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The Ontario government is providing more than $16.5 million for area municipalities through the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF).

The historic Black Bridge in Bracebridge has officially reopened.

After COVID revenue collapse, Canadian municipalities face insurance premium spike Reuters 18 hrs ago By Nichola Saminather © Reuters/CHRIS HELGREN FILE PHOTO: A row of houses under construction is seen at a subdivision near the town of Kleinburg By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian municipalities reeling from a pandemic-driven hit to revenues are facing an added blow from surging liability insurance costs, forcing them to raise property taxes or even cut se...

Province announces first group of municipalities who will shift to standardized blue box program.

London city hall will be out of the recycling business in two years  as waste producers take over the blue box system in a provincewide shakeup.

Ontarios plan to overhaul Blue Box program stalls, leaving sector on hold As the province irons out the final details of its new recycling regulations, municipalities and environmental groups are urging them to finish the job. Social Sharing

SHARE ON: Photo credit: supplied “Ultimately, what you want to achieve with an election is an open and transparent process that the most people can access,” Bracebridge Mayor Graydon Smith tells the MyMuskokaNow.com newsroom. Town council approved the use of internet and telephone voting for the second election in a row Thursday. All six Muskoka municipalities used the method in the 2018 election, but Bracebridge’s Chief Election Official Lori McDonald explains the system provided by Dom...

SHARE ON: Photo credit: James Bowler The Bracebridge Public Library will soon have a new leader with its current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Cathryn Rodney planning to retire in June. She has been at the helm of the library since 2006. A successor has not been chosen yet, but Rodney says the search is already underway. “I think people can be confident that my successor will be a great asset to the library,” she says, explaining that the requirements will help ensure they don’t get some...

“I’ll call it a small victory,” Bracebridge’s Mayor Graydon Smith says. “My recommendation of a return to Red-Control is based on information that our overall incidence of COVID-19 has remained stable over the past two weeks despite the rise in the B.1.1.7 (UK) variant,” SMDHU’s Medical Officer of Health Doctor Charles Gardner said Friday in a letter to residents in Simcoe Muskoka. As of Friday’s update from the Health, there are 217 cases of B.1.1.7 in its medical region. Dr. G...

Cash-strapped municipalities in Ontario will receive more money to help address pandemic-related costs.