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An early start to Canada Day
Royal Canadian Legion branch 547 in Lefroy/Belle Ewart held a Canada Day parade near the facility Saturday afternoon. The parade featured a fire truck, the Innisfil Pipes and Drums, vintage cars, and residents donning red and white. For more, see FLAG Page 16 More...
Mayor charged after council chamber incident

Mayor Brian Jackson has been charged with assault and uttering threats relating to an incident that occurred at the New Town Hall June 24. South Simcoe Police charged the 60-year-old Jackson Thursday, following a nearly week long investigation into an incident that occurred at the town hall. On June 25, police received complaints from Jackson and councillor Bill Pring, after the mayor publicly berated the councillor. More...

Cops called over council outburst, admits Jackson
By Chris Simon

For about 20 minutes, Innisfil council appeared fractured on how to proceed with the province's growth plans for the area. More...

 News
• Town close to ward boundary realignment
Innisfil could be in for a significant ward boundary realignment. A town committee passed new ward boundaries for the municipality, during a meeting last week. If approved by council, the boundaries would attempt to more fairly distribute the municipality's population amongst the seven existing councillors. More...
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• Council asks board for crosswalk input
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 Editorial
• article has image Jackson's outburst appears to be telling
When evaluating the comments made by mayor Brian Jackson towards councillor Bill Pring last week, look past the cussing. More...
• A political point of view
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 Letters
• Old urban areas are causing lake stress
As a member of the Lake Simcoe Environmental Management Strategy (LSEMS) Working Group, I was heavily involved in establishing the strategy for the action plan which ultimately evolved into the Lake Simcoe Protection Act, the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan and its regulations. More...
• Pride Week generates tourism and jobs
• Greed and bad planning behind annexation
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 Community Events
• COMMUNITY EVENTS
A directory of what is happening in your community
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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 Community Columns
• CHURCHILL NEWS
The development of modern Canada Day
Canada Day has been called a few names in the past. It used to be known as Dominion Day, the First of July, Confederation Day and July the First. Canada wasn't born on July 1st, but the holiday celebrates the events that took place on this day. On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act created the Canadian federal government. More...
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• COOKSTOWN NEWS
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 Police News
• MADD offers tips for Canada Day safety
With Canada's birthday just days away, people are thinking about how and where they will celebrate. MADD Canada and Allstate Insurance Company are asking everyone to also give sufficient thought to how they will get safely to and from the festivities. More...
• South Simcoe Police
• Man injures girlfriend, charged with assault
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 Sports & Leisure
• article has image Wolfpack continue to lose against West Division
The lowly Innisfil Wolfpack continued their poor play against their division rivals last week, losing to the Caledon Bandits last Tuesday (June 23) and to the Centre Wellington Warlords Friday (June 26). The Wolfpack are now 0- 8-1 against the West Division. More...
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 Lifestyle
• article has image Spotlight on senior services
The changing lifestyle of the over 50 crowd was on display Saturday. The Welcome Wagon's Fifty Plus Changing Lifestyles Showcase took place at Lakeside Retirement at Innisfil, and featured 11 displays from local businesses. More...
• article has image Nantyr students celebrate art
• Big Bike rolls into town July 15
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 Home & Garden
• article has image Dealing with insect issues in early summer
We're barely into summer and already there are issues with insects. Many gardeners are complaining of the black aphids that are in abundance this year and I've had quite an infestation of them myself. Aphids have soft pearshaped bodies, about 3 millimetres long, and are known to be green, black, pink or red in colour. More...
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 Schools
• Warden calls for review of local public school board funding
The County of Simcoe will work with the Simcoe County District School Board to request a review of provincial funding for education in the area. More...
• Board offers summer school
• Student senate recently elects three new trustees
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