By Stephen Vance, Editor
With slightly less than seven months until the municipal election, just one candidate has formally declared that their name will be on the ballot, that being current Councillor Harley Greenfield.
A couple of others have been kicking the tires, or dropping hints that they will run such as Councillor Gerald Shortt who back in January said that...
By Shane Jolley, Guest Columnist
For a while I thought I could resist weighing in on last week’s hoopla over Bill Murdoch’s desire to give Toronto the big rubber boot out of Ontario. After all it’s maple syrup season and time’s-a-wastin’, but after reading several Toronto based commentaries on the fracas, I simply couldn’t sit it out.
A part of me...
By Stephen Vance, Editor
So Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Murdoch tells the Bruce County Federation of Agriculture that he thinks Toronto should separate and become it's own province in order to provide a more effective provincial government for the rest of Ontario, and a bunch of city slickers now have their knickers in a knot.
Say what you want about Murdoch,...
By Stephen Vance, Editor
I had to kill some time on Saturday afternoon and evening, so I went for a walk in downtown Meaford.
As I walked I tried to imagine that I hadn't lived here for the last four and a half years, I tried to walk the downtown as an outsider and consider what impression I could form about...
By Stephen Vance, Editor
The resolution with regard to wind turbines put forward by Cynthia Lemon at the January 18 meeting of council and the debate that followed reminded me of something I had written several months ago that touched on the topic of wind turbine placement.
I decided that I would dust it off, and share it again.Before I even...
By Stephen Vance, Editor
Along with the beginning of a new year, we are also entering into the final months of the current term of our Meaford Council.
Before long we will likely start to see candidates announce that they will make a run for a seat around the half circle that is the Meaford Council table.
I have to wonder who...
By Stephen Vance, Staff
As the summer drew to a close, and the children returned to school, it was back to business for the municipality.
Not that the summer fun had come to an end.
September
His Excellency Mr. Yerlan Abildayev, who is the first Kazakh Ambassador to Canada, visited Meaford at the invitation of the organizers of the Meaford International Film Festival...
By stephen Vance, Staff
In part one of this three part series we explored some of the newsworthy issues and events that took place over the long, cold winter months that kicked off the year 2009.
Much of the focus was on Meaford Council and municipal finances. However, as the temperatures warmed, and green grass replaced snow covered ground, Meaford came...
By Stephen Vance, Staff
It was a year of transition for the Municipality of Meaford that brought with it new visions designed to repair old problems.Political and financial issues aside, residents of Meaford displayed a resolve to always put community first by organizing and participating in a wide variety of events and activities.
Join The Meaford Independent in this first of...
TMI Editorial
We couldn't help but be amused, and a little saddened watching our Meaford councillors discuss waiving fees for the upcoming 'Docs on Ice- Collingwood' event.
In a report presented to council by Director of Operations Stephen Vokes, the recommendation from staff was that the municipality support the event that will bring 800 doctors to Collingwood, Thornbury, and Meaford for...
