By Roberta Bell and Andrew Philips Orillia Packet & Times The five-year program the County of Simcoe helped develop to deliver high-speed Internet to its rural residents missed the mark, says the warden. “It did satisfy some needs, but it didn’t sa...

By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror MIDLAND – Policing easily topped the Town of Midland’s 2015 budget with a 2.6-per-cent increase. That moves funding up to about $4.9 million. The next highest boost went to the planning and development department, up 1.8...

By Sara Carson Innisfil Journal There are 93 settlement areas listed in the County of Simcoe’s proposed official plan and they range from rural hamlets to villages and towns. “The hamlets and villages, in all likelihood, at most you may see a lot, here...

SLAPP legislation weakened for no good reason By Sean Craig Canadaland March 24 2015 A recent change to legislation proposed by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal government to stop frivolous defamation lawsuits will leave anyone currently ...

By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror MIDLAND – The general manager of the company selected to develop Midland Bay Landing was previously convicted of fraud in connection with other waterfront projects. Ken Michaud of Mountain Ridge Estates, an affiliate of ...

By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner Barrie’s 100-grand club was a little grander last year. The number of city employees earning $100,000-plus in 2014 jumped to 318 from 170 in 2013. The largest increase in the so-called Sunshine List comes for Barrie...

AWARE News Network Just as soon as the NDP brought forward a bill to ban hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in Ontario,  Liberal Natural Resources Minister Bill Mauro dismissed fears of the controversial industry coming to the province as &...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Simcoe County staff have found an error in a $380,000 study on the labour force — a study that said the county is a net importer of workers. Two weeks ago, the county released the final labour market study report by Miller...

AWARE News Network Public consultation on the Ontario government’s coordinated land use planning review is under way. One of a series of regional town hall meetings is to be held in Barrie, on Wednesday April 1 2015 at the Army, Navy & Air Force Cl...

By Sara Carson Barrie Advance This story has been updated from a previous version. The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority has issued notices of violation over development work at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds. Laneway construction was halted two we...