Council News

The list of candidates for the October 26 municipal election is growing. The number of candidates registered to run for a regular council seat has grown to six with the addition last week of candidate Amanda Greenfield, daughter of long-time Councillor Harley Greenfield, who will not be seeking re-election this year after nearly three decades as a member of council, first in St. Vincent Township, and after the 2001 amalgamation, on the council of the Municipality of Meaford. Meaford's council...

Meaford council has given approval to a zoning amendment request submitted by the owners of the former Georgian Bay Secondary School property on St. Vincent Street, who plan to turn the facility into a private college. The former school property was purchased in the summer of 2023, and the new owners said at the time that they planned to establish a trade school, named the Toronto Excellence College, including on-site dormitories with 79 units on the property. The proposal has...