Lightening hockey team skates away from two Red Devils players during the finals of the Mayor's Tyke Challenge tournament during Winterfest Sunday. The Red Devils won the championship game 9-8. For more, see WINTERFEST Page 20 More...
Council shares memories

There were plenty of bittersweet memories being shared in Innisfil's old council chambers last Wednesday night. Town council held it's last official meeting in the old administration building last week, before relocating to the $10 million New Town Hall in March. The occasion comes nearly 36 year... More...

Reasons for land deal collapse revealed

More details surrounding Innisfil's decision to walk away from land negotiations with Barrie several weeks ago are finally starting to emerge. When Innisfil entered into negotiations with Barrie 18 months ago, town staff assumed the sides would be swapping development and Highway 400 servicing la... More...

 News
•Gilford Road speed reduction may be granted
Vehicles travelling along Gilford Road could be going a bit slower soon. A town committee approved a plan to lower the speed limit along the street, west of County Road 4, during a recent meeting. If approved by council, the limit would be lowered from 80 kilometres an hour to 60. More...
•Art group gets new blood
•GO talk derailed
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 Editorial
•It's hard to blame Innisfil for walking away
If the details of the proposed Barrie/Innisfil land deal is true, you can't blame town representatives for walking away from the bargaining table. After about 18 months of negotiations, Innisfil representatives turned down a deal offered by provincial facilitator Allan Wells several weeks ago. More...
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 Letters
•Walking away shows disrespect
The mayor's decision to walk away from the Innisfil/Barrie negotiations shows the utmost arrogance and disrespect towards us, the ratepayers of Innisfil. It's like the Leafs hanging on to Mats Sundin for another three or four years and in the end getting nothing for him. More...
•More land talk details should be released
•Segregated schools make no sense
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 Community
•COMMUNITY EVENTS
The community event calender is provided as a free public service to non-profit organizations to announce upcoming events. Deadlines are no later than Monday for that week's issue to COMMUNITY EVENTS, P.O. More...
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 Churchill News
•Red was the winning colour
I, like many others, watched the annual Academy Awards on Sunday evening. While I found this year's program somewhat boring, it's always interesting to watch the parade down the red carpet and to sneak a peak at what the celebrities are wearing. More...
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 South Simcoe Police
•More cash approved for police station
More money has been thrown into the pot for Innisfil's proposed new police building. Innisfil council approved a total of $244,919 for architectural and engineering fees, which will be used to help redevelop the old administration building into a South Simcoe Police North Division station, once m... More...
•Teen's pot caught and other police news
•Fake pistol pointed in Bradford
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 Sports & Leisure
•Essa ball hockey league sign-up approaching
Essa Township is getting a ball hockey league. Thornton Ball Hockey is currently recruiting players for it's spring and summer league. Players can download a registration form online at www.essatownship.on.ca. They can also register during an upcoming Spring Fling event at the Thornton Arena Marc... More...
•Warden hits the slopes
•Atom 2 team wins
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 Health & Lifestyle
•Let's get frosty
Kerry Brennan and her mother Teresa bonded by building an angel snowman on the front lawn of the Lakeshore library Saturday. Along with three other teams, the mother/daughter duo were taking part in the Innisfil Public Library's Frosty Challenge, where participants were asked to build their own s... More...
•Quilters' guild meeting planned for Thursday
•A plant collector's delight
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