Council News

Meaford's council chamber had an overflowing gallery after a number of residents attended a public planning meeting held on Monday, May 4 to share their concerns about a zoning amendment request from the owners of the former Georgian Bay Secondary School property on St. Vincent Street. 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, which they named the Toronto Excellence College,...

The nomination period for October's municipal election opened on Friday, May 1, and the first candidate to file their paperwork with the municipal clerk, kicking off their campaign, was Deputy Mayor Shirley Keaveney, who in this election will seek the mayor's chair. Keaveney has served three terms on council, the last two as Deputy Mayor. In the last municipal election in 2022, Keaveney was unopposed, and was therefore acclaimed to her second term as Deputy Mayor. In a media release issued...