WASAGA BEACH, ONT. The Town of Wasaga Beach is pushing for a new high school to be built as a growing number of families move to the area. Thousands of new home builds in the town indicate the demand for a new school has never been higher. Wasaga Beach resident Leslie Farkas says the town has waited long enough. He described that need in a deputation to the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) earlier this week. School board officials have also been watching the growth in the area and added Northern West Simcoe County to their list of 10 top priorities for capital investment, including Stayner, Collingwood and Wasaga Beach.
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William. Peterson, M.A., LL.D., C.M.G., Principal of McGill University, is a native of the Scottish capital, where he was born in 1856. He has had a distinguished academic career. Educated at the Edinburgh High School and the University, of Edinburgh, he graduated in 1875 with high honors in classics. He subsequently studied at the University of Gottingen, and in 1876 won a scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. For two years he was Assistant Professor of Humanity at Edinburgh. Thereafter he held the position of Principal of University College, Dundee, until in May, 1895, he was chosen to succeed Sir J. W. Dawson at McGill.