Inventive – and Effective – Fundraising Every year, cottage associations come up with different ways to have fun while raising money for worthwhile causes. This year the focus was the Huronia Hospitals Foundation and the Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre. The palm for inventiveness goes to the black tie and bathing [more]
Report on Council MEMBERS OF COUNCIL: Mayor Peggy Breckenridge Deputy Mayor George Lawrence Councillor André Claire Councillor George Cornell Councillor Nigel Warren ADMINISTRATION CHANGE: Ruth Coursey, the Township’s CAO/Clerk, has accepted a position as CAO of the Town of Lakeshore (population 35,000) in Essex County. This, we gather, is a good [more]
E. Coli: A Permanent Resident of Our Beaches? By Dr. Allan Crowe, Research Hydrogeologist, Environment Canada E. coli . . . during the past few years this simple word has evoked both fear and confusion in shoreline residents and people swimming at the beaches of Tiny Township. Why do unacceptable [more]
Wind Farm Update: Bigger Turbines Prompt Council Study By Jack Ellis Source: Ventus Draft ESR, Figure 7.3, page 53 Over two years ago Ventus Energy Inc. proposed six 400-foot high wind turbines centred on the open fields of the Robitaille Farm site in the 19th Concession. They set up [more]
The President’s Message by Judith Grant In 1999-2000 when citizen groups met to discuss various aspects of Tiny’s “New” Official Plan, they made sure that it was “Environment First”. And in the years since then, Tiny’s residents have become more and more aware of the need to take care of the [more]
REPORT ON COUNCIL September 24, 2007 Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:00 a.m. – 8:47 p.m. Regular Evening Meeting: 7:00 p.m. – 8:31 p.m. All Members of Council present. CONFIDENTIAL / CLOSED SESSION: 5:22 p.m. – 6:20 p.m. and 8:31 p.m. – 8:47 p.m. MARK AITKEN, CAO SIMCOE COUNTY, SPEAKS [more]
REPORT ON COUNCIL September 10, 2007 Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:00 a.m. – 1:42 p.m. Regular Evening Meeting: 7:00 p.m. – 8:39 p.m. All Members of Council present during Committee of the Whole. Mayor Peggy Breckenridge absent during the Regular Evening Meeting. CONFIDENTIAL / CLOSED SESSION: None. NO SUNDAY [more]
REPORT ON COUNCIL August 27, 2007 Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Regular Evening Meeting: 7:10 p.m. – 7:32 p.m. All Members of Council present. CONFIDENTIAL / CLOSED SESSION: 11:45 a.m. – 12: 27 p.m. and 4:16 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. The closed session involved Doug Christie and Russell [more]
REPORT ON COUNCIL August 13, 2007 Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:00 am – 6:43 p.m. Regular Evening Meeting: 7:10 p.m. – 7:50 p.m. All Members of Council present. CONFIDENTIAL / CLOSED SESSION: 1:37 p.m. – 6:43 p.m. The subject of the closed session was “Education and training purposes”. OPP QUARTERLY REPORT: Inspector [more]
The Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations