from Oro-Medonte Township The Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church in Oro-Medonte is a monumental depiction of freedom and equality in North America.  With many countries exposed to radicalisms associated with culture, race, creed and colour, we are ...

Premier Kathleen Wynne has chosen the former mayor to revisit the decade-old Greenbelt Plan that curbs urban sprawl from Niagara Falls to Peterborough By: Robert Benzie Toronto Star  Premier Kathleen Wynne has tapped former Toronto mayor David Crombie ...

As the province prepares to review its decade-old Greenbelt and growth plan, the battle lines are drawn between conservation and development in the booming Golden Horseshoe By Susan Pigg Toronto Star The sign outside the modest East Gwillimbury bungalo...

 (UPI) — On Thursday morning in Washington, D.C., Michigan lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation intended to protect the Great Lakes from invasive Asian carp. The bill was simultaneously introduced by Senator Debbie Stabenow, D...

By Andrew Philip Barrie Examiner Simcoe County residents will soon get a chance to learn more about the lengthy process surrounding the adoption of the county’s Official Plan. After a lengthy discussion during their bi-monthly meeting this week, Simcoe...

Restoring federal status to the Nottawasaga River NEWS FLASH – Today (February 27 2015) the NVCA board unanimously voted in favour of a resolution moved by Innisfil Councillor Rob Nicol and seconded by Oro-Medonte Councillor Barb Coutanche to reaffirm ...

By Richard Blanchard New Tecumseth News Opposition to a proposed gravel pit in Adjala-Tosorontio continues to grow. Nearly 100 people turned out Sunday afternoon for two public information sessions on problems with the project. The Powerpoint presentat...

Orangeville Citizen Orangeville Council has voted to follow municipalities like Mono in banning the use of Neonicotinoid Pesticides (Neonics) in the Town of Orangeville, and send a request to the provincial and federal governments, to phase out the use...

New Tecumseth Free Press Online A “special permit’ granted to Tecumseth Estates (Rizzardo) to clear 14.2 hectares (35 acres) of woodland on its 9th Line property in Beeton, was issued by Simcoe County because the upper tier’s Forest C...

NEWS FLASH: Simcoe County councillors voted today (Thursday Feb. 26) in favour of a motion from Springwater Mayor Bill French, seconded by Clearview Deputy Mayor Barry Burton, to schedule a public information session, with time for a question and answe...