Council News

During the 2022 municipal election campaign, then-Councillor Ross Kentner told supporters that, if elected mayor, he would serve one term, and last week Mayor Kentner officially announced on social media that he would not be seeking re-election this year. “As we near the end of the four-year municipal election cycle and nominations have opened for the municipal election on October 26th, it’s important that I share my intentions with electors,” Mayor Kentner posted on his Facebook page. “I have been...

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,...