From the Sharing Place Food Bank  A free day of education, discussion and action planning to grow the Orillia Food Council and progress local food security. Hear inspiring keynotes from experts in the field. Thursday February 19, 2015 Time: 8:30 am ...

… Controversial though it may be to some farmers and land developers By John Bacher Niagara at Large January 14 2015 In the 2015 Greenbelt Review one of the most important objectives should be to expand the Greenbelt on lands within the watershed...

Single-use packaging an increasing contributor to ocean pollution – only 14 per cent is recycled  From As You Sow SAN FRANCISCO, CA – While plastic packaging is the fastest growing form of packaging in the U.S. in large part due to the popu...

Beekeepers get the facts straight on honey bees News release from Ontario Beakeepers’ Association A coalition of Ontario Farm organizations, along with pesticide and seed industries, has launched a major advertising campaign touting their concern...

By Rick Vanderlinde Innisfil Journal An armored vehicle manufacturer — one of Innisfil’s premier industries — is moving to Barrie so it can build a new factory and add 40 employees The Streit Group announced plans Wednesday to abandon its 32,000-square...

By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror PENETANGUISHENE – Road maintenance is the winner in the 2015 budget for the Town of Penetanguishene, while parks took the biggest hit. The largest increase went to the public works department and roads with $2,308,059. T...

Research in cities around the world suggests that if you build it, the cars will come. And sooner than you’d think By: Noor Javed Toronto Star It seems intuitive: More roads mean more space for vehicles, and hence less congestion. But over the years, r...

From Food & Water First Hundreds of people gathered in the village of Brougham on Wednesday night to show their support for the Greenbelt. It’s under review this year and also under attack. Most recently, the Globe & Mail published an art...

Report of Tiny Township Council Meeting, Monday January 26, 2015 By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny Burnside and Associates made a presentation regarding the staatus and next steps of the septage issue. Burnside confirms that this issue is on Phase 2 and on hold...

By Roberta Bell Orillia Packet & Times The mayor of Oro-Medonte won’t be involved in making decisions when it comes to the newly expanded Burl’s Creek Event Grounds. Harry Hughes, whose grandson began working in the fall for the former owner of the...