Just because employees are highly paid doesn’t mean we can depend on them By Paul Schliesmann, Kingston Whig-Standard  In the eastern Ontario village of Westport, all eyes these days are on the weather and the calendar. The colder and longer the ...

From New Tecumseth Free Press Online Thursday January 22 at 7 pm: Organizing meeting for David Suzuki’s Blue Dot Meeting (blue dot.ca) for people interested in advocating for the right for a healthy environment, takes place in the Dermott Room of...

Ontario municipalities could see ramifications from precedent-setting Superior Court decision over use of road salt By Dan Brown, Barbara Simpson, Sarnia Observer A court ruling that awarded more than $100,000 to a Lambton County farmer who claimed roa...

 By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald NEW TECUMSETH – New Tecumseth’s trail troubles are far from over, but the town has committed to moving forward with the Trans Canada Trail. After much debate Monday, council voted in favour of starting the secon...

By Rick Vanderlinde Innisfil Journal Last spring, Innisfil’s previous council set a ceiling of 2.5 per cent for this year’s property tax increase. But one of the town’s newest councillors says annual tax hikes coupled with higher water and sewer rates ...

‘Rare’ for maximum amount to be awarded by Department of Canadian Heritage  By Jenni Dunning  Midland Mirror PENETANGUISHENE – In a “rare” move, the federal government is giving Penetanguishene $500,000 for its Champlain celebrations – the maximum it c...

By Bill Shotyk  My home I live in one half of a reasonably well-insulated, modest 1960 duplex in Old Strathcona. The attic is well insulated, the exterior has a layer of insulation under the siding, and all the windows and doors are new and energy-effi...

From Food & Water First The Soil Science Society of America has published an elegant and powerful article about the vital resource we all take for granted and why the Year of Soils is important. Our favourite line: “Soil keeps us from being h...

Earthroots says scientists’ comments in 2010 reveal ‘heated debate’ about the mercury impact of clear-cutting on fish and human health By: Raveena Aulakh Toronto Star Ontario’s fisheries biologists were scathing about a guide approved in 2010 that laid...

AWARE Simcoe List of municipal employees in Simcoe County who were paid more that $100,000 in 2013. Link to entire list that was released today.  Two municipalities – Essa and Tay – do not appear on the list. County of Simcoe AITKEN MARK Ch...