From AWARE Oro Medonte AWARE Oro-Medonte is holding its Annual General Meeting on  Thursday April 24, 2014 from 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at the Edgar Community Hall Guest speakers are Tim Crooks & Claire Malcolmson of Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition TO...

News release from Save Ostrander Point PICTON — A great cheer went up last evening from the crowd gathered to hear Terry Sprague speak at the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists monthly meeting. Myrna Wood, president of the club and leader in ...

by Sandy Buxton That hoary cliche “and the plot thickens” is taking on new life in dear old Springwater.  Yes, we have a real mystery on our hands.  Not a murder mystery, mind you, but a good old head-scratcher nonetheless. Here’s the plot so far. In F...

MIRIAM KING, QMI AGENCY INNISFIL — As the South Innisfil Creek Drain improvement project — pegged so far at $6.7 million — continues to stir controversy, some landowners face looming five-figure, or higher, assessments. They will be looking for answers...

By Maija Hoggett  Alliston Herald NEW TECUMSETH – Another Alliston councillor is gunning for a promotion in the fall municipal election. Current Ward 1 Coun. Bob Marrs is running for the New Tecumseth mayor’s seat. He said a number of people have...

OBA news release  MILTON: The Ontario Beekeepers Association (OBA) has received and read the final report from the Bee Health Working Group presented today by Premier Wynne, acting as Minister of Agriculture. Our response to this report is guided by ou...

Global News Plans are in the works to turn the Ontario farming community into a bustling suburban city. But some in the community are calling the development a step backwards. Christina Stevens explains. ...

By Andrew Schell Orillia Packet & Times  Clean water is critical to both human and ecological sustainability. The City of Orillia is fortunate to be surrounded by two of Ontario’s most beautiful lakes — Simcoe and Couchiching. Environmental problem...

By Bob Bruton, Barrie Examiner  Gillespie-Rogers wants to trade his spade for the Barrie mayor’s chair next October. The 19-year-old trades worker filed his nomination papers last week to challenge incumbent Jeff Lehman and political newcomer Ram...

By Meade Helman We as a species have a problem and we call it growth or over-development. WE don’t really have any predators so the only way the population will be reduced is pestilence, war or invasion by aliens that think humans taste like chicken. B...