Jessica Owen

AG's report shows the developer had discussions with the province to finalize wording on the MZO without the town’s involvement prior to the province approving it

AG's report shows the developer had discussions with the province to finalize wording on the MZO without the town’s involvement prior to the province approving it

Approved by council at their Nov. 18 meeting, final phase of new short-term rental rules will be rolled out as of Jan. 6

If approved at the next council meeting, Collingwood will be charging a municipal accommodation tax on short-term rentals, hotels/motels and bed and breakfasts in town, expecting to bring in between $900,000 and $1.2M annually, funnelled into tourism

‘Policing is never going to be cheap but we have to look at better solutions than we have today,’ says Wasaga Beach mayor

‘This is going to be costly in terms of what we will need for the staffing of enforcement. The fines really need to enable us to be self-funded and not (falling to) the taxpayer’: Collingwood councillor

Calling discussion at the Simcoe County District School Board table on Oct. 23 ‘a witch-hunt,’ trustee Lisa-Marie Wilson says she informed the chair of her one-year temporary move

But it's not coming soon enough to allow the public to know why a Simcoe trustee has been banned from meetings for a month

‘I am totally shocked and disgusted and we’ll be pursuing this... I'm not sure to what end,' says Collingwood mayor

The Simcoe County District School Board finalized its new capital priority list at a meeting on Aug. 28. The list will be submitted to the province for funding consideration by Sept. 16