Development charges, property tax subsidize greenfield sprawl, author says CATCH (Hamilton) Oct 24, 2011 Urban sprawl has long been criticized by city planners, but it keeps happening anyway. Pamela Blais argues that “perverse” municipal subsidies promote sprawl and discourage more sustainable urban ...

Collection contracts, no-import / export policy, IC&IBy Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 23 2011County councillors have a lengthy waste agenda awaiting them on Tuesday, which includes: -Allowing contractors bidding on garbage pick-up service a wide range of options - ranging from bids on one, two or...

Part 1 of 3: Garbage outstripping space By Don Campbell and Thana Dharmarajah Newmarket Era Banner Oct 20, 2011  Bob Beacock ignores the overpowering stench. He walks into a pile of sticky, torn garbage bags dumped on top of one of Ontario’s heaping landfill sites. Read more  Landfills filling up wit...

New tecumseth Free Press Online October 20, 2011 Simcoe County councillors are expected to vote on a Notice of Motion that seeks to rescind a 1990 policy that prohibited the importing/exporting of residential waste as part of a “short term vision” to extend landfill capacities. Read more ...

Barrier needed to protect Beeton neighbours from noise from new roads depot Posted October 18, 2011 New Tecumseth councillors reaffirmed last night they expect Simcoe County to live up to site plan obligations and erect the noise attenuation wall before an occupancy permit is issued for its new roads...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Barrie Examiner October 1 2011 MIDHURST — Zero Waste Simcoe has criticized the county’s new plan to keep trash off curbs by only increasing the price of extra bags by a buck. Sandy Agnew, a director of Zero Waste, said council lacked the resolve to deal with the issue of waste ...

Not if councillors have learned that change at Simcoe County is not going to be easy By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 1 2011There are those who will say that Simcoe County Council has wasted a year in tackling its waste problems by dithering on changes to curbside pickupI would disagee...

Building on our environmental stewardship By CAL PATTERSON Barrie Examiner September 29 2011 I recently had the distinct pleasure of attending the inauguration ceremony of one of the county forests’ newest tracts of land located in Springwater Township, the Cooper Tract. Read more ...

Friday, September 30th, 3:00 to 6:00 pm, Queen’s Park, TorontoNews release from Ontario Farmland Preservation September 25, 2011Barrie, ON – Ontario Farmland Preservation is holding a massive rally at Queen’s park on Friday this week to address the many large solar facilities proposed for thousands o...

By Brad Pritchard Barrie Advance September 27 2010 SIMCOE COUNTY – Simcoe County council voted in favour Tuesday to keep curbside trash collection as is. A motion to standardize residential garbage pickup across the county to every other week and create a user-pay system failed in a 23-8 record...