The human race and our planet need a new water ethic By Maude Barlow Have you heard? The world is running out of accessible clean water. Humanity is polluting, mismanaging, and displacing our finite freshwater sources at an alarming rate. Since 1990, h...

From the Midhurst Ratepayers Association Our goal is to protect the local farms of Midhurst, and to stop treated effluent from this huge manufactured city from flowing into an internationally renowned wetland – the Minesing. We want to ensure tha...

Springwater Council news release Springwater Council approved the 2014 Budget with a fiscally responsible 2.02% net tax increase. With a more than 3% budget increase from OPP and Conservation alone, plus reduced grants from the Ontario Municipal Partne...

A staff report to directors of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority recommends a resolution to request that the federal government include the Nottawasaga River in the Navigation Protection Act. The board meets Friday February 28 at the Tiffin...

The Nottawasaga Valley Concervation Authority board of directors will decide Friday February 28 whether to approve a resolution supporting the Town of Clearview and the Municipality of Essa in their request for the federal government to add the Nottawa...

By Sara Ross, Orillia Packet & Times Orillia CAO Roman Martiuk, 56, sat down with media representatives Monday morning to answer questions regarding his resignation. Martiuk resigned Friday evening after a closed session council meeting. Below is a...

Forwarded by Springwater Park Citizens’ Coalition By Cheryl Browne Barrie Examiner SPRINGWATER TWP. – The gates of Springwater Provincial Park may be pushed a little more open as council sets aside $10,000 for its re-opening this year. Although t...

Letter to the Barrie Examiner Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman’s unanimous election as chairman of the Large Urban Mayors’ Caucus of Ontario (LUMCO), a position held for the past number of years by Hazel McCallion, is a stunning achievement. It sho...

Government responds to ARA report! From NDACT (North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce) As you’ll recall, we were deeply disappointed in the review of the Aggregate Resources Act which was completed by the Standing Committee on Genera...

Ontario NDP should support efforts to pass four environmental bills before a spring election Toronto Star Editorial  Partisan antics are threatening innovative “green” laws at Queen’s Park. And since this procedural silliness is instigated by the suppo...