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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 ... The Good Food Box had something cooking at the Lions Hall last week. About 10 booths from various health and lifestyle organizations and businesses — including the Innisfil YMCA, Simcoe County Farm Fresh, the Canadian Cancer Society, Egg Farmers of Ontario, More ... Spending municipal money on a crosswalk for the Alcona Glen Elementary School community would set costly precedent, says councillor Rod Boynton. Despite those objections, a town committee passed a motion asking staff to investigate temporary solutions for alleviating traffic safety issues near the Innisfil Beach Road school. More ... Registration is now available for the Essa Summer Blast Day Camp, which is run in Angus and Thornton. Essa's spring and summer program guide is now available. For more information, visit www.essatownship.on.ca. More ... Larry Allison, the CAO for the Town of Innisfil, is stepping down. Mayor Brian Jackson announced the resignation of Allison in a memo addressed to town staff last week. Allison has accepted another municipal position near Lake Huron, but will remain employed by the town until July 31. More ... Essa Township will be applying for infrastructure funding to build a new library building in Angus. Council gave its approval to submitting the Angus project under the newly created Community Adjustment Fund. The fund would see the federal government, provincial government and Essa each contribute onethird of the total cost of the project. More ... Essa mayor Dave Guergis is still angry about the province's decision to allow the annexation of about 2,300 hectares of land from Innisfil, and its plans to focus growth on five urban centres in Simcoe County. More ... What do plastic bottles, cigarette butts, MP3 players and shopping carts have in common? They were all found on Canadian shorelines last year, contributing to land pollution and the harming of wildlife habitat. In 2008, over 63,000 Canadians in 1,531 locations took part in the TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. From Sept. More ... |
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