READEXPRESS EDITORIALYou can't complain if you don't voteThis is not a new phenomenon, but it is reiterating a very important point that many across this city are trying to make You have to vote to have your voice heard.The numbers prove that less and less people are casting their ballots in every election that is held.Oshawa is absolutely no exception.
Dog-Strangling Vine - Check your property and be informed... Notice of Public Meeting - Proposed Zoning By-law Amendment - Propane Facilities By-lawAug 28, 2014This Notice is to inform you that the Planning Committee of the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Uxbridge will hold a statutory public meeting to make available adequate information to the public regarding, and to consider, a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment.... New Animal Shelter for Uxbridge-Scugog - Looking for volunteersAug 19, 2014Want to make a difference in the lives of hundreds of animals in Uxbridge-Scugog? Then get involved with the New Animal Shelter for Uxbridge-Scugog!
With the deadline to file nomination papers for Dryden's 2014 Municipal Election looming on Sept. 12, several new players have entered the race for councillor.At press time, Shayne MacKinnon was the only incumbent councillor seeking re-election, challenging Craig Nuttall for the office of Mayor.The list of candidates for the role of councillor has now grown to a full complement of six including: Robert Bruyere, John Carlucci, Bryan Crawford, Bill Latham, Darryl Skinner and Roger Valley.
Whitchurch–Stouffville (2006 population 24,390; 2010 estimate 36,500) is a municipality in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, approximately 14 kilometres north of the City of Toronto. It is 206.74 square kilometers in size, and located in the mid-eastern area of the Regional Municipality of York on the ecologically sensitive Oak Ridges Moraine. Its motto is 'country close to the city'. The town of Whitchurch–Stouffville consists of several distinct communities and the intermediary countryside. The largest urban area is Stouffville proper, while other communities in the larger town include Ballantrae, Bethesda, Bloomington, Cedar Valley, Gormley, Lemonville, Lincolnville, Musselman Lake, Pine Orchard, Pleasantville, Preston Lake, Ringwood, Vandorf, Vivian, and Wesley Corners. The town is bounded by Davis Drive (York Regional Road 31) in the north, York-Durham Line (York Regional Road 30) in the east, and Highway 404 in the west. The southern boundary conforms with a position approximately 200 metres north of 19th Avenue (York Regional Road 29), and is irregular due to the annexation of lands formerly part of Markham Township in 1971