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2 days ago | midlandtoday.ca | Andrew Philips

A local resident is calling into question just how transparent the process surrounding Midland Bay Landing's potential development really is. Andrew Walker says it’s impossible for ordinary citizens to view what the town is providing to the development community as part of the request for expressions of interest (RFEI) without paying an expensive fee.

3 days ago | midlandtoday.ca | Andrew Philips

With the thermometer nearing 40 degrees Celsius over the past two days, north Simcoe firefighters did their part to help keep kids cool. At one Midland school, kindergarten kiddos at Bayview Public School laughed with true glee as they ran under the spray from a Midland Fire Department truck. "My daughter came home talking about this and I had absolutely no clue what she was talking about," parent Amanda Martyniuk wrote on the fire department's social media page.

5 days ago | midlandtoday.ca | Bob Bruton

Barrie will fly its new Canadian flag in time for July 1. With the 150-foot flag pole now constructed at the Barrie-Simcoe Emergency Services Campus on Fairview Road, all that’s needed is the flag itself for Canada Day. And it’s scheduled to go up at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 26. The Canadian flag that will fly there is 35 by 70 feet in size. The flag pole was manufactured and installed by Ewing Flagpole, while the Canadian flag itself comes from the Flag Store, a Barrie company.

6 days ago | midlandtoday.ca | Derek Howard

The announcement of a 16-bed addition to Georgian Manor Home for the Aged held particular importance for Tiny Township Coun. Dave Brunelle. “My father, who was on council for Tiny for seven years in the 1970s and 1980s, and also in Penetang for seven years in the 2000s,” said Brunelle, who was in attendance for Friday's official announcement at the Penetanguishene facility.

1 week ago | midlandtoday.ca | Derek Howard

What could have been three speed enforcement cameras was bumped up to a fourth purchase during a recent Penetanguishene council meeting. Following a special meeting of council which dealt with intellectual property, contract and pricing for automated speed enforcement cameras, council received a report in their regular meeting which recommended installations in three designated community safety zones in the fall.