West end Alliston set for speed reduction zone trial run
Posted May 14, 2025
New 40 km/h speed signs are being installed this morning along routes bounded by Industrial Parkway, Young Street and King Street in west end Alliston as part of a pilot project to control speeds in residential neighbourhoods. Industrial, King and Young will remain 50 km/h.
Angus, Beeton pair charged in car theft, cocaine trafficking
Posted May 16, 2025
Two people are facing drug trafficking and car theft charges following execution of a search warrant at a residence in Angus yesterday by Nottawasaga Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) with the assistance of the Central Region Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Central Region Canine.
Honda blames slowing EV market for delaying $15 billion expansion in Alliston, DCs vanish
Posted May 13, 2025
The electric vehicle era at Honda of Canada Manufacturing (HCM) will have to wait at least two years as the Japanese based automaker made public this morning construction will cease on its $15 billion electrification and new battery plant in Alliston citing unfavourable market conditions.
New Tottenham public elementary school remains a SCDSB priority
Posted May 12, 2025
Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) top 10 capital projects submission for 2025-26 continues to include a new elementary school in Tottenham, and a major addition to Baxter Central. Both failed to secure approval in 2024.
Simcoe County council composition bylaw now moving through municipal level
Posted May 12, 2025
The second leg of the triple majority needed to chop Simcoe County council in half, plus an appointed full-time Warden, is in municipal council hands where 9 out of 16 must "consent" before triggering the final step which requires all the consenting municipalities to represent a majority of all electors in the upper-tier municipality.
Updated - Flurry of development interests try to get in under the wire
Posted May 9, 2025
As New Tecumseth council readies to sign off on the most comprehensive growth strategy and official plan update since amalgamation in 1991, nearly a dozen development interests pitch to be included ahead of the scheduled final approval this month.
New Tecumseth updated Official Plan, growth scenarios ready for council approval
Posted May 7, 2025
Several years in the making, the most comphrensive update to New Tecumseth's Official Plan and growth strategy through to 2051, will be presented to council Monday night for committee approval.