By DAVID BRUSER and JAYME POISSON Toronto Star Grassy Narrows First Nation is demanding the federal government reveal the names of at least 143 of its residents who were identified at birth by federal health officials as being at risk for mercury poiso...

Orillia Packet & Times The Township of Severn will hold a public meeting Sept. 14, giving residents a chance to give feedback about a zoning bylaw affecting property on Carlyon Line. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. in council chamber...

from the Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre 16th Annual traditional Pow Wow – A Path to Health and Healing September 10 & 11 presented in partnership with Sainte-Marie among the Hurons Sainte-Marie Park – Highway 12 at Wye Valley Roa...

Under a system of proportional representation (PR) every vote counts Letter to the Orillia Packet & Times from Alec Adams, CEO, Simcoe North Federal Green Party Association Last week’s letter from Bill Soles takes shots at the Preferential Ba...

From Friends of Simcoe Forests Corn Roast Sunday August 28 from 2 to 6 pm 1336 Rainbow Valley Road East Entertainment and Site Hike ~ Pop in anytime from 2-6 pm for some local corn and refreshments ~ Meet & hear from John Laforet of Broadview Strat...

Letter from R.W. Wagner to the Springwater News Warden Marshall: By now, you will have seen the first news release issued on behalf of the “Friends of Simcoe Forests Inc.”. The following observations and questions are relevant to this matte...

By Jessica Owen QMI Agency WASAGA BEACH – The owners of Phoenix Hospitality, operators of Bananas, a beachfront bar in Wasaga Beach, have filed a statement of claim against the Town of Wasaga Beach and Mayor Brian Smith. The statement of claim in...

‘All these issues were important and deserved serious attention’ Letter to the New Tecumseth Free Press from Stephanie MacLellan, Beeton As the one year Anniversary of AWARE Simcoe’s plight to Save the Beeton Woods at Simcoe County Co...

Argue that allowing the Wisconsin city of Waukesha to take water from Lake Michigan sets dangerous precedent By DIANA MEHTA The Canadian Press A group of mayors from Canada and the U.S. are trying to challenge a recent decision allowing an American cit...

Shoutout to Eden Mills ON – mentioned in last paragraph By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG New York Times ASHTON HAYES, England — This small village of about 1,000 people looks like any other nestled in the countryside. But Ashton Hayes is different in an im...