By Sara Ross, Orillia Packet & Times While Oro-Medonte’s century-old sugar maples continue to decline, Bruce Keeling’s native sugar maples — planted four years ago — continue to flourish. “We have a couple on our front lawn that we put in and one o...

Plan criticized at OMB pre-hearing By Sara Ross, Orillia Packet & Times BRECHIN – A contaminated-soil-remediation facility proposed for Ramara Township puts aboriginal hunting and fishing rights in jeopardy, says Daniel Shilling, Rama First N...

Celebrating the new Elmvale Water Kiosk! From the  Elmvale Foundation We are so fortunate that the Elmvale area has some of the purest groundwater on the planet. We now have one more reason to celebrate: the completion of the Elmvale Water Kiosk at the...

Sierra Club Canada applauds Obana administration’s investment in restoring Michigan-Huron and Georgian Bay water levels Sierra Club Canada Foundation news release After 50 years of failing to complete the terms and conditions of a U.S. / Canada agreeme...

By Miriam King Bradford Times “What we’re looking at here, folks, is nothing less than the Town’s future… It’s a big, big day.” With those words, Bradford West Gwillimbury Mayor Doug White introduced the final versio...

From North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance The York-Simcoe Provincial Liberal Association will be hosting a public Town Hall meeting in Keswick on Thursday, March 13th to discuss environmental issues affecting our area, including protecting Lake Simcoe and...

By Sara Ross, Orillia Packet & Times Ramara Township is ready for a new leader, says Deputy Mayor Basil Clarke. Clarke, 48, is hoping to unseat longtime mayor Bill Duffy in the fall municipal election. “It’s always been my intention to run for mayo...

Report by the NVCA on its February 11 board meeting The NVCA Board heard that Environment Canada is providing $21,200 to NVCA and its partner, Grey Sauble Conservation, to evaluate shoreline alternations between 2008 and 2012 along Georgian Bay. Using ...

By Sara Ross, Orillia Packet & Times With many more goals to accomplish, the mayors of Oro-Medonte, Severn and Ramara townships are hoping to secure another term in the municipal elections this fall. Severn Mayor Mike Burkett’s first term on counci...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance The era of catering to the car is coming to an end as Simcoe County seeks to expand trails and transit. In updating its transportation master plan, planner Rachelle Hamelin has heard two clear messages from residents: find...