From Simcoe County Public consultation on options for garbage collection services, curbside and facilities diversion programs, and reduction and reuse, will take place at the Simcoe County Museum or via webinar on Tuesday, May 3 & 17 at 2 – 4...

Time is Running Out to Save Our Village From the Midhurst Ratepayers’ Association Thank you for signing our petition urging Premier Wynne to stop the proposed mega-sprawl development in Midhurst which would replace the historic rural charm of our...

By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner A Barrie Métis woman is winging her way across the province celebrating the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in the Harry Daniel’s case. As a lawyer, Margaret Froh, associate chief operating officer of th...

By Mehreen Shahid, Orillia Packet & Times A Port Severn gas station could soon become an electric-car charging point. Jagdish Kang, owner and operator of Jag’s Petro-Canada Fuel and Convenience, applied for a grant through Ontario’s Gre...

By Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times The lawyer representing groups opposed to Burl’s Creek gaining a temporary-use bylaw permitting special events this summer wants the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) to issue a prohibition order until it ...

          Beeton Woods, in undated photo UPDATED with correction By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Simcoe County Council voted overwhelmingly today to recover $5,000 in court costs from AWARE Simcoe. The case involved an appli...

News release from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Hundreds of new road signs to help municipal drinking water sources are being installed across Simcoe and Muskoka this spring. Many more of these drinking water protection zone signs will ...

Why we’re switching tactics in the fight to protect our clients from harmful pollution from EcoJustice Five years ago, we helped our clients Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain of Aamjiwnaang First Nation launch a lawsuit against the Ontario government and Sun...

News release from Simcoe County The County of Simcoe continues to be among the very best in the province when it comes to diverting waste from landfills. The County received fifth place out of 237 municipalities in the just released annual Waste Divers...

Orillia Packet & Times The City of Orillia’s draft five-year waste-minimization plan is available for public review. The draft plan evaluates methods to reduce waste disposal at the Orillia Waste Diversion Site (landfill) and ways to improve ...