Wingham Free Press
According to the agenda package council has sold off the 103 lots at Hutton Heights for $650,000, that works out to $6,310/each. This was not listed on MLS, nor was the public consulted. Council refused to answer questions about the back room deal at the last council meeting, and even cut the audio feed to […]
At the 21Feb2023 North Huron council meeting 3 of the 6 councilors tried to block the Public, Press and councilors from having access to budget information. Numerous members of the Public and a couple on council have accused senior town staff of withholding information, “making them feel dumb” and dereliction of duty. Director of Finance […]
Moments after Doug Ford announced that the vaccine passport system would eventually be put in place, a Wingham restaurant declared it would not participate and would close instead of participating in segregation. A photo of a Canadian flag planted in the middle of their dining room went viral, along with a chair set aside for […]
Only one person stood their ground and defended Belgrave against corrupt senior staff and council, but that is all it took. The Belgrave Community Complex has been saved by an anonymous citizen standing their ground to confront council & staff. The audio stream was cut just prior to the anonymous hero taking his stand, and […]
Thunderous applause rang out after a Mother stood her ground pleading to keep the Wingham Complex open, questioned where $450,000 went, and outed CAO Dwayne Evans as an interloper. ‘There is one thing to do in town, and you’re shutting it down’ During the evening, CAO Evans was also accused of extreme dereliction of duty […]
One Wingham Ward councilor is standing up to town staff and has demanded access to budget information that staff have been refusing to hand over. Most believe that town staff’s refusal to hand over information to council is a criminal act. The most likely motivation for concealing this information are the recent real estate scandals, […]
At the 21Feb2023 council meeting, 23 minutes was spent considering expanding the season for the ice surface in Wingham for its hockey team. According to councilor Palmer it only costs $1,000/day for hydro to keep the ice surface. Closing the arena in Blyth would surely cover the cost. This protracted debate likely ensured the council […]
Belgrave Community Centre has been saved after council unanimously voted for “status-quo” giving it one more year of life. Blyth is now at risk of losing all its facilities after Kevin Fascist Falconer attempt to coerce Belgrave councilors into voting to save Blyth facilities spectacularly backfired. You must see the video below to see how […]
At last night’s council meeting Wingham Ward councillors were sternly warned about asking questions by Kevin “Fascist” Falconer, Blyth ward’s so-called Representative. This is after a Wingham ward councilor wanted more information and was ignored by town staff, specifically by CAO Dwayne Evans. This echoed comments earlier in the meeting when a taxpayer confronted council […]
A special council meeting will be held at 6pm tonight (21Feb2023) at Wingham Town. Reeve Paul Heffer is expected to answer questions after a rash of backroom real estate deals for 1% of market value. These alleged criminal acts triggered a 20% increase in taxes, cancellation of most services and virtually bankrupted Wingham. All those […]